| Minnesota Vikings at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 25, 1966 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 64116 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 90 F Humidty: 42% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 23 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tom Hall 6 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 37 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Meredith 4 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Jim Lindsey 15 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Buddy Dial 8 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 11 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Paul Flatley |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 64 | LOG | Milt Sunde |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Larry Bowie |
| 71 | ROT | Doug Davis |
| 40 | TE | Preston Carpenter |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 20 | HB | Tommy Mason |
| 28 | FL | Tom Hall |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 74 | RDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 59 | MLB | Lonnie Warwick |
| 36 | RLB | John Kirby |
| 46 | LCB | Earsell Mackbee |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 49 | RS | Dale Hackbart |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 68 | LOT | Jim Boeke |
| 72 | LOG | Tony Liscio |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 62 | ROG | Leon Donohue |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 84 | ROE | Pettis Norman |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 30 | HB | Dan Reeves |
| 35 | FL | Pete Gent |
| 43 | FB | Don Perkins |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Larry Stephens |
| 77 | LDT | Jim Colvin |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LDH | Cornell Green |
| 27 | LS | Mike Gaechter |
| 25 | RS | Obert Logan |
| 41 | RDH | Warren Livingston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 20 | 115 | 5.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dan Reeves | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Don Meredith | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Don Perkins | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 38 | 18 | 47.4 | 1 | 245 | 6.4 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 75.0 |
| Bob Berry | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 0 | 153 | 7.0 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 91.7 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jim Lindsey | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 22 | 1 |
| Paul Flatley | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Buddy Dial | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 37 | 1 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dave Edwards | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 4 | 202 | 50.5 | 67 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny Villanueva | 7 | 293 | 41.9 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jim Lindsey | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Mason | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lance Rentzel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jim Young | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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