It doesn’t have quite the shine that it once had in the 1980’s and again in the 1990’s, but the Cowboys-49ers rivalry goes all the way back to November of 1960, a game that San Fran won 26-14. Since 1960, these teams have gone head-to-head 35 times, it’s a deadlock at 17-17-1 (tie came in 1969). There was a time where the argument could be made that this rivalry was the ultimate decider on who was winning the Lombardi Trophy.
The Dallas Cowboys were beat by the 49ers in three of their first five meetings.