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 |
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Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | MIN |
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1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Howton 12 pass from Don Meredith (Allen Green kick) | 7 | 0 |
2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Perkins 3 run (Allen Green kick) | 14 | 0 |
3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Frank Clarke 23 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Allen Green kick) | 21 | 0 |
4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Frank Clarke 52 pass from Don Meredith (Allen Green kick) | 28 | 0 |
LINEUPS | ||
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Dallas Cowboys | ||
Offense | ||
81 | SE | Billy Howton |
75 | LOT | Bob Fry |
62 | LOG | Andy Cvercko |
53 | C | Mike Connelly |
63 | ROG | Mike Falls |
71 | ROT | Charlie Granger |
36 | TE | Dick Bielski |
17 | QB | Don Meredith |
43 | HB | Don Perkins |
82 | FL | Frank Clarke |
31 | FB | Amos Marsh |
Defense | ||
74 | LDE | Bob Lilly |
78 | LDT | Don Healy |
72 | RDT | Bill Herchman |
87 | RDE | Nate Borden |
54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
50 | MLB | Jerry Tubbs |
33 | RLB | Gene Babb |
41 | LCB | Warren Livingston |
20 | LS | Bob Bercich |
42 | RS | Dicky Moegle |
44 | RCB | Don Bishop |
Minnesota Vikings | ||
Offense | ||
39 | SE | Dave Middleton |
67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
65 | LOG | Gerry Huth |
52 | C | Bill Lapham |
64 | ROG | Mike Rabold |
72 | ROT | Frank Youso |
85 | TE | Bob Schnelker |
14 | QB | George Shaw |
89 | HB | Jerry Reichow |
39 | FL | Hugh McElhenny |
33 | FB | Mel Triplett |
Defense | ||
70 | LDE | Jim Marshall |
79 | LDT | Jim Prestel |
71 | RDT | Ed Culpepper |
83 | RDE | Don Joyce |
31 | LLB | Clancy Osborne |
58 | MLB | Rip Hawkins |
54 | RLB | Karl Rubke |
40 | LCB | Jack Morris |
24 | LS | Rich Mostardi |
26 | RS | Charlie Sumner |
22 | RCB | Dick Pesonen |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
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Dallas Cowboys | |||||
Don Perkins | 19 | 73 | 3.8 | 14 | 1 |
Amos Marsh | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
Merrill Douglas | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5 | 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 | 12 | 0 |
Hugh McElhenny | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 8 | 0 |
Tommy Mason | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 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 |
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Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
Don Meredith | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 124 | 7.8 | 52 | 2 | 10 | 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 | 24 | 0 | 47 | 32.1 | |
George Shaw | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 14 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 8.3 |
RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dallas Cowboys | |||||
Billy Howton | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 15 | 1 |
Frank Clarke | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 52 | 2 |
Don Perkins | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
Dick Bielski | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
Amos Marsh | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Minnesota Vikings | |||||
Jerry Reichow | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 24 | 0 |
Tommy Mason | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
A.D. Williams | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
Dave Middleton | 1 | 23 | 23,0 | 23 | 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 | 12 | 0 |
Don Bishop | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Minnesota Vikings |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dallas Cowboys | |||||
Allen Green | 7 | 265 | 37.9 | 47 | 0 |
Minnesota Vikings | |||||
Mike Mercer | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 50 | 0 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
Amos Marsh | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
Warren Livingston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Tommy Mason | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jamie Caleb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
Don Perkins | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
Tommy Mason | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 42 | 0 | |
Jamie Caleb | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
Ray Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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