| Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 26, 1978 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 61848 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 59 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 4 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rickey Young 4 run (Rick Danmeier kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 25 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 12 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 21 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 74 | LOT | Frank Myers |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Wes Hamilton |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 34 | HB | Rickey Young |
| 44 | FB | Chuck Foreman |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 72 | RDT | James White |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 54 | RLB | Fred McNeill |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 29 | SS | Phil Wise |
| 45 | FS | Tom Hannon |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 87 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | FB | Robert Newhouse |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Sammy Johnson | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 7 | 1 |
| Sammy White | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 0 | 139 | 4.3 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 87.9 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 2 | 148 | 5.7 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 32.2 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 13 | 1 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Phil Wise | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Greg Coleman | 7 | 320 | 45.7 | 59 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 215 | 43.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tony Hill | 4 | 0 | 61 | 15.3 | 20 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Kevin Miller | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Alois Blackwell | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Larry Brinson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| James White | 1.0 |
| Jim Marshall | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
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