| NFC Championship - Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 30, 1973 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 59688 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 64 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 44 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 5 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Golden Richards 63 punt return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | John Gilliam 54 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Toni Fritsch 17 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Bobby Bryant 63 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 34 FG | 27 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Oscar Reed | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 14 | 50 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Jean Fugett | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 1 | 133 | 6.3 | 54t | 1 | 4 | 30 | 64.2 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 4 | 89 | 4.2 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 19.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 54t | 1 |
| Stu Voigt | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Lash | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jean Fugett | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 63t | 1 |
| Jeff Wright | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jeff Siemon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 58 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Golden Richards | 1 | 0 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1.0 |
| Gary Larsen | 1.0 |
| Jim Marshall | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 1.3 |
| Jethro Pugh | 1.0 |
| Larry Cole | 1.0 |
| Bill Gregory | 0.3 |
| Pat Toomay | 0.3 |
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