DAL 36 @ MIN 20 - 1979 NFL

1979 Week 6

Dallas CowboysDAL

36-20

Minnesota VikingsMIN

Sun, October 7, 1979 · 4:00PM · Metropolitan Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Dallas Cowboys -7.0O/U: 39.0 (over)

DAL: Tom Landry · MIN: Bud Grant

DAL

Team Stats

MIN

1st Downs

46-279

Rushing

22-61

15-23-174

Passing

18-34-206

446

Scoring

1st Quarter

Rafael Septien 34 yard field goal

Bob Tucker 2 yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)

2nd Quarter

Tony Dorsett 5 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick)

10-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DAL
Passing
Roger Staubach	15/23	174	0	0	1	88.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Roger Staubach	3	2	0	6	0
Tony Dorsett	21	145	3	30	0
Danny White	1	25	0	25	0
Larry Brinson	4	22	0	10	0
Billy Joe DuPree	1	20	0	20	0
Ron Springs	2	19	0	15	0
Preston Pearson	2	17	1	11	0
Scott Laidlaw	8	15	0	7	0
Robert Newhouse	4	14	0	7	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Tony Dorsett	7	5	47	0	16
Billy Joe DuPree	4	2	34	0	28
Ron Springs	2	2	4	0	4
Preston Pearson	3	2	27	0	16
Scott Laidlaw	1	1	11	0	11
Tony Hill	3	1	20	0	20
Drew Pearson	1	1	18	0	18
Butch Johnson	1	1	13	0	13
MIN
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Tommy Kramer	18/34	206	2	0	3	91.1
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Tommy Kramer	1	1	0	1	0
Rickey Young	9	29	0	7	0
Chuck Foreman	10	19	0	10	0
Robert Miller	2	12	0	10	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Rickey Young	6	4	19	0	8
Chuck Foreman	5	1	8	0	8
Sammy White	13	7	131	1	37
Ahmad Rashad	7	4	42	0	14
Bob Tucker	2	2	6	1	4

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DAL
Tony Dorsett			0	0			0	1
Billy Joe DuPree			0	0			0	1
Roger Staubach			0	0			0	1
Benny Barnes			0					1
Randy Hughes			0				1	1
Aaron Kyle			0				1
MIN
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Matt Blair			0				1
Randy Holloway			0				1
Paul Krause			0					1
Jim Marshall			0					1
Scott Studwell			0				1
James White			0				1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DAL
Rafael Septien	3/5	1/1	0	0	-	-
Danny White	-	-	4	155	38.8	-
MIN
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Rick Danmeier	2/2	2/2	0	0	-	-
Greg Coleman	-	-	5	190	38.0	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DAL
Steve Wilson	5	69	0	2	19	0
MIN
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Jimmy Edwards	3	91	0	2	5	0
Robert Miller	2	27	0	0	0	0
Robert Steele	1	0	0	0	0	0

DAL

Expected Points Added

MIN

16.0Total-16.0

12.5Off Total-10.6

5.3Off Pass-4.5

4.6Off Rush-7.5

10.6Def Total-12.5

4.5Def Pass-5.3

7.5Def Rush-4.6

-6.7

Starting Lineups

DAL

QBRoger Staubach

RBTony Dorsett

FBRobert Newhouse

WRDrew Pearson

WRTony Hill

TEBilly Joe DuPree

LTPat Donovan

LGHerbert Scott

CJohn Fitzgerald

RGTom Rafferty

DAL at MIN, 1979 NFL game