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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings - December 25th, 1971
Dallas Cowboys 20 at Minnesota Vikings 12
Saturday, December 25, 1971
Dallas Cowboys 20, Minnesota Vikings 12| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (12-3-0) | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| Minnesota Vikings (11-4-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
Scoring
| DAL | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Mike Clark 26 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | MIN | Fred Cox 27 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| DAL | Mike Clark 44 yard field goal | 6 | 3 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Duane Thomas 13 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 13 | 3 |
| DAL | Bob Hayes 9 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 20 | 3 | |
| 4th | MIN | Safety, Page tackled Staubach in end zone | 20 | 5 |
| MIN | Stu Voigt 6 yard pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick) | 20 | 12 |
Team Stats
| DAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-98-1 | 26-101-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-14-99-1-0 | 19-38-210-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-14 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 85 | 210 |
| Total yards | 183 | 311 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-10 | 2-18 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Duane Thomas | DAL | 21 | 66 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 10 | 14 | 99 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Calvin Hill | DAL | 14 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Lance Alworth | DAL | 2 | 33 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 3 | 31 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Mike Ditka | DAL | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Grim | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 49 | ||||||
| Bob Lee | MIN | 7 | 16 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Gene Washington | MIN | 5 | 70 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | MIN | 12 | 22 | 124 | 1 | 2 | 34 | ||||||||
| Clint Jones | MIN | 15 | 52 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 4 | 46 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lindsey | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 6 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Ed White | MIN | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 4 | -3 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Herb Adderley | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||
| Chuck Howley | DAL | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Roy Jordan | DAL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Jethro Pugh | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ike Thomas | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | |||||||||
| Carl Eller | MIN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Clint Jones | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | 61 | |||||||||
| Jim Marshall | MIN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Alan Page | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Charlie West | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup
| Roger Staubach | QB |
| Calvin Hill | RB |
| Duane Thomas | RB |
| Lance Alworth | WR |
| Bob Hayes | WR |
| Mike Ditka | TE |
| Tony Liscio | LT |
| John Niland | LG |
| Dave Manders | C |
| Blaine Nye | RG |
| Rayfield Wright | RT |
| Larry Cole | LDE |
| Jethro Pugh | LDT |
| Bob Lilly | RDT |
| George Andrie | RDE |
| Dave Edwards | LLB |
| Lee Roy Jordan | MLB |
| Chuck Howley | RLB |
| Herb Adderley | LCB |
| Mel Renfro | RCB |
| Cornell Green | SS |
| Cliff Harris | FS |
Minnesota Vikings Starting Lineup
| Bob Lee | QB |
| Clint Jones | RB |
| Dave Osborn | FB |
| Bob Grim | WR |
| Gene Washington | WR |
| Robert Brown | TE |
| Grady Alderman | LT |
| Ed White | LG |
| Mick Tingelhoff | C |
| Milt Sunde | RG |
| Ron Yary | RT |
| Carl Eller | LDE |
| Gary Larsen | LDT |
| Alan Page | RDT |
| Jim Marshall | RDE |
| Chuck Winfrey | LLB |
| Lonnie Warwick | MLB |
| Wally Hilgenberg | RLB |
| Bobby Bryant | LCB |
| Ed Sharockman | RCB |
| Charlie West | SS |
| Paul Krause | FS |