National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
Dallas 17,
Minnesota 15
When: 8:25 PM ET, Thursday, December 1, 2016
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 66860
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Tony Corrente
Attendance: 66860
Final Scoring Summary
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 2:28 | ||
| Minnesota | FG |
Minnesota 3 - Dallas 0 Kai Forbath 48 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 5:29 | ||
| Dallas | TD |
Minnesota 3 - Dallas 7 Ezekiel Elliott 1 yd. run (Dan Bailey kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 2:10 | ||
| Minnesota | FG |
Minnesota 6 - Dallas 7 Kai Forbath 36 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 14:11 | ||
| Minnesota | FG |
Minnesota 9 - Dallas 7 Kai Forbath 33 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 10:22 | ||
| Dallas | TD |
Minnesota 9 - Dallas 14 Dez Bryant 8 yd. pass from Dak Prescott (Dan Bailey kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 4:15 | ||
| Dallas | FG |
Minnesota 9 - Dallas 17 Dan Bailey 39 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 0:25 | ||
| Minnesota | TD |
Minnesota 15 - Dallas 17 Jerick McKinnon 3 yd. pass from Sam Bradford (pass failed) |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Dallas | Minnesota | |
| 1st Downs | 13 | 21 |
| Rushing | 7 | 3 |
| Passing | 6 | 16 |
| Penalty | 0 | 2 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 1-9 | 6-16 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Punts-Average | 6-46.2 | 7-32.0 |
| Return Yards | 39 | 86 |
| Punts-Returns | 2-1 | 3--5 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 2-38 | 4-91 |
| Int - Returns | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 10-78 | 8-57 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 4-2 | 3-1 |
| Time of Possession | 26:43 | 33:17 |
| Total Net Yards | 264 | 318 |
| Total Plays | 49 | 69 |
| Average Gain | 5.4 | 4.6 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 140 | 87 |
| Rushes | 28 | 19 |
| Average/Rush | 5.0 | 4.6 |
| Net Yards Passing | 124 | 231 |
| Comp-Att | 12-18 | 33-47 |
| Yards/Pass | 5.9 | 4.6 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 3-15 | 3-22 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Rushing | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | 1 | 1 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| Field Goals | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 2-2-100% | 1-3-33% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 2-2-100% | 0-0-0% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Dallas Cowboys
(11-1)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| D. Prescott | 12/18 | 139 | 1 | 0 |
Minnesota Vikings
(6-6)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| S. Bradford | 32/45 | 247 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Hill | 1/1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| J. McKinnon | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| E. Elliott | 20 | 86 | 4.3 | 1 | 30 |
| D. Prescott | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | 14 |
| A. Morris | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| L. Whitehead | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| J. McKinnon | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 0 | 9 |
| M. Asiata | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | 14 |
| S. Bradford | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 10 |
| C. Patterson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| D. Bryant | 6 | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 1 | 56 |
| C. Beasley | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 13 |
| E. Elliott | 5 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 16 |
| T. Williams | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 18 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| A. Thielen | 9 | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 0 | 23 |
| S. Diggs | 8 | 8 | 59 | 7.4 | 0 | 15 |
| K. Rudolph | 12 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 0 | 17 |
| C. Johnson | 5 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 25 |
| J. McKinnon | 6 | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Patterson | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| R. Ellison | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| L. Treadwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Asiata | 1 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | -3 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| A. Hitchens | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| M. Collins | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| B. Mayowa | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| D. Hunter | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| B. Robison | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| B. Jones | 7 | 1 |
| B. Church | 7 | 2 |
| O. Scandrick | 6 | 1 |
| S. Lee | 6 | 1 |
| B. Carr | 6 | 2 |
| A. Hitchens | 6 | 4 |
| A. Brown | 3 | 1 |
| D. Wilson | 2 | 0 |
| J. Crawford | 1 | 0 |
| M. Collins | 1 | 1 |
| B. Mayowa | 1 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| E. Griffen | 8 | 0 |
| H. Smith | 4 | 1 |
| E. Kendricks | 4 | 2 |
| A. Sendejo | 3 | 0 |
| D. Hunter | 3 | 3 |
| X. Rhodes | 2 | 0 |
| C. Greenway | 2 | 1 |
| C. Munnerlyn | 2 | 2 |
| T. Johnson | 1 | 0 |
| T. Newman | 1 | 0 |
| B. Robison | 1 | 1 |
| L. Joseph | 1 | 2 |
| A. Barr | 1 | 2 |
| S. Stephen | 0 | 2 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| A. Hitchens | 2.0 |
| S. Lee | 2.0 |
| M. Collins | 1.0 |
| B. Mayowa | 1.0 |
| D. Wilson | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| L. Whitehead | 1 |
| E. Elliott | 1 |
| D. Prescott | 2 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| S. Bradford | 1 |
| C. Patterson | 1 |
| A. Thielen | 1 |