The Baltimore Colts' only Super Bowl championship was no doubt sweet, but it was far from pretty.

The Colts' 16-13 win over the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V on Jan. 17, 1971, at the Orange Bowl in Miami still ranks as one of the sloppiest, though most dramatic, in NFL history.

After being upset by the Jets in Super Bowl III, the Colts won their first title on a 32-yard field goal by rookie kicker Jim O'Brien with five seconds left.

Before that moment, the game had a series of ups and downs and twists and turns, with neither team playing at a championship level. Some labeled the game “The Blunder Bowl.” The Colts and Cowboys combined for 11 turnovers, and the final two interceptions by the Colts led to the game-winning points.

In a turnaround from Super Bowl III, Earl Morrall came in to relieve an injured Johnny Unitas, although Unitas completed the Colts' only touchdown pass. Even that pass was odd: The throw first bounced off Colts receiver Eddie Hinton's hands. Then it was tipped by Cowboys defensive back Mel Renfro. Then it landed in Colts tight end John Mackey's hands, and he ran 75 yards for the touchdown.

Mackey's touchdown came after a pair of Cowboys field goals, and the game was 6-6 after O'Brien's extra point was blocked.

A Unitas fumble in the second quarter led to the Cowboys' only touchdown. Cowboys quarterback Craig Morton, who had won a battle with Roger Staubach for the starting job, hit running back Duane Thomas on a 7-yard pass to give the Cowboys a 13-6 lead at halftime.

The Colts' Jim Duncan fumbled the second-half kickoff, and the Cowboys reached the Colts' 2-yard line. Thomas then fumbled the ball back to the Colts at the 1.

The Colts tied the game at 13-13 in the fourth quarter, thanks to the first of their two timely late interceptions. Rich Volk picked off Morton's pass at the Dallas 33 and returned it to the 3-yard line. Two plays later, Tom Nowatske scored and O'Brien added the tying extra point.

Late into the fourth quarter, the Colts' defense provided the biggest break of the game. Morton's pass went through Dan Reeves' hands and was intercepted by Mike Curtis at the Dallas 41. Curtis returned the ball to the Dallas 28. Two plays later, with nine seconds left, O'Brien nailed the game-winning field goal.

In a fitting final desperation play, Morton's pass was picked off by Colts safety Jerry Logan, ending the game.

Morrall completed 7 of 15 passes for 147 yards and one interception, and Unitas completed 3 of 9 for 88 yards - the bulk of which came on Mackey's ricochet touchdown catch. Unitas threw two interceptions. Morton was 12 for 26 for 127 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions.

Super Bowl V was the first one played on artificial turf and also the first one after the AFL-NFL merger. The Colts, who represented the NFL in Super Bowl III, were the AFC team in Super Bowl V.

In one final odd moment of an unusual game, the Cowboys' Chuck Howley was named MVP with two interceptions and a fumble recovery, the first defensive player and first player from a losing team to earn the honor.