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  FINAL
Minnesota 27, Dallas 10
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Dallas 10 0 0 0 10
Minnesota 3 14 3 7 27

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
DAL   FG   EDDIE MURRAY 18 YD, 3:51. Drive: 7 plays, 78 yards in 3:51. Key plays: Aikman 5-yard pass to Brazzell to Dallas 26; 5-yard offside penalty on 3rd-and-4 on Vikings' Clemons to Dallas 32; Smith 65-yard run to Minnesota 3. DALLAS 3-0
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 47 YD, 7:01. Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard in 1:59. Key plays: Rudd recovery of Sanders fumble at Dallas 30. DALLAS 3, MINNESOTA 3
DAL   TD   EMMITT SMITH 5 YD RUN (EDDIE MURRAY KICK), 10:00. Drive: 7 plays, 79 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Aikman 45-yard pass to Ismail to Minnesota 34; Aikman 5-yard pass to LaFleur to Minnesota 29; Aikman 25-yard pass to Ismail on 3rd-and-11 to Minnesota 10. DALLAS 10-3
2ND QUARTER
MIN   TD   ROBERT SMITH 26 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 5:39. Drive: 4 plays, 23 yards in 2:23. Key plays: Bass recovery of Thomas fumble at Dallas 23; Smith 12-yard run to Dallas 11. DALLAS 10, MINNESOTA 10
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 58 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 14:32. Drive: 6 plays, 82 yards in 1:58. Key plays: Smith 7-yard run to Minnesota 30; Smith 14-yard run to Minnesota 42. MINNESOTA 17-10
3RD QUARTER
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 38 YD, 11:50. Drive: 10 plays, 60 yards in 5:01. Key plays: Smith 16-yard run to the Minnesota 36; George 24-yard pass to Moss to the Dallas 38; George 10-yard pass to Hoard on 3rd-and-6 to Dallas 24. MINNESOTA 20-10
4TH QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 5 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 2:20. Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards in 3:49. Key plays: George 16-yard pass to Moss to Minnesota 49; George 32-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-5 to Dallas 14. MINNESOTA 27-10

TEAM STATISTICS
  DAL MIN
FIRST DOWNS
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
18
4-11
0-0
389
55
7.1
111
16
6.9
278
22-38
7.1
1-8
4-45.5
75
2-6
4-69
0-0
7-60
3-3
24:03
20
6-15
0-0
374
66
5.7
175
38
4.6
199
12-25
7.1
3-13
5-40.8
36
1-9
2-27
1-0
7-50
0-0
35:57

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Dallas (Toby Gowin 57).
Dallas rushing
Emmitt Smith 15-99, Chris Warren 1-12.
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 28-140, Leroy Hoard 6-31, Jeff George 1-8, Randall Cunningham 3-minus 4.
Dallas passing
Troy Aikman 22-38 for 286 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 12-25 for 212 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD.
Dallas receiving
Raghib Ismail 8-163, Jason Tucker 4-67, David Lafleur 3-22, Chris Brazzell 2-12, Robert Thomas 2-0, Emmitt Smith 1-14, Jeff Ogden 1-4, Chris Warren 1-4.
Minnesota receiving
Randy Moss 5-127, Robert Smith 3-58, Leroy Hoard 2-15, Jim Kleinsasser 1-7, Cris Carter 1-5.
Dallas tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Darren Woodson 7-2-0, Randall Godfrey 7-1-0, George Teague 5-2-0, Chad Hennings 5-1-1, Michael Myers 3-3-1, Dexter Coakley 2-3-0, Darren Hambrick 3-1-0, Peppi Zellner 1-3-0, Leon Lett 3-0-1, Ebenezer Ekuban 3-0-0, Dat Nguyen 2-1-0, Deion Sanders 2-0-0, Brandon Noble 1-1-0, Alonzo Spellman 1-1-0, Kavika Pittman 1-0-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Kenny Wright 7-2-0, Dwayne Rudd 5-2-0, Ed Mcdaniel 3-2-0, Robert Griffith 4-0-0, Anthony Bass 4-0-0, Duane Clemons 3-1-1, Jimmy Hitchcock 2-0-0, Robert Tate 2-0-0, Kailee Wong 2-0-0, John Randle 2-0-0, Tony Williams 1-1-0, Chris Doleman 1-0-0, Joe Phillips 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Minnesota (Robert Griffith 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
Dallas (Deion Sanders, Robert Thomas, Jason Tucker).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Minnesota (Anthony Bass, Dwayne Rudd, Team).
Officials
Referee-Gerry Austin, Umpire-Garth Defelice, Head linesman-Earnie Frantz, Line judge-Aaron Pointer, Field judge-David Warden, Side judge-Tom Fincken, Back judge-Bob Waggoner.
A: 64,056; T: 3:03.

 


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