This is the eighth in a 13-part weekly series examing the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers versus their 2020 opponents.
When the Steelers face the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium in November, they will be four seasons removed from a five-point loss in Pittsburgh. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had an outstanding game having just nine incompletions on his way to 408 yards passing and three touchdowns. He earned a QB rating of 125.4. The loss wasn’t helped by a failed two-point attempt on their first drive and a missed field goal by Chris Boswell in the second quarter.
While the Steelers-Cowboys history doesn’t go as far back as, say, the Eagles and Giants, it’s even richer because of the postseason rivalry that has formed over the years.
The teams have had 32 head-to-head matchups (including three postseason games), with the Pittsburgh Steelers winning 15 games and the Dallas Cowboys, 17. Total points scored by the Cowboys are 739 to the Steelers 668. There have been 21 games decided by 10 points or less.
The biggest blowout of the series came in 1966 when the Cowboys defeated the Steelers, 52-21.
The longest win streak also belongs to the Cowboys. From 1965 to 1972, Dallas defeated Pittsburgh in seven straight contests.
In the 70s, when the Steelers won three Super Bowl in four years, the Cowboys were on the losing end of two. They wouldn’t meet again in the postseason until 17 years later when the Steelers lost in a heartbreaker, 27-17. Steelers QB threw three interceptions and was sacked four times.
The last time Dallas hosted Pittsburgh was in 2012 in an overtime game that was one by the Cowboys, 27-24.
This year’s contest will be the fifth in the Roethlisberger era. The teams are tied at two wins apiece since Big Ben took over in 2004.
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