super bowl xxx was the eighth time the dallas cowboys went to the super bowl.
super bowl xxx was the eighth time the dallas cowboys went to the super bowl.
when was the eighth time the dallas cowboys went to the super bowl?
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following several seasons with poor records in the 1980s, the dallas cowboys rose back to prominence in the 1990s. during this decade, the cowboys made post-season appearances every year except for the seasons of 1990 and 1997. from 1992 to 1996, the cowboys won their division championship each year. in this same period, the buffalo bills had made their mark reaching the super bowl for a record four consecutive years, only to lose all four. after super bowl championships by division rivals new york (1990) and washington (1991), the cowboys won three of the next four super bowls (xxvii, xxviii, and xxx) led by quarterback troy aikman, running back emmitt smith, and wide receiver michael irvin. all three of these players went to the hall of fame. the cowboys' streak was interrupted by the 49ers, who won their league-leading fifth title overall with super bowl xxix in dominating fashion under super bowl mvp and hall of fame quarterback steve young, hall of fame wide receiver jerry rice, and hall of fame cornerback deion sanders; however, the cowboys' victory in super bowl xxx the next year also gave them five titles overall and they did so with sanders after he won the super bowl the previous year with the 49ers. the nfc's winning streak was continued by the green bay packers who, under hall of fame quarterback brett favre, won super bowl xxxi, their first championship since super bowl ii in the late 1960s.
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the cowboys–steelers rivalry started with the cowboys' first game as a franchise in (against the steelers) at the cotton bowl with the steelers coming away with a 35–28 victory. these teams hold a record for the most times (three) that two teams have met in a super bowl. the first two times the favored steelers and cowboys met came with pittsburgh victories in the orange bowl super bowl x 21–17 and super bowl xiii 35–31. the cowboys never won a regular season game in the orange bowl and lost three super bowl games (once to the baltimore colts and twice to the steelers). between the cowboys and steelers, super bowl xiii had the greatest number of future pro football hall of fame players participating, which as of 2010 numbered 20 – 14 players and six coaches/front office, including ernie stautner, defensive coordinator for the cowboys who was a hof defensive tackle for the steelers. the teams featured an all-star matchup at quarterback between the steelers' terry bradshaw and the cowboys' roger staubach, both of whom are in the hall of fame. in , staubach and the cowboys won super bowl xii, their second and last loss of their season being inflicted by bradshaw and the steelers, 28–13 at three rivers stadium in november. in , staubach's final season, the two defending conference champs met again at three rivers, the steelers winning 14–3 en route to winning their fourth super bowl title. the steelers won six of eight meetings during the 1970s and 80s, before the cowboys won all four meetings during the 1990s, including the teams' record third super bowl meeting in 1996, as this time the heavily favored cowboys beat the steelers 27–17. dallas cornerback larry brown intercepted pittsburgh quarterback neil o'donnell twice and was named the game's mvp. the teams' first two meetings of the 21st century ( and ) were won by the steelers, including a come from behind victory december 7, 2008 in pittsburgh, when the steelers drove the length of the field to tie the game 13–13, then cornerback deshea townsend returned an intercepted pass from tony romo for the game's final score, steelers 20, cowboys 13. the cowboys won on december 16, 2012, at cowboys stadium by a 27–24 margin in overtime and won 35-30 at heinz field on november 13, 2016. the all-time series is led by the dallas cowboys, 17–15. the pittsburgh/dallas rivalry served as a backdrop to the 1977 film "black sunday", parts of which were filmed during super bowl x. the teams will next play in the regular season in dallas in 2020.
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