| NFC Championship - Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: January 1, 1978 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 61698 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 29 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Golden Richards 32 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Robert Newhouse 5 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 32 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 37 FG | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Efren Herrera 21 FG | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 11 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 6 | 23 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 21 | 59 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 8 | 5 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Sammy Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 15 | 81 | 5.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 19 | 71 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Danny White | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 31 | 14 | 45.2 | 1 | 158 | 5.1 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 47.5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 1 | 165 | 7.2 | 32t | 1 | 2 | 7 | 71.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 4 | 62 | 12.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Golden Richards | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Nate Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Thomas Henderson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 8 | 278 | 34.8 | 54 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 8 | 293 | 36.6 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 3 | 2 | -2 | -0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tony Hill | 3 | 1 | 44 | 14.7 | 50 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Manfred Moore | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 35 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Mark Kellar | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Larry Brinson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Jim Marshall | 2.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
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