| Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 2, 1983 Location: Minneapolis, MN |
| Venue: Metrodome Attendance: 60774 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 37 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 43 pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 45 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy White 36 pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Benny Ricardo 41 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Danny White 2 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Ted Brown 5 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 45 FG | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Ron Springs 5 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 20 | 24 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Ron Fellows 58 interception return (Rafael Septien kick) | 27 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Drew Pearson 11 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 34 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 35 FG | 37 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 26 | 141 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 |
| DAL | Ron Springs | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 8 | 1 |
| DAL | Timmy Newsome | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DAL | Danny White | 5 | -2 | -0.4 | 2t | 1 |
| MIN | Ted Brown | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 8 | 1 |
| MIN | Darrin Nelson | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DAL | Danny White | 40 | 22 | 55.0 | 2 | 213 | 5.3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 57.6 |
| MIN | Steve Dils | 39 | 17 | 43.6 | 3 | 272 | 7.0 | 43t | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52.5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Ron Springs | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 16 | 1 |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DAL | Doug Cosbie | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DAL | Timmy Newsome | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| MIN | Darrin Nelson | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 20 | 0 |
| MIN | Sammy White | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 43t | 2 |
| MIN | Ted Brown | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| MIN | Dave Casper | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| MIN | Sam McCullum | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| MIN | Steve Jordan | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| MIN | Bob Bruer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Ron Fellows | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 58t | 1 |
| DAL | Rod Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | John Turner | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DAL | John Warren | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 51 | 0 |
| MIN | Greg Coleman | 7 | 335 | 47.9 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Rod Hill | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 37 | 0 | |
| MIN | Rufus Bess | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Ron Fellows | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 53 | 0 |
| DAL | Doug Cosbie | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Darrin Nelson | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 46 | 0 |
| MIN | Jarvis Redwine | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 37 | 0 |
| MIN | Dave Huffman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DAL | Randy White | 1.0 |
| MIN | Doug Martin | 1.0 |
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