Both teams came into the game undefeated, with the Browns 9-0 and the 49ers 10-0.

Both the logical complexity ( needing very large logic design and logic verification teams and simulation farms with perhaps thousands of computers ) and the high operating frequencies ( needing large circuit design teams and access to the state-of-the-art fabrication process ) account for the high cost of design for this type of chip.

Both of the LA teams would bow out because of the quantity demand of the Marlins and they again would miss out on getting All-Star caliber players, namely Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw who the Marlins could have obtained if their demands were lowered.

Both teams participated in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft, with the Jaguars taking Steve Beuerlein with the first pick.

Both men and women will begin lacrosse teams in 2010.

Both teams started the game in white, but by the second quarter the Vikings were able to obtain their purple tops.

Both the Men ’ s and Women ’ s Basketball teams were undefeated for two straight years in regular season play ( 2006 – 07, 2007 – 08 ) and went on to capture silver at the national championships in 2007-08.

Both teams would realign to the NFC South in 2002.

Both teams needed a victory to keep their playoffs hope alive and there was significant trash talk between Rex Ryan and his players and many of the Giants in the week leading up to the game.

Both the men's and women's rugby clubs have enjoyed success, with the men's rugby club earning a New York State Championship in 1999, and both teams having won numerous tournament titles.

Both teams remain in the inner lane for the duration of the race ; they start on opposite sides of the rink.

Both the pre-game and halftime show celebrated the Bicentennial, while players on both teams wore special patches on their jerseys with the Bicentennial logo.

Both Cowboy victories in the decade came in New Orleans against teams making their first Super Bowl appearance.

Both teams ' starters saw limited action in that contest, since both squads had already clinched their respective division championships and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Both teams entered the game with the best defenses in the league ( the Cowboys only allowed 107. 6 rushing yards per game while the Steelers only allowed 107. 8 ), and each side took advantage of the other team's mistakes throughout the game.

Both teams were making their first Super Bowl appearance.

Both teams advanced through the first three postseason rounds to Super Bowl XVII.

Both teams opened the second half trading punts.

Both teams combined to set the following records:

Both teams entered the game as the two highest scoring teams in the league, but after the end of an extremely sloppy first quarter, both of them would be scoreless.

Both teams were unable to score on each of their next possessions, but on the period's final play, Reich threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Bills receiver Don Beebe, despite Cowboy complaints that the touchdown should have been nullified because Reich, while scrambling to avoid the Cowboy rush, crossed the 40-yard line for what should have been ruled an illegal forward pass.

Both teams entered the game trying to tie the San Francisco 49ers for the most Super Bowl wins by a team ( 5 ).

Both Nathan and Bennett finished the season with over 1, 000 combined rushing and receiving yards, while Carter contributed 495 rushing yards.

Both players finished their careers as backups, Brown returning to the Cowboys in 1998 and O ' Donnell playing for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tennessee Titans until his retirement in 2003.

Both tartans are non-fiction in nature and are available as bolts of cloth or finished kilts and other garments.

Both his new team, the Orioles, and his former team, the Athletics, finished second in their respective divisions.

Both Selanne and Niedermayer would ultimately return and the team finished with a 47 – 27 – 8 record good enough to earn home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs finishing as the 4th seed in the Western Conference.

Both bunkers had never been finished and never u-boats had been built there.

Both shows placed in the top ten of the 2004 poll to determine Britain's Best Sitcom ; Porridge finished seventh and Open All Hours eighth.

Both drivers finished the season with equal number of points but having won seven races to the Scotsman's three decided the title in the Colombian's favor.

Both years he finished second in the Cy Young Award voting to Johnson.

Both albums contained previously released material, some remixes, and several new or previously unreleased tracks which Sylvian finished especially for the projects.

Both times, all five starters finished, placed in the top twelve overall, among many much more powerful cars.

Both chips, like the Commodore 64, were finished in time for the Consumer Electronics Show in the first weekend of January 1982.

Both models were finished in the contemporary white with red / blue side stripes, which would have been familiar to many motorists at the time.

Both the Soviets and the Americans go to London and find Kendig's hotel room, where he has left a tape recording telling them he has finished the book and that he will be escaping Britain by a small plane the next morning.

Both horses entered the Belmont undefeated, finished second, and never raced again.

Both eventually made their way into the finished film, despite the often-held belief that the original on-location footage's sound had been rendered useless by the overexcited crowd present during filming in New York.

Both finished well behind their Conservative and Liberal opponents.

Both SPC candidates finished a distant third in their ridings.

Both times, he again finished well behind the Progressive Conservative winner.

Both Malaysian shooters finished second-to-last in their events, and did not advance beyond the qualifying round.

Both Peruvian athletes finished well behind the position needed to qualify from the opening rounds of their events.

Both Paraguayan rowers finished third-from-last in their events.

Both Basotho athletes finished well back of the leaders, but did successfully complete the Olympic marathon.

Both marathon runners finished well back, Ntawulikura 15 minutes and Nyirabarame 26 minutes behind.