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Dallas Cowboys 37 at Minnesota Vikings 24

Sunday, October 2, 1983

Dallas Cowboys 37, Minnesota Vikings 24

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Dallas Cowboys (5-0-0)310141037
Minnesota Vikings (3-2-0)7170024

Scoring

DALMIN
1stMINSammy White 43 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick)07
DALRafael Septien 45 yard field goal37
2ndMINSammy White 36 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick)314
MINBenny Ricardo 41 yard field goal317
DALDanny White 2 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick)1017
MINTed Brown 5 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick)1024
DALRafael Septien 45 yard field goal1324
3rdDALRon Springs 5 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick)2024
DALRon Fellows 58 yard interception return (Rafael Septien kick)2724
4thDALDrew Pearson 11 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)3424
DALRafael Septien 35 yard field goal3724

Team Stats

DALMIN
First downs2814
Rush-yards-TDs47-200-216-44-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT22-40-213-1-217-39-272-2-3
Sacked-yards1-131-0
Net pass yards200272
Total yards400316
Fumbles-lost4-10-0
Turnovers33
Penalties-yards1-106-45

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Tony Dorsett DAL 26 141 0 25 1 8 0 8
Ron Springs DAL 14 59 1 8 8 64 0 12
Danny White DAL 22 40 213 1 2 17 5 -2 1 2
Drew Pearson DAL 6 62 1 16
Butch Johnson DAL 1 0 0 0 3 45 0 17
Doug Cosbie DAL 2 24 0 16
Timmy Newsome DAL 1 2 0 2 1 6 0 6
Billy Joe DuPree DAL 1 4 0 4
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Steve Dils MIN 17 39 272 2 3 43
Sammy White MIN 3 107 2 43
Darrin Nelson MIN 7 15 0 5 5 68 0 20
Ted Brown MIN 9 29 1 8 3 26 0 14
Steve Jordan MIN 1 28 0 28
Dave Casper MIN 2 27 0 20
Sam McCullum MIN 2 10 0 8
Bob Bruer MIN 1 6 0 6

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Doug Cosbie DAL 0 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 0
Ron Fellows DAL 2 79 1 0 4 109 27.3 0 0
Rod Hill DAL 1 0 0 0 4 51 12.8 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Rufus Bess MIN 0 0 0 0 2 5 2.5 0 0
Dave Huffman MIN 0 0 0 0 1 15 15.0 0 0
Doug Martin MIN 1.0 0 0 0 0
Darrin Nelson MIN 0 0 0 0 3 88 29.3 0 0
Jarvis Redwine MIN 0 0 0 0 2 60 30.0 0 0
John Turner MIN 2 11 0 0