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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys - January 1st, 1978
Minnesota Vikings 6 at Dallas Cowboys 23
Sunday, January 1, 1978
Minnesota Vikings 6, Dallas Cowboys 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (10-6-0) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dallas Cowboys (14-2-0) | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
Scoring
| MIN | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Golden Richards 32 yard pass from Roger Staubach (kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 2nd | DAL | Robert Newhouse 5 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 13 |
| MIN | Fred Cox 32 yard field goal | 3 | 13 | |
| MIN | Fred Cox 37 yard field goal | 6 | 13 | |
| DAL | Efren Herrera 21 yard field goal | 6 | 16 | |
| 4th | DAL | Tony Dorsett 11 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 6 | 23 |
Team Stats
| MIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 12 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-66-0 | 39-170-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-31-158-0-1 | 12-23-165-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-10 | 2-7 |
| Net pass yards | 148 | 158 |
| Total yards | 214 | 328 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-32 | 5-84 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 21 | 59 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Bob Lee | MIN | 14 | 31 | 158 | 0 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 3 | 46 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 38 | ||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | MIN | 3 | 18 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Johnson | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 12 | 23 | 165 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 15 | 81 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 19 | 71 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 4 | 62 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 3 | 48 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 2 | 34 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charles Goodrum | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mark Kellar | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||
| Fred McNeill | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Manfred Moore | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | 35 | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | 37 | |||||||||
| Nate Wright | MIN | 1 | 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 | |||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||
| Thomas Henderson | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 20 | |||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| Harvey Martin | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Minnesota Vikings Starting Lineup
| Bob Lee | QB |
| Chuck Foreman | RB |
| Robert Miller | RB |
| Sammy White | WR |
| Ahmad Rashad | WR |
| Stu Voigt | TE |
| Steve Riley | LT |
| Charles Goodrum | LG |
| Mick Tingelhoff | C |
| Ed White | RG |
| Ron Yary | RT |
| Carl Eller | LDE |
| Doug Sutherland | LDT |
| Alan Page | RDT |
| Jim Marshall | RDE |
| Matt Blair | LLB |
| Jeff Siemon | MLB |
| Fred McNeill | RLB |
| Nate Wright | LCB |
| Bobby Bryant | RCB |
| Jeff Wright | SS |
| Paul Krause | FS |
Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup
| Roger Staubach | QB |
| Tony Dorsett | RB |
| Robert Newhouse | FB |
| Drew Pearson | WR |
| Billy Joe DuPree | TE |
| Jay Saldi | TE |
| Ralph Neely | LT |
| Herbert Scott | LG |
| John Fitzgerald | C |
| Tom Rafferty | RG |
| Pat Donovan | RT |
| Too Tall Jones | LDE |
| Jethro Pugh | LDT |
| Randy White | RDT |
| Harvey Martin | RDE |
| Thomas Henderson | LLB |
| Bob Breunig | MLB |
| D.D. Lewis | RLB |
| Benny Barnes | LCB |
| Aaron Kyle | RCB |
| Charlie Waters | SS |
| Cliff Harris | FS |