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Dallas Cowboys 16 at Minnesota Vikings 10
Sunday, September 18, 1977
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium, Start Time: 1:00, Surface: grass,
Weather: 68 degrees, relative humidity 86%, wind 12 mph
Weather: 68 degrees, relative humidity 86%, wind 12 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (1-0-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Minnesota Vikings (0-1-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Scoring
| DAL | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Chuck Foreman 18 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Cowboys | Efren Herrera 40 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| 4th | Cowboys | Preston Pearson 7 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 7 |
| Vikings | Fred Cox 35 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| OT | Cowboys | Roger Staubach 4 yard rush | 16 | 10 |
Team Stats
| DAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-131-1 | 43-156-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-30-196-1-0 | 13-32-182-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-30 | 4-44 |
| Net pass yards | 166 | 138 |
| Total yards | 297 | 294 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-85 | 6-35 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 18 | 30 | 196 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 15 | 63 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 16 | ||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 4 | 57 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 10 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 4 | 11 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 22 | 66 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 56 | 1 | 20 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 13 | 32 | 182 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 11 | 41 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 4 | 64 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Johnson | MIN | 2 | 29 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 2 | 24 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Henderson | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 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 | |||
| Bob Grim | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Efren Herrera | DAL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny White | DAL | 9 | 352 | 39.1 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Neil Clabo | MIN | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Cox | MIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |