<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> ← V </Li> <Li> Super Bowl </Li> <Li> VII → </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> ← V </Li> <Li> Super Bowl </Li> <Li> VII → </Li> </Ul> <P> Super Bowl VI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Dallas Cowboys and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Miami Dolphins to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1971 season . The Cowboys defeated the Dolphins by the score of 24--3, to win their first Super Bowl . The game was played on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, the second time the Super Bowl was played in that city . Despite the southerly location, it was unseasonably cold at the time, with the kickoff air temperature of 39 ° F (4 ° C) making this the coldest Super Bowl ever played . </P> <P> Dallas, in its second Super Bowl appearance, entered the game with a reputation of not being able to win big playoff games such as Super Bowl V and the 1966 and 1967 NFL Championship Games prior to the 1970 AFL--NFL merger . They posted an 11--3 record during the 1971 regular season before defeating the Minnesota Vikings and the San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs . The Dolphins were making their first Super Bowl appearance after building a 10--3--1 regular season record, including eight consecutive wins, and posting postseason victories over the Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Colts . </P>

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