| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Frank Clarke | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 2 | |
| DAL | Don Perkins | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 14 | 1 |
| DAL | Amos Marsh | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Merrill Douglas | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Don McIlhenny | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DAL | Don Meredith | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| MIN | Mel Triplett | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 8 | 0 |
| MIN | Dave Middleton | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ray Hayes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DAL | Don Meredith | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 124 | 7.8 | 2 | 115.6 | |||
| DAL | Eddie LeBaron | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 76 | 6.9 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 106.6 | |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 2 | 151 | 7.2 | 0 | 32.1 | |||
| MIN | George Shaw | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 8.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Billy Howton | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 15 | 1 |
| DAL | Don Perkins | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| DAL | Dick Bielski | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Amos Marsh | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| MIN | Jerry Reichow | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | A.D. Williams | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Bob Schnelker | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Mel Triplett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Jimmy Harris | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Don Bishop | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DAL | Allen Green | 7 | 266 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Mike Mercer | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Amos Marsh | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | ||
| DAL | Warren Livingston | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Jamie Caleb | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
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