10 Best Super Bowls Of All Time

6. Pittsburgh Steelers 35 Dallas Cowboys 31 (Super Bowl XIII)

Fielding 14 players who would go on to be inducted into the Hall of Fame along with the two head coaches Chuck Noll and Tom Landry, Super bowl XIII (13) is widely considered to be one of the best ever. After the Steelers defeated the Cowboys three years earlier at Super Bowl X (10) the winner of this match at the Orange Bowl in Miami would become the first franchise to win three Super Bowl championships. Often considered to be an exhibition of perfect passing between two great quarterbacks; Terry Bradshaw (Pittsburgh) and Roger Staubach (Dallas) picked apart the opposing defence in a tit for tat game of scoring football. The Steelers hit first in the opening period through a John Stallworth touchdown before Tony Hill hit back for the Cowboys to tie the score at the end of the first quarter. Mike Hegman returned a fumble 37 yards for the score in the second quarter but two touchdown drives by Pittsburgh put the AFC Champions up by seven going into half time. The decisive drive in the game came in third quarter when Dallas Tight End Jackie Smith dropped an end zone pass which would have tied the game, but instead the NFC team had to settle for a 27 yard field goal. Pittsburgh hit two touchdowns in the fourth quarter with Franco Harris getting the only rushing score of the game and Lynn Swann getting what would prove to be the game winning touchdown. Not to be outdone, Staubach did lead the Cowboys in an attempted comeback which saw them march down the field twice to cut the lead down to just four points, but it wasn't enough as Pittsburgh held out for the win. So despite both teams boasting great defensive stats going into the game a total of 66 points were scored as two of the great quarterbacks produced incredible passing displays and just that dropped end zone play by Smith proved the difference between these two Super Bowl regulars.