Saturday, December 28, 1996
Minnesota Vikings 15, Dallas Cowboys 40| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (9-8-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| Dallas Cowboys (11-6-0) | 7 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 40 |
| MIN | DAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | Troy Aikman 2 yard rush (Chris Boniol kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DAL | Chris Boniol 28 yard field goal | 0 | 10 |
| DAL | Emmitt Smith 37 yard rush (Chris Boniol kick) | 0 | 17 |
| DAL | George Teague 29 yard interception return (Chris Boniol kick) | 0 | 24 |
| DAL | Chris Boniol 31 yard field goal | 0 | 27 |
| DAL | Chris Boniol 22 yard field goal | 0 | 30 |
| MIN | Cris Carter 30 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Scott Sisson kick) | 7 | 30 |
| DAL | Emmitt Smith 1 yard rush (Chris Boniol kick) | 7 | 37 |
| DAL | Chris Boniol 25 yard field goal | 7 | 40 |
| MIN | Brad Johnson 5 yard rush (Cris Carter pass from Brad Johnson) | 15 | 40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Brad Johnson | MIN | 15 | 27 | 208 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 1 | |||
| Amp Lee | MIN | 7 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 0 | |||||
| Qadry Ismail | MIN | 3 | 78 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 3 | 36 | 1 | ||||||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| Andrew Jordan | MIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scottie Graham | MIN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Emmitt Smith | DAL | 17 | 116 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 0 | |||||
| Michael Irvin | DAL | 8 | 103 | 0 | ||||||||
| Troy Aikman | DAL | 19 | 29 | 178 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 8 | 62 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Sherman Williams | DAL | 17 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 2 | 30 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eric Bjornson | DAL | 3 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
| Daryl Johnston | DAL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Jason Garrett | DAL | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Kevin Williams | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||