| Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1961 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 33070 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 67 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Howton 12 pass from Don Meredith (Allen Green kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Don Perkins 3 run (Allen Green kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Frank Clarke 23 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Allen Green kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Frank Clarke 52 pass from Don Meredith (Allen Green kick) | 28 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Frank Clarke | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 2 | |
| Don Perkins | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Amos Marsh | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Merrill Douglas | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Don McIlhenny | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mel Triplett | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Middleton | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Ray Hayes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 124 | 7.8 | 2 | 115.6 | |||
| Eddie LeBaron | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 76 | 6.9 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 106.6 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 2 | 151 | 7.2 | 0 | 32.1 | |||
| George Shaw | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 8.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Howton | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Don Perkins | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Bielski | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Amos Marsh | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jerry Reichow | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| A.D. Williams | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Schnelker | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Jimmy Harris | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Don Bishop | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Allen Green | 7 | 266 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Mercer | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Amos Marsh | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | ||
| Warren Livingston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Tommy Mason | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | ||
| Jamie Caleb | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
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