| Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 18, 1977 Location: Bloomington, MN Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47678 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 71 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 18 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 40 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Preston Pearson 7 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 35 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Staubach 4 run | 16 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 67 | ROT | Pat Donovan |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 56 | LLB | Thomas Henderson |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 43 | FS | Cliff Harris |
| 25 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 52 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 33 | RB | Brent McClanahan |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 54 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 23 | SS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 32:17 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 7/18 | / | 9 | 85 | 3 | 1 |
| MIN | 33:47 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6/15 | / | 6 | 35 | 5 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 15 | 63 | 4.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 35 | 131 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 22 | 66 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Sammy Johnson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 156 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 0 | 196 | 6.5 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 90.4 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 0 | 196 | 6.5 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 90.4 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 3 | 182 | 5.7 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 31.0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 13 | 40.6 | 3 | 182 | 5.7 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 31.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 1 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Golden Richards | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 196 | 10.9 | 1 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Stu Voigt | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 13 | 182 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| Danny White | 9 | 352 | 39.1 | 46 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 352 | 39.1 | 0 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||
| Neil Clabo | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bob Grim | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 48 | 0 | |
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| Larry Cole | 1.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 4.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| James White | 1.0 |
| Carl Eller | 1.0 |
| Alan Page | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |