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Super Bowl XIII (highlights) will always be remembered around these parts for Jackie Smith's drop in the end zone on the last pass thrown to him in his Hall of Fame career. That play, however, didn't finish off the Cowboys in a 35-31 loss to the Steelers that ultimately determined the Team of the '70s title. It would have tied the score in the third quarter, but it was just one of many crucial plays that didn't go the Cowboys' way. Steve Pate's DMN game story also mentions a fumbled exchange between Tony Dorsett and Drew Pearson on what was supposed to be a reverse pass, CB Aaron Kyle's on John Stallworth's 75-yard TD, a pass interference call on Benny Barnes that led to a lot of (bleeps) in quotes and a fumble by Randy White on a squib kickoff. And Terry Bradshaw, accused by Hollywood Henderson that week of not being able to spell "cat" if spotted the C and A, spelled MVP without any trouble after passing for 318 yards and four TDs. |
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Posted by S L @ 4:07 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
That's the game that hurts the worst. that's the game that put 511 Steelers in the HOF and only 2 1/2 Cowboys. That's the game that makes Bradshaw so smug and cocky about being SO MUCH better than the Cowboys, when they were really so close, and that season, definitely the better team. Teams that are so much better don't need the refs to give them the game.
but then again, teams that are definitely better don't make those mistakes, either. man, that one still hurts.
Posted by John @ 4:07 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
Why are you writing these idiotic columns anyway? WHO CARES...
Posted by Redskins_Rule @ 4:10 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
at the time Bradshaw easily completed the spelling of "cat" by providing the "t"...nowadays after hearing his ramblings and streams of consciousness analysis, I'm not so sure...and you can spell "MVP" with the neumonic Mellaril/Valium/Paxil...just ask Dr. Phil...HA HA HA...
Posted by ***The*Best*Cowboy*Fan*Ever*** @ 6:45 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
PI on Barnes was the hardest part of that game to get over for me. Smith dropped it but the FG made it 21-17. Momentum appeared to be with the Cowboys and if the Steelers punt on their next possession alot of people felt the Cowboys would have drove again and would have made it 24-21. But the call was made on that 3rd down play which kept that Steeler TD drive alive. I believe no-PI/incidental contact rule was approved the next year based on Swann doing his Vlade Divac impression on that crucial 3rd down play in this SB. I hate Lynn Swann. Hate, not dislike, Hate.
Posted by Scott @ 7:29 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
Pass interference should have never been called on that play. If it had been called correctly, the outcome of the game would have very easily been different and with it the whole dynamic of how great those respective teams were.
Posted by jtt @ 8:19 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
Have to agree with my fellow suffering fans on this game up to that time; Cowboys came out extremely emotional for this game (definitely not one of Landry's strengths) and gave the Steelers a heck of a tussle until Smith's drop and the subsequent Randy White fumble on the kick-off shortly thereafter.
THE PI on Barnes was just criminal, most experts
agreed that it was "ticky-tack" at best....Pitt again scored thereafter. If we win that game Cowboys become team of the Seventys instead of TB and his crew; they had a team for the ages, but we were right there.
MY worst loss ever had to be the 1981 encounter vs Montana, Da Catch game. Again with SF winning that game oh so late (and then Pearson being dragged down Roy style after a huge gain, if Tony Hill catches that ball, he takes it to the house) was devastating for a team QB'd by Danny White. Landry did a hell of a job coaching but then lost it all when Walsh began calling sweep plays against our overloaded DB backfield.......Walsh out-geniused the most innovative offensive mind (to that point anyways) to bring them back 28-27)............it brutal way to lose against a then "nobody team" guess they ended up being somebody after all!!
Painful still, more so since moving to NoCal four years later!!!
Posted by Jim Burns @ 9:55 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
My brother Tim Burns and I believe that the ball Jackie Smith dropped was a kickers ball and was very slick. We are preparing a Civil Suit against everybody that played or went to the game. If you were there please provide us information so we can sue you .
Jim Burns
arizona
Posted by Jim Burns @ 9:56 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
My brother Tim Burns and I believe that the ball Jackie Smith dropped was a kickers ball and was very slick. We are preparing a Civil Suit against everybody that played or went to the game. If you were there please provide us information so we can sue you .
Jim Burns
arizona
Posted by Mr. Poopy @ 10:03 PM Fri, Feb 01, 2008
to Jim and Tim Burns and family; when Jackie dropped that ball I pooped.
Posted by Jakeem @ 2:49 AM Sat, Feb 02, 2008
I was at the game and remember feeling confident about a Cowboys victory when Bradshaw went out of the game with an injury. As he proved in Super Bowl XIII, Bradshaw was one of the toughest players in the game. He might break an arm and a leg, but he would still find a way to come back and beat you!
Posted by shane @ 3:28 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008
It wasn't Jackie Smith's fault. If I remember correctly, Staubach threw the ball a little closer to the 1 than the 8 on his jersey.
Posted by Dr. Fill @ 3:58 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008
Mr. Poopy...I feel your pain...from afar.
Posted by texassoccer @ 5:08 PM Sat, Feb 02, 2008
That was the worst football experience of my life. Well tied with losing to the Giants in the playoffs this year when they tried to give the game to Dallas.....