| 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 VikingsMIN | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 44 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 5 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Golden Richards 63 punt return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 54 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 17 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bobby Bryant 63 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 34 FG | 27 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Carroll Dale |
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 32 | RB | Oscar Reed |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 23 | LS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 82 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 88 | TE | Billy Joe Dupree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 77 | RDT | Bill Gregory |
| 67 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 52 | LLB | Dave Edwards |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 41 | LCB | Charlie Waters |
| 34 | LS | Cornell Green |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| 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 | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1.0 | 17.0 |
| Gary Larsen | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Jim Marshall | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Harvey Martin | 1.3 | 12.7 |
| Jethro Pugh | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Larry Cole | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Bill Gregory | 0.3 | 4.7 |
| Pat Toomay | 0.3 | 4.7 |
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