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  FINAL
Minnesota 27, Dallas 17
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Dallas 0 17 0 0 17
Minnesota 0 7 6 14 27

Scoring
2ND QUARTER
DAL   FG   RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 39 YD, 3:39. Drive: 7 plays, 42 yards in 3:43. Key plays: Aikman 24-yard pass to Ismail to Minnesota 40; Aikman 24-yard pass to Warren to Minnesota 21. DALLAS 3-0
DAL   TD   EMMITT SMITH 63 YD RUN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 8:39. Drive: 1 play, 63 yards in 0:10. DALLAS 10-0
DAL   TD   EMMITT SMITH 24 YD RUN (RICHIE CUNNINGHAM KICK), 8:57. Drive: 1 play, 24 yards in 0:08. Key plays: C Williams recovery of Palmer fumble during kickoff return at Minnesota 24. DALLAS 17-0
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 4 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 13:07. Drive: 5 plays, 21 yards in 1:32. Key plays: Doleman recovery of Stepnoski fumble at Dallas 21. DALLAS 17-7
3RD QUARTER
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 31 YD, 4:31. Drive: 10 plays, 57 yards in 4:31. Key plays: George 39-yard pass to Carter plus 5-yard face mask penalty on Cowboys' Sanders to Dallas 14; George 7-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas 1. DALLAS 17-10
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 40 YD, 10:20. Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards in 3:44. Key plays: George 23-yard pass to Carter to Dallas 47; George 17-yard pass to Carter to Dallas 27. DALLAS 17-13
4TH QUARTER
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 4 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 1:22. Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards in 4:40. Key plays: George 21-yard pass to Moss to Dallas 27; 5-yard illegal contact on Cowboys' Sanders to Dallas 22. MINNESOTA 20-17
MIN   TD   RANDY MOSS 47 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 9:50. Drive: 6 plays, 54 yards in 2:58. Key plays: George 6-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-4 to Dallas 42: George 4-for-5 for 59 yards. MINNESOTA 27-17

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
14
1-13
0-1
328
61
5.4
205
24
8.5
123
17-35
3.3
2-10
6-46.7
150
4-31
6-115
1-4
8-55
3-1
27:22
17
5-15
0-0
308
66
4.7
118
32
3.7
190
17-30
5.6
4-28
6-44.8
145
4-58
4-87
1-0
12-95
1-1
32:38

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Dallas (Richie Cunningham 42, 37); Minnesota (Gary Anderson 49).
Dallas rushing
Emmitt Smith 13-140, Chris Warren 7-52, Jason Garrett 2-11, Raghib Ismail 1-2, Troy Aikman 1-0.
Minnesota rushing
Leroy Hoard 21-87, Moe Williams 6-20, Jeff George 5-11.
Dallas passing
Troy Aikman 14-24 for 129 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD, Jason Garrett 3-11 for 4 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 17-30 for 218 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD.
Dallas receiving
Raghib Ismail 7-63, Chris Warren 5-29, Ernie Mills 3-31, Emmitt Smith 1-9, Jason Tucker 1-1.
Minnesota receiving
Cris Carter 9-116, Randy Moss 6-91, Andrew Jordan 1-9, Andrew Glover 1-2.
Dallas tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Deion Sanders 6-1-0, Randall Godfrey 3-3-0, Dat Nguyen 5-0-0, Dexter Coakley 5-0-0, George Teague 2-3-0, Greg Ellis 4-0-2, Kevin Smith 3-1-0, Izell Reese 3-1-0, Brandon Noble 2-2-1, Charlie Williams 2-1-0, Chad Hennings 1-2-0, Kavika Pittman 1-2-1, Darren Hambrick 2-0-0, Darren Woodson 2-0-0, Michael Myers 1-1-0, Ebenezer Ekuban 1-0-0, Peppi Zellner 1-0-0.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Orlando Thomas 5-2-0, Ed Mcdaniel 6-0-0, Kailee Wong 5-1-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 4-0-0, Robert Griffith 3-1-0, Jerry Ball 2-2-1, Kenny Wright 3-0-0, Chris Rogers 2-1-0, Chris Doleman 2-1-0, Tony Williams 2-0-0, Dwayne Rudd 2-0-0, Joe Phillips 1-0-0, John Randle 1-0-1.
Interceptions
Dallas (Izell Reese 1 for 4 yards); Minnesota (Jimmy Hitchcock 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
Dallas (Mark Stepnoski); Minnesota (David Palmer).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Dallas (Charlie Williams); Minnesota (Chris Doleman).
Officials
Referee-Walt Coleman, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head linesman-Dale Hamer, Line judge-Mark Steinkerchner(84), Field judge-Bob Mcgrath, Side judge-Neely Dunn, Back judge-Bob Lawing.
A: 64,111; T: 3:32.

 


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