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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys - December 30th, 1973
Minnesota Vikings 27 at Dallas Cowboys 10
Sunday, December 30, 1973
Minnesota Vikings 27, Dallas Cowboys 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (14-2-0) | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Dallas Cowboys (11-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Scoring
| MIN | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Fred Cox 44 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | MIN | Chuck Foreman 5 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3rd | DAL | Golden Richards 63 yard punt return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 7 |
| MIN | John Gilliam 54 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| DAL | Toni Fritsch 17 yard field goal | 17 | 10 | |
| 4th | MIN | Bobby Bryant 63 yard interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 10 |
| MIN | Fred Cox 34 yard field goal | 27 | 10 |
Team Stats
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 47-203-1 | 25-90-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-21-133-1-1 | 10-21-89-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-30 | 3-26 |
| Net pass yards | 103 | 63 |
| Total yards | 306 | 153 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-33 | 2-20 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 19 | 76 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 18 | 75 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 10 | 21 | 133 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 2 | 63 | 1 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 4 | 27 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 2 | 23 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lash | MIN | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 10 | 21 | 89 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 14 | 50 | 0 | 19 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 2 | 25 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 5 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Mike Montgomery | DAL | 2 | 15 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jean Fugett | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
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 | |||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 2 | 63 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||
| Wally Hilgenberg | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gary Larsen | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Marshall | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Siemon | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie West | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Jeff Wright | MIN | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Larry Cole | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Gregory | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||
| Harvey Martin | DAL | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jethro Pugh | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 1 | 63 | |||||||||
| Pat Toomay | DAL | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Minnesota Vikings Starting Lineup
| Fran Tarkenton | QB |
| Oscar Reed | RB |
| Chuck Foreman | FB |
| Carroll Dale | WR |
| John Gilliam | WR |
| Stu Voigt | 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 |
| Roy Winston | LLB |
| Jeff Siemon | MLB |
| Wally Hilgenberg | RLB |
| Nate Wright | LCB |
| Bobby Bryant | RCB |
| Jeff Wright | SS |
| Paul Krause | FS |
Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup
| Roger Staubach | QB |
| Robert Newhouse | RB |
| Walt Garrison | FB |
| Drew Pearson | WR |
| Bob Hayes | WR |
| Billy Joe DuPree | TE |
| Ralph Neely | LT |
| John Niland | LG |
| John Fitzgerald | C |
| Blaine Nye | RG |
| Rayfield Wright | RT |
| Larry Cole | LDE |
| Bill Gregory | DE |
| Jethro Pugh | LDT |
| Pat Toomay | RDE |
| Dave Edwards | LLB |
| Lee Roy Jordan | MLB |
| D.D. Lewis | RLB |
| Charlie Waters | LCB |
| Mel Renfro | RCB |
| Cornell Green | SS |
| Cliff Harris | FS |