Who watched Superbowl XIII

[1972COWBOY]

Super bowl XIII was one of the best ever and this game reminded me of that game but in reverse. Now it was the Cowboys turn to score 35. Just a suspenseful if not more. Needing a beer to calm the nerves. Both teams brought back the spirit of the NFL and why American Football is nothing to scoff at. Both teams deserve a bonus pick in next years draft and a draft beer for that display.

 

[bark]

Right here . When Mike Hegman stole the ball from Bradshaw and scored I thought it was our day. That was.a soul crushing loss.
It made our win in XXX all the more sweet

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

I saw it. I was 13. So long ago.

 

[1972COWBOY]

Right here . When Mike Hegman stole the ball from Bradshaw and scored I thought it was our day. That was.a soul crushing loss.
It made our win in XXX all the more sweet

It did make our win in XXX sweet but we easily beat them in XXX; I just feel last nights win was just a sweet revenge for XIII more so than XXX for some reason. To me it was like a SB win.

 

[robbieruff]

This game had more drama for me in the 4th quarter obviously in terms of the game never being "out of reach"...the teams had like 7-8 lead changes in this one and it was flipping back and forth to the end.

A few other comparisons:

- we were also victimized from bogus calls in both games but the phantom Benny Barnes interference penalty (which led to the "incidental contact" update of the rule a season later) was one of the worst calls in SB history - particularly in how it impacted the game after we had completely shut them down in the 3rd quarter and their offense had no life whatsoever until that play.

- our coaching staff almost committed the same sin in both contests: not using their best player enough. We went away from Zeke after early success but he was able to dominate and be the difference in the game when it counted. Dorsett was shredding the steelers who had no answer for his speed but Tom went away from him for extended periods of time after the first quarter. If Tony remained a focal point of our offense that day we'd have won handily and this would be a different conversation. In retrospect, SB XIII was one of Tom's weaker tactical games in that regard. He should've made them stop Tony but he left them off the hook. Thank goodness we figured that out yesterday before it was too late.

But yes, when the game ended I mused at the score and said to myself - "well looky here"...I think that was a none too subtle nod to one of the greatest SB's ever played. Fitting.

 

[scottsp]

What I remember most about that game was listening to the first quarter from a Tom Thumb. Mom, for whatever reason, decided that a store run was necessary at that particular time. Thankfully, we made it home soon thereafter where my father had been all along. He wasn't about to budge from that to fetch eggs and milk.

 

[robbieruff]

What I remember most about that game was listening to the first quarter from a Tom Thumb. Mom, for whatever reason, decided that a store run was necessary at that particular time. Thankfully, we made it home soon thereafter where my father had been all along. He wasn't about to budge from that to fetch eggs and milk.

Ouch!?!! That's frickin brutal!!! Couldn't wait until halftime huh??? Lol.

 

[fairviewfarmer]

Super bowl XIII was one of the best ever and this game reminded me of that game but in reverse. Now it was the Cowboys turn to score 35. Just a suspenseful if not more. Needing a beer to calm the nerves. Both teams brought back the spirit of the NFL and why American Football is nothing to scoff at. Both teams deserve a bonus pick in next years draft and a draft beer for that display.

I watched it. I was 13 years old at the time. The next day in school I also got into a couple fights with Steelers' fans. ....wonder where they are now????

 

[mrmojo]

Watched it. Was the first time literally the 2 best teams in the NFL were in the Super Bowl. Great game until the Jackie Smith drop and Benny Barnes call. Staubach proved why he was the best Cowboy QB ever, he never gave up, just ran out of time.

 

[Cowboy from New York]

Randy White has a cast on and fumbled the kickoff, I still thought Roger was gonna bring us back.

 

[Everson24]

Super bowl XIII was one of the best ever and this game reminded me of that game but in reverse. Now it was the Cowboys turn to score 35. Just a suspenseful if not more. Needing a beer to calm the nerves. Both teams brought back the spirit of the NFL and why American Football is nothing to scoff at. Both teams deserve a bonus pick in next years draft and a draft beer for that display.

I did. And the officiating in this game brought back some bad memories.

 

[Eddie]

I was 8. I vaguely remember it. I became a Cowboys fan after the NFC-CG when the Boys beat the Rams 20-0.

 

[robbieruff]

I was 8. I vaguely remember it. I became a Cowboys fan after the NFC-CG when the Boys beat the Rams 20-0.

I think it was 28-0. What was awesome is it was on the road where they had beaten us earlier that year.

 

[mrmojo]

I think it was 28-0. What was awesome is it was on the road where they had beaten us earlier that year.

Hollywood Hendersons pick 6 and finger roll over the goal post.

 

[robbieruff]

Hollywood Hendersons pick 6 and finger roll over the goal post.

Perfect cherry on top. Couldn't stand friggin Pat Haden and all that USC Trojan BS. Was living in SoCal at the time so it sucked big time to be surrounded by it all as a Boys fan and at still tender age. Lol.

 

[scottsp]

Ouch!?!! That's frickin brutal!!! Couldn't wait until halftime huh??? Lol.

Yeah, I was nine. A few years later for me, and that would definitely have been a no-no move.

 

[Doomsday101]

I was lucky enough to attend the 1st meeting between Dallas and Pitt in the SB during SB 10. I know unless someone hands me tickets for free I will never be able to attend other SB so even despite the fact the Cowboys lost that game it was still one heck of a football game and fun experience