1976 Dallas 23, 1976 Minnesota 10

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

1976 Dallas

0

6

7

10

0

23

1976 Minnesota

7

0

0

3

0

10

Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 2:01 1976 Minnesota C.Foreman 54 yd. pass from F.Tarkenton (F.Cox kick) 7-0 MNN
2 0:45 1976 Dallas E.Herrera 31 yd. field goal 7-3 MNN
2 0:00 1976 Dallas E.Herrera 38 yd. field goal 7-6 MNN
3 9:17 1976 Dallas D.Pearson 10 yd. pass from R.Staubach (E.Herrera kick) 13-7 DAN
4 14:45 1976 Minnesota F.Cox 23 yd. field goal 13-10 DAN
4 5:23 1976 Dallas D.Dennison 9 yd. run (E.Herrera kick) 20-10 DAN
4 2:00 1976 Dallas E.Herrera 38 yd. field goal 23-10 DAN

Team Statistics

1976 Dallas 1976 Minnesota
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 10-14-0-24 2-7-0-9
Third Down Efficiency 3-15-20% 1-15-7%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-2-50%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 20-28-71% 3-7-43%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 348-84-4.1 216-60-3.6
Total Net Yards Rushing 192 46
Total Rushes 40 21
Average Per Rush 4.8 2.2
Passes Completed/Attempted 26/39 (66.7%) 15/34 (44.1%)
Net Yards Passing 156 170
Avg Yards Per Pass 4.8 6.0
Sacked/Yards Lost 5/32 5/35
Punts/Average 7/39.4 9/39.2
Punts Received/Return Yardage 6/44 2/9
Kickoffs/Returns 3/68 4/74
Interceptions/Returns 3/32 1/0
Penalties/Yards 4/21 5/30
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 4/1 1/0
Time of Possession 35 mins 7 secs 24 mins 53 secs
Average Drive Start DAN 33 MNN 32

Passing Stats

Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1976 Dallas
Roger Staubach 39 26 188 66.7 4.8 1 2.6 1 2.6 15 5/32 75.6
1976 Minnesota
Fran Tarkenton 34 15 205 44.1 6.0 1 2.9 3 8.8 54 5/35 37.0

Rushing Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1976 Dallas
Doug Dennison 13 75 5.8 14 1 0 0/0
Robert Newhouse 8 46 5.8 14 0 0 0/0
Scott Laidlaw 6 22 3.7 12 0 0 1/1
Preston Pearson 6 38 6.3 15 0 0 0/0
Roger Staubach 5 2 0.4 3 0 0 2/0
Charley Young 2 9 4.5 7 0 0 0/0
1976 Minnesota
Chuck Foreman 15 43 2.9 16 0 0 0/0
Robert Miller 5 0 0.0 2 0 0 0/0
Fran Tarkenton 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 1/0

Receiving Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1976 Dallas
Billy Joe DuPree 6 48 8.0 11 0 0
Drew Pearson 5 44 8.8 13 1 0
Doug Dennison 5 26 5.2 13 0 0
Scott Laidlaw 4 10 2.5 6 0 0
Golden Richards 3 32 10.7 15 0 0
Preston Pearson 2 19 9.5 14 0 0
Charley Young 1 9 9.0 9 0 0
1976 Minnesota
Chuck Foreman 5 97 19.4 54 1 0
Ahmad Rashad 4 44 11.0 16 0 0
Sammy White 3 40 13.3 16 0 0
Stu Voigt 2 19 9.5 14 0 0
Robert Miller 1 5 5.0 5 0 0

Field Goals

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1976 Dallas
Efren Herrera 0/0 0/0 3/3 0/1 0/0 3/4 75.0
1976 Minnesota
Fred Cox 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/1 100

Punting

No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1976 Dallas
Danny White 7 39.4 38.1 0 1 50 0
1976 Minnesota
Neil Clabo 9 39.2 34.3 0 5 55 0

Kickoff Returns

No Yds Avg Long TD
1976 Dallas
Jim D. Jensen 3 68 22.7 31 0
1976 Minnesota
Leonard Willis 2 44 22.0 24 0
Sammy White 2 30 15.0 15 0

Punt Returns

Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1976 Dallas
Butch Johnson 6 0 44 7.3 8 0
1976 Minnesota
Leonard Willis 2 2 9 4.5 8 0

Individual Defense

Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1976 Dallas
Lee Roy Jordan 8 0 0
Ed "Too Tall" Jones 5 0 0
Mel Renfro 5 0 0
Bob Breunig 4 0 0
D.D. Lewis 4 0 0
Larry Cole 3 1 0
Cliff Harris 3 0 0
Jethro Pugh 3 2 0
Charlie Waters 2 0 0
Harvey Martin 2 1 0
Randy White 1 1 0
Roger Staubach 0 0 1
Drew Pearson 0 0 2
1976 Minnesota
Matt Blair 13 0 0
Jeff Siemon 12 1 0
Wally Hilgenberg 9 0 1
Jeff Wright 7 1 0
Nate Wright 6 0 0
Carl Eller 5 0 0
Doug Sutherland 5 2 0
Paul Krause 5 0 0
Alan Page 3 1 0
Bobby Bryant 2 0 0
Ed White 0 0 1

Interceptions

No Yds Avg Long TD
1976 Dallas
Benny Barnes 1 23 23.0 23 0
Charlie Waters 1 9 9.0 9 0
Randy Hughes 1 0 0.0 0 0
1976 Minnesota
Carl Eller 1 0 0.0 0 0

Game Story

In a good game the visitors from Dallas defeated Minnesota by the score of 23 to 10. Doug Dennison rushed the ball 13 times for 75 yards and added a touchdown. Dallas controlled the ground game, out-rushing Minnesota 192 to 46 yards. They controlled the ball for 35:07. Dallas led after three quarters 13 to 7. A bright spot for Minnesota was a touchdown pass to Chuck Foreman that gained 54 yards with 2:01 left in the 1st quarter. But it was not enough to bring his team a victory..