when was the last time the dallas cowboys went to the super bowl?
Super Bowl XXX
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 In 1973 , the Cowboys finished 10 @-@ 4 but hosted two 12 @-@ 2 teams , the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota . 

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 Media and fans of college football consider the UT program one of the great powerhouses of the game because of the school 's winning record as well as their previous national championships in 1963 , 1969 and 1970 . From 1936 to 2004 , the team finished the season in the top ten team of the Associated Press Poll 23 times , or one @-@ third of the time . At the start of the 2005 season , the Longhorns were one of the most victorious programs in college football history ; they were third in total victories and fourth if measured by winning percentage . 

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 From 1916 through 2006 , Texas had played the Oklahoma State Cowboys football ( OSU ) program 21 times and held a 19 – 2 – 0 record . Texas came into the 2007 game with a nine game active winning streak against OSU . The Cowboys ' only two victories occurred in 1944 and 1997 . The day before the 2007 game , oddsmakers favored Texas to win by 3 points . The pre @-@ game festivities included an appearance by Challenger , the first bald eagle ever trained to free @-@ fly into sports stadiums , and a fly @-@ over by four F @-@ 16 Fighting Falcons from the Oklahoma Air National Guard ’ s 138th Fighter Wing piloted by Oklahoma State alumni . 

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 The game against the 2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team marked the 102nd meeting of the Red River Shootout , which has been called one of the greatest sports rivalries in college football . It is Texas ' second @-@ longest running rivalry , just behind its rivalry with Texas A & M. Prior to 2007 , Texas led the series 57 – 39 – 5 , including the last two consecutive wins . The last match @-@ up was a 28 – 10 Longhorn victory . Since 1929 , the game has been held at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas , Texas typically in mid @-@ October with the State Fair of Texas occurring adjacent to the stadium . 

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 In the United States , fans attending Super Bowl XLV , the first Super Bowl since the iPad was released , could use an official National Football League ( NFL ) app to navigate Cowboys Stadium . In 2011 , the Tampa Bay Buccaneers became the first NFL club to discontinue the use of paper copies of playbooks , and instead distributed all players their playbook and videos in electronic format via an iPad 2 . 
