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Minnesota Vikings 17 at Dallas Cowboys 28

Sunday, September 25, 1966

Minnesota Vikings 17, Dallas Cowboys 28

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Minnesota Vikings (0-2-1)377017
Dallas Cowboys (2-0-0)0771428

Scoring

MINDAL
1stMINFred Cox 23 yard field goal30
2ndMINTom Hall 6 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)100
DALBob Hayes 37 yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick)107
3rdDALDon Meredith 4 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick)1014
MINJim Lindsey 15 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)1714
4thDALBuddy Dial 8 yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick)1721
DALDan Reeves 11 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick)1728

Team Stats

MINDAL
First downs2518
Rush-yards-TDs34-142-033-148-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT19-42-257-2-19-23-182-2-0
Sacked-yards3-103-16
Net pass yards247166
Total yards389314
Fumbles-lost0-01-0
Turnovers10
Penalties-yards3-356-50

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 18 38 245 2 1 0 4 25 0 0
Bill Brown MIN 20 115 0 0 2 30 0 0
Jim Lindsey MIN 6 5 0 0 5 80 1 0
Preston Carpenter MIN 3 67 0 0
Paul Flatley MIN 5 56 0 0
Tom Hall MIN 3 30 1 0
Bob Berry MIN 1 4 12 0 0 0
Dave Osborn MIN 3 2 0 0 1 -6 0 0
Tommy Mason MIN 1 -5 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dan Reeves DAL 1 1 29 0 0 0 13 81 1 0 1 23 0 0
Don Meredith DAL 8 22 153 2 0 0 6 33 1 0
Buddy Dial DAL 4 72 1 0
Bob Hayes DAL 2 52 1 0
Pettis Norman DAL 1 25 0 0
Don Perkins DAL 13 25 0 0
Frank Clarke DAL 1 9 0 0 1 10 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Lance Rentzel MIN 0 0 0 0 2 37 18.5 0 0
Jim Young MIN 0 0 0 0 2 37 18.5 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dave Edwards DAL 1 12 0 0
Bob Hayes DAL 0 0 0 0 2 12 6.0 0 0
Dan Reeves DAL 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0