Kennedy was president, Vietnam was just a place in southeast Asia, and Roger Staubach was Navy's quaterback.

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The more rare and comparable rematch involved Chuck Noll and Terry Bradshaw leading the Steelers to a victory over Tom Landry, Roger Staubach and the Cowboys in 1979.

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Football's all-time leading wide-receiver Jerry Rice would struggle to get open for a pass when running routes against today's speedy cornerbacks, just as few NFL teams would draft Joe Namath and Roger Staubach if the two Hall of Fame quarterbacks were transported into the 1990s while in their primes.

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