 Led by quarterback Craig Morton, the Cowboys had a 10–4 season in 1970.A 38–0 shutout by the Cardinals was the low point of the year, but the team recovered to make it to the playoffs.They defeated Detroit 5–0 in the lowest-scoring playoff game in NFL history and then defeated San Francisco 17–10 in the first-ever NFC Championship Game to qualify for their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history, a mistake-filled Super Bowl V, where they lost 16–13 to the Baltimore Colts courtesy of a field goal by Colts' kicker Jim O'Brien with five seconds remaining in the contest.