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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings - December 28th, 1975
Dallas Cowboys 17 at Minnesota Vikings 14
Sunday, December 28, 1975
Dallas Cowboys 17, Minnesota Vikings 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (11-4-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Minnesota Vikings (12-3-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Scoring
| DAL | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | MIN | Chuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3rd | DAL | Doug Dennison 4 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 4th | DAL | Toni Fritsch 24 yard field goal | 10 | 7 |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| DAL | Drew Pearson 50 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 14 |
Team Stats
| DAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-131-1 | 27-115-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-29-246-1-0 | 12-26-135-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-21 | 4-35 |
| Net pass yards | 225 | 100 |
| Total yards | 356 | 215 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-30 | 7-69 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 17 | 29 | 246 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 11 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 77 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 4 | 91 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 12 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Doug Dennison | DAL | 11 | 36 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 2 | 20 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jean Fugett | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 12 | 26 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 18 | 56 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 40 | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 4 | 22 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lash | MIN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 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 | |||
| Doug Dennison | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Too Tall Jones | DAL | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Harvey Martin | DAL | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Blaine Nye | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 26 | |||||||||
| Mel Renfro | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Randy White | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Carl Eller | MIN | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Marshall | MIN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andy Maurer | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||
| Sam McCullum | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fred McNeill | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alan Page | MIN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Sutherland | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup
| Roger Staubach | QB |
| Preston Pearson | RB |
| Robert Newhouse | FB |
| Drew Pearson | WR |
| Golden Richards | WR |
| Jean Fugett | TE |
| Ralph Neely | LT |
| Burton Lawless | LG |
| John Fitzgerald | C |
| Blaine Nye | RG |
| Rayfield Wright | RT |
| Too Tall Jones | LDE |
| Jethro Pugh | LDT |
| Larry Cole | RDT |
| Harvey Martin | RDE |
| Dave Edwards | LLB |
| Lee Roy Jordan | MLB |
| D.D. Lewis | RLB |
| Mark Washington | LCB |
| Mel Renfro | RCB |
| Charlie Waters | SS |
| Cliff Harris | FS |
Minnesota Vikings Starting Lineup
| Fran Tarkenton | QB |
| Chuck Foreman | RB |
| Ed Marinaro | FB |
| John Gilliam | WR |
| Jim Lash | WR |
| Stu Voigt | TE |
| Steve Riley | LT |
| Andy Maurer | LG |
| Mick Tingelhoff | C |
| Ed White | RG |
| Ron Yary | RT |
| Carl Eller | LDE |
| Doug Sutherland | LDT |
| Alan Page | RDT |
| Jim Marshall | RDE |
| Fred McNeill | LLB |
| Jeff Siemon | MLB |
| Wally Hilgenberg | RLB |
| Nate Wright | LCB |
| Bobby Bryant | RCB |
| Terry Brown | SS |
| Paul Krause | FS |