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)
