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Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
@
Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
Date
January 1, 1978
Kickoff
05:30 PM ET
02:30 PM PT
Score
MIN 6 — DAL 23 F

Stadium

Capacity: 80,000

Inaugurated: 01/01/1971

Broadcast

Announcers

Vin Scully (play-by-play), Alex Hawkins (color)

Summary

Dallas won 23-6. A Harvey Martin fumble recovery set up a Roger Staubach TD pass to Golden Richards, and the Cowboys led 16-3 at halftime. Dallas controlled the rest of the game as Minnesota managed only two field goals.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat MIN DAL
First Downs 12 16
Rush-Yds-TDs 30-66-0 39-170-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14-31-158-0-1 12-23-165-1-1
Sacked-Yards 2-10 2-7
Net Pass Yards 148 158
Total Yards 214 328
Fumbles-Lost 5-3 1-1
Turnovers 4 2
Penalties-Yards 5-32 5-84

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat MIN DAL
First Downs 12 16
Rush-Yds-TDs 30-66-0 39-170-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14-31-158-0-1 12-23-165-1-1
Sacked-Yards 2-10 2-7
Net Pass Yards 148 158
Total Yards 214 328
Fumbles-Lost 5-3 1-1
Turnovers 4 2
Penalties-Yards 5-32 5-84

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Cowboys Golden Richards 32 yard pass from Roger Staubach 0-6
2 Cowboys Robert Newhouse 5 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) 0-13
Vikings Fred Cox 32 yard field goal 3-13
Vikings Fred Cox 37 yard field goal 6-13
Cowboys Efren Herrera 21 yard field goal 6-16
4 Cowboys Tony Dorsett 11 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) 6-23

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