National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Dallas 20, Minnesota 16
When: 8:20 PM ET, Sunday, October 31, 2021
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Scott Novak
Attendance: 66633
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Dallas 0310720
Minnesota 733316
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:49
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - Dallas 0
Adam Thielen 20 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Greg Joseph kick)
2nd Quarter - 6:09
Dallas FG Minnesota 7 - Dallas 3
Greg Zuerlein 38 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:44
Minnesota FG Minnesota 10 - Dallas 3
Greg Joseph 45 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 14:07
Dallas TD Minnesota 10 - Dallas 10
Cedrick Wilson 73 yd. pass from Cooper Rush (Greg Zuerlein kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:31
Minnesota FG Minnesota 13 - Dallas 10
Greg Joseph 40 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 0:04
Dallas FG Minnesota 13 - Dallas 13
Greg Zuerlein 39 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 2:51
Minnesota FG Minnesota 16 - Dallas 13
Greg Joseph 24 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:51
Dallas TD Minnesota 16 - Dallas 20
Amari Cooper 5 yd. pass from Cooper Rush (Greg Zuerlein kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Dallas Minnesota
1st Downs 23 17
Rushing 4 4
Passing 17 6
Penalty 2 7
3rd Down Conversions 7-14 1-13
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Punts-Average 4-45.3 6-39.5
Return Yards 26 19
Punts-Returns 2-4 1-7
Kickoffs-Returns 1-22 0-0
Int - Returns 0-0 1-12
Penalties-Yards 11-96 7-57
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Time of Possession 32:32 27:28
Total Net Yards 419 278
Total Plays 68 61
Average Gain 6.2 4.6
Net Yards Rushing 78 101
Rushes 24 24
Average/Rush 3.2 4.2
Net Yards Passing 341 177
Comp-Att 25-41 23-36
Yards/Pass 7.8 4.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-19 1-7
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 2 1
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 1-1
Field Goals 2-3 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Dallas Cowboys (6-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Rush 24/40 325 2 1
C. Wilson 1/1 35 0 0
Minnesota Vikings (3-4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 23/35 184 1 0
J. Jefferson 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
E. Elliott 16 50 3.1 0 8
T. Pollard 7 26 3.7 0 7
C. Rush 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Cook 18 78 4.3 0 19
K. Cousins 3 18 6.0 0 13
A. Mattison 2 5 2.5 0 4
C. Ham 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Cooper 13 8 122 15.2 1 33
C. Lamb 8 6 112 18.7 0 35
C. Wilson 3 3 84 28.0 1 73
E. Elliott 6 4 23 5.8 0 15
D. Schultz 7 2 11 5.5 0 7
N. Brown 2 1 7 7.0 0 7
T. Pollard 1 1 1 1.0 0 1
B. Jarwin 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Thielen 9 6 78 13.0 1 32
T. Conklin 7 5 57 11.4 0 31
J. Jefferson 4 2 21 10.5 0 18
K. Osborn 3 2 10 5.0 0 6
C. Herndon 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
L. Stocker 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
I. Smith-Marsette 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
C. Ham 3 3 3 1.0 0 9
D. Cook 2 0 0 0 0 0
A. Mattison 2 2 -5 -2.5 0 -2
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
X. Woods 1 12 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. Gregory 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
E. Griffen 1.0 10.0
E. Kendricks 1.0 6.0
X. Woods 1.0 3.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
M. Parsons 10 1
J. Lewis 5 0
J. Kearse 5 1
A. Brown 4 1
C. Watkins 2 0
C. Golston 2 0
D. Kazee 2 0
D. Armstrong 2 0
J. Hamilton 2 1
L. Vander Esch 2 1
D. Wilson 2 2
T. Diggs 1 0
R. Gregory 1 0
K. Neal 1 0
M. Hooker 1 1
T. Basham 0 1
O. Odighizuwa 0 3
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Dantzler 7 0
H. Smith 7 2
E. Kendricks 5 1
B. Breeland 4 3
X. Woods 4 4
D. Hunter 3 2
A. Barr 3 3
M. Alexander 2 0
C. Bynum 1 0
E. Griffen 1 0
D. Wonnum 1 1
D. Tomlinson 1 2
A. Watts 1 2
N. Vigil 1 3
S. Richardson 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
M. Parsons 4.0
J. Kearse 1.0
C. Watkins 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
E. Kendricks 1.0
E. Griffen 1.0
M. Alexander 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Rush 1
A. Cooper 1
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Cousins 1