Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
January 21, 1979; Attendance: 79,484

Terry Bradshaw passed for a record 4 touchdowns to lead the Steelers to victory. The Steelers became the first team to win three Super Bowls, mostly because of Bradshaw's accurate arm. Bradshaw, voted the game's Most Valuable Player, completed 17 of 390 passes for 318 yards, a personal high.

Four of those passes went for touchdowns – 2 to John Stallworth and the third, with 26 seconds left in the second quarter, to Rocky Bleier for a 21-14 halftime lead.

The Cowboys scored twice before intermission on Roger Staubach's 39–yard pass to Tony Hill and a 37-yard fumble return by linebacker Mike Hegman.

The Steelers broke open the contest with 2 touchdowns in a span of 19 seconds midway through the final period. Franco Harris rambled 22 yards up the middle to give the Steelers a 28-17 lead with 7:10 left.

Pittsburgh got the ball right back when Randy White fumbled the kickoff and Dennis Winston recovered for the Steelers. On first down, Bradshaw fired his fourth touchdown pass of the game, an 18-yard pass to Lynn Swann to boost the Steelers' lead to 35-17 with 6:51 to play. But the Cowboys refused to die, as Staubach connected with Billy Joe DuPree on a 7-yard scoring strike with 2:23 to play.

Then the Cowboys recovered an onside kick and Staubach marched them down the field for another touchdown, a 4-yard pass to Butch Johnson with 22 seconds remaining. But then Rocky Bleier recovered another onside kick with 17 seconds left, and the Steelers had their third Super Bowl championship.

Super Bowl XIII
Team 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Final
Pittsburgh (AFC)  7 14 0 14 35
Dallas (NFC)  7 7 3 14 31

Pitt -  Stallworth 28 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick)  (5:13)
Dal -  Hill 39 pass from Staubach (Septien kick)  (15:00)
Dal -  Hegman 37 fumble recovery return (Septien kick) (2:52)
Pitt -  Stallworth 75 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick) (4:35)
Pitt -  Bleier 7 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick) (14:34)
Dal -  FG Septien 27 (12:24)
Pitt -  Harris 22 run (Gerela kick) (7:50)
Pitt -  Swann 18 pass from Bradshaw (Gerela kick) (8:09)
Dal -  DuPree 7 pass from Staubach (Septien kick) (12:37)
Dal -  B. Johnson 4 pass from Staubach (Septien kick) (14:38)