| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (0-2-1) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Dallas Cowboys (2-0-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 76 degrees, relative humidity 60%, wind 12 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| MIN | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Fred Cox 23 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Vikings | Tom Hall 6 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 0 |
| Cowboys | Bob Hayes 37 yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Cowboys | Don Meredith 4 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 10 | 14 |
| Vikings | Jim Lindsey 15 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 14 | |
| 4th | Cowboys | Buddy Dial 8 yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 21 |
| Cowboys | Dan Reeves 11 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 28 |
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-142-0 | 33-148-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-42-257-2-1 | 9-23-182-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-10 | 3-16 |
| Net pass yards | 247 | 166 |
| Total yards | 389 | 314 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-35 | 6-50 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Don Perkins | DAL | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pettis Norman | DAL | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Clarke | DAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Fred Cox | MIN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | MIN | 4 | 202 | 50.5 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Danny Villanueva | DAL | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 293 | 41.9 | 0 | |