Supe Rematch Notes

The most recent Super Bowl, contested between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, marked the sixth time a 2nd such game was played between the same teams/franchises.

One matchup, that between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys has occurred thrice.

In five of the six, second game Supe matchups, the team that won the first tilt, prevailed in the second such game.

Those 5 include the Chiefs in ’23 after winning in ’19 vs S.F. and the Niners in turn won in ’88 after also beating the Cincinnati Bengals in ’81.

As with the 49ers, the Patriots have been on both sides of the note, as they beat the Rams in ’18 after having done so in the ’01 Supe and while the New York Giants upset them in both the ’11 and ’07 Super Bowls.

In the first two of what are three Supe clashes between the Steelers and Cowboys, the Steelers won both before Dallas prevailed in the third one.

The one split in the first two games also involved the Pats, as they beat the Philadelphia Eagles in ’04 but lost to them in ’17.

Click below to view the great John Stallworth’s TD catch and run in the Steelers’ repeat victory vs the Cowboys in the 13th Supe.