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Where does 49ers-Cowboys rank amongst NFL rivalries?

Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:16 am
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:16 am
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Posted by Pedro
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:20 am to
thats considered a rivalry?
Posted by Alt26
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:20 am to
Stale

Their "rivalry" is essentially confined to one memorable playoff game in the 80's (the catch) as well as 3 year in the early 90's. The Cowboys would probably say they care much more about the Giants, Eagles, and Redskins than San Francisco
Posted by Seen
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:24 am to
Don’t know many people outside of Dallas and Shreveport that pay attention to the cowboys, so really don’t know if they even have a rivalry
Posted by grizzlylongcut
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:27 am to
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Don’t know many people outside of Dallas and Shreveport that pay attention to the cowboys


New Orleans fans spend an inordinate amount of time considering the Cowboys.
This post was edited on 1/20/23 at 8:28 am
Posted by Seen
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:29 am to
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New Orleans fans spend an inordinate amount of time considering the Cowboys.


Not at all, I’ll give you Minden La though
Posted by CalLSU
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:30 am to
I would say it’s easily top 5. While you don’t have the large number of games against each other, you do have a number of key playoff games. They met in the NFC championship game 6 times with the winner being the eventual Super Bowl champion 5 of 6!
Posted by High C
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:38 am to
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Their "rivalry" is essentially confined to one memorable playoff game in the 80's (the catch) as well as 3 year in the early 90's


It was definitely a period rivalry, but I’d give its importance a bit more credit than that.
Posted by UltimateHog
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:50 am to
Low.
Posted by bluestem75
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 8:56 am to
As a Cowboys fan, let me correct the record.

We do consider it a rivalry, especially in the playoffs. We hate the 9ers, the Steelers, and the Packers just as much as we hate the Eagles, Giants, and Redsk… whoops… “Commanders.”
Posted by Team Vote
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:04 am to
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Don’t know many people outside of Dallas and Shreveport that pay attention to the cowboys, so really don’t know if they even have a rivalry

Well this just isn’t true at all
Posted by Paul Allen
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:10 am to
Not sure what the poster is referring to.

Dallas is a national brand and has a national fan base.

I’ve always said, Cowboys, Steelers and Packers have national fan bases.
Posted by Bench McElroy
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:11 am to
It’s not any different from the Celtics-76ers rivalry. Celtics-76ers have the most meetings in the NBA playoffs but it’s only been a major rivalry during the Wilt-Russell years and a few years during the early ‘80s.
Posted by High C
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:28 am to
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It’s not any different from the Celtics-76ers rivalry. Celtics-76ers have the most meetings in the NBA playoffs but it’s only been a major rivalry during the Wilt-Russell years and a few years during the early ‘80s.


This is a good comp, imo.
Posted by texn
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:43 am to
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Where does 49ers-Cowboys rank amongst NFL rivalries?


87th
Posted by mattz1122
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:46 am to
12th
Posted by 21JumpStreet
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:46 am to
Didn't know they were
Posted by RemouladeSawce
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:57 am to
Somewhere Top 10-15? They’ve played some immensely consequential games

It’s just hard to develop a rivalry of pure hate not playing in the same division / geographic area. I’m not sure most SF/DAL fans can even remember their last regular season matchup

It’s a rivalry purely because of the (NFL record) 9 postseason games
This post was edited on 1/20/23 at 9:58 am
Posted by chalmetteowl
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 9:58 am to
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Their "rivalry" is essentially confined to one memorable playoff game in the 80's (the catch) as well as 3 year in the early 90's.
T.O. celebrating on the star?
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
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Posted on 1/20/23 at 10:05 am to
Is the best new rivalry Baltimore versus Cincy or Baltimore versus Pittsburgh?

I feel like the best rivalry in the early 2000’s was the Baltimore versus Pittsburgh.
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