Week 7, 1995

played in Dallas, TX

50 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Minnesota Vikings	7	14	0	7	-	28
Dallas Cowboys	0	0	3	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:41 MIN - Jamal Anderson 4 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
2Q: 07:10 MIN - Jamal Anderson 10 run (Jason Hanson extra point)
2Q: 00:31 MIN - Herman Fontenot 31 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
3Q: 06:01 DAL - Donald Igwebuike 41 field goal
4Q: 14:21 MIN - Jamal Anderson 34 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 08:41 MIN - Jamal Anderson 4 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
2Q: 07:10 MIN - Jamal Anderson 10 run (Jason Hanson extra point)
2Q: 00:31 MIN - Herman Fontenot 31 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)
3Q: 06:01 DAL - Donald Igwebuike 41 field goal
4Q: 14:21 MIN - Jamal Anderson 34 pass from Dan Marino (Jason Hanson extra point)

Team Statistics MIN DAL
Record 3-3 1-6
First Downs 23 9
- by Rushing 8 0
- by Passing 13 6
- by Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 405 131
- Offensive Plays 71 56
- Yards per Play 5.70 2.34
Net Rushing Yards 153 29
- Rushing Attempts 38 23
- Yards per Rush 4.03 1.26
Net Passing Yards 252 102
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 23 - 0 30 - 12 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 268 116
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/16 3/14
- Yards per Pass Play 7.64 3.09
Fumbles/Lost 5/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/17 3/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.3 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/45 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 5/21 4/23
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 2/32
Interception Ret./Yards 1/36 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 25
Time of Possession 35:23 24:37

Team Statistics	MIN	DAL
Record	3-3	1-6
First Downs	23	9
- by Rushing	8	0
- by Passing	13	6
- by Penalty	2	3
Total Net Yards	405	131
- Offensive Plays	71	56
- Yards per Play	5.70	2.34
Net Rushing Yards	153	29
- Rushing Attempts	38	23
- Yards per Rush	4.03	1.26
Net Passing Yards	252	102
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 23 - 0	30 - 12 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	268	116
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/16	3/14
- Yards per Pass Play	7.64	3.09
Fumbles/Lost	5/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/17	3/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.3	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/45	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	5/21	4/23
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	2/32
Interception Ret./Yards	1/36	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 25
Time of Possession	35:23	24:37

Drive Charts

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:02	1:34	OWN 25	3	7	Punt
1	10:57	2:24	OWN 29	7	71	Touchdown
1	4:28	5:58	OWN 20	10	49	Missed FG
2	11:39	4:39	OWN 5	10	95	Touchdown
2	4:35	4:19	OWN 6	11	94	Touchdown
3	15:00	1:50	OWN 20	5	16	Punt
3	9:34	2:45	OWN 14	6	7	Fumble
3	5:53	1:24	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
3	3:09	1:51	OWN 13	3	5	Punt
3	0:19	1:11	OPP 38	3	38	Touchdown
4	12:38	2:14	OWN 22	4	4	Punt
4	7:17	2:28	OWN 33	3	9	Punt
4	3:44	1:55	OWN 32	3	6	Punt
4	0:27	0:27	OWN 21	1	7	Game

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:58	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
1	12:28	1:31	OWN 32	3	-4	Punt
1	8:33	4:05	OWN 20	10	37	Punt
2	13:30	1:51	OWN 38	3	2	Punt
2	7:00	2:25	OWN 19	6	18	Punt
2	0:16	0:16	OWN 17	1	-1	Half
3	13:10	3:36	OWN 13	7	33	Punt
3	6:49	0:56	OPP 21	3	-3	Field Goal
3	4:29	1:20	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
3	1:18	0:59	OWN 33	3	17	Interception
4	14:08	1:30	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
4	10:24	3:07	OWN 11	6	24	Punt
4	4:49	1:05	OWN 22	3	5	Punt
4	1:49	1:22	OWN 19	3	6	Punt

Game MVP: Dan Marino, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jamal Anderson	26	111	4.27	17	3	1
Robert Green	12	42	3.50	9	0	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Omar Epps	11	10	0.91	6
Napoleon Kaufman	6	8	1.33	5
Neal Anderson	3	5	1.67	5
Ricky Sanders	1	1	1.00	1
Mark Rypien	1	-1	-1.00	-1
Scott Schwedes	1	6	6.00	6

Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dan Marino	31	23	268	2/16	3	34	0	132.1

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Mark Rypien	18	6	63	3/14	0	18	0	44.4
Dan McGwire	12	6	53	0/0	0	18	1	27.4

Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Herman Fontenot	7	8	77	11.00	23	31	1
WR Qadry Ismail	6	10	68	11.33	21	33	0
TE Ben Coates	4	4	41	10.25	17	18	0
RB Jamal Anderson	4	4	63	15.75	61	34	2
WR Sean Dawkins	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Charles Johnson	1	3	14	14.00	3	14	0
RB Robert Green	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Alvin Harper	3	9	41	13.67	0	18
WR Ricky Sanders	2	7	6	3.00	0	3
WR Wade Word	2	2	28	14.00	9	16
RB Napoleon Kaufman	2	4	13	6.50	13	11
WR Scott Schwedes	1	2	12	12.00	0	12
FB Bruce Perkins	1	3	17	17.00	10	17
RB Omar Epps	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
RB Ed Toner	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Arthur Marshall	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Eric Turner	1	36	36.00	0

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Minnesota	Fumb	Recov	Force
Dan Marino	2	0	0
Robert Green	1	0	0
Eric Blount	1	0	0
Jamal Anderson	1	0	0
Antone Davis	0	1	0
Anthony Redmon	0	1	0
Tony Boselli	0	1	0
Oliver Gibson	0	1	0
Eric Turner	0	0	1

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ricky Sanders	1	0	0
Harald Hasselbach	0	1	1
Omar Epps	0	1	0
Scott Schwedes	0	0	1
Jeff Cross	0	0	1
Tony Stargell	0	0	1
Rich Powers	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mitch Berger	7	379	54.1	48.0	78	4

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ned Flanders	11	554	50.4	46.6	60	5

Kicking Statistics

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Hanson	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	4/4

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Donald Igwebuike	1/1	1/1	0/0	41	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Blount	4	19	4.8	0
Junior Tautalatasi	1	2	2.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Wade Word	3	19	6.3	0
Ricky Sanders	1	4	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ricky Sanders	1	15	15.0	0
Audrey McMillian	1	17	17.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Frank Slade	8	3	1.5	20	26
S John Lynch	6	3	0.0	23	33
CB Aaron Glenn	5	1	0.0	22	33
ILB Tracy Simien	4	1	0.0	23	33
S Eric Turner	4	1	0.0	23	33
DE Wayne Martin	3	0	1.0	18	25
OLB Jamir Miller	2	1	0.0	16	19
DE Chidi Ahanotu	1	2	0.5	11	19
DE Robert Porcher	1	1	0.0	17	22
CB Darrell McClellan	1	1	0.0	18	29
CB Eric Allen	1	0	0.0	21	32
DT Oliver Gibson	1	0	0.0	10	13

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Henry Jones	9	2	0.0	33	33
DE Chad Brown	7	1	0.0	32	24
S Marcus Robertson	6	1	0.0	33	30
ILB Michael Barrow	6	1	0.0	19	13
CB Audrey McMillian	5	4	0.0	36	32
CB Tony Stargell	5	2	0.0	36	32
OLB Rich Powers	3	0	1.0	6	12
ILB Rod Stephens	3	4	0.0	33	29
DE Jeff Cross	3	1	0.0	19	21
ILB Percy Snow	3	1	0.0	5	4
OLB Aundray Bruce	2	4	0.0	27	26
DT Brenston Buckner	2	1	0.0	34	25
CB Leonard Wheeler	2	0	0.0	22	20
DE Harald Hasselbach	1	1	1.0	19	12
WR Ricky Sanders	1	0	---	---	---
S John Baylor	1	0	0.0	12	6
DT Michael Dean Perry	0	1	0.0	5	8
OLB John Roper	0	1	0.0	26	18
ILB Nate Thornton	0	1	0.0	4	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Frank Slade	1.5	1	1	0	26
DE Wayne Martin	1.0	0	0	0	25
DE Chidi Ahanotu	0.5	0	1	0	19
DE Robert Porcher	0.0	0	1	0	22
DT Oliver Gibson	0.0	0	1	0	13
DT Dan Wilkinson	0.0	0	0	2	20

Dallas	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Harald Hasselbach	1.0	1	12
OLB Rich Powers	1.0	0	12
OLB Aundray Bruce	0.0	1	26
OLB Bret Michaels	0.0	1	7
DE Chad Brown	0.0	1	24

Pass Defense Statistics

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Aaron Glenn	4	1	0	33
S Eric Turner	3	1	1	33
ILB Tracy Simien	2	1	0	33
CB Eric Allen	1	2	0	32
CB Darrell McClellan	1	0	0	29
OLB Jamir Miller	1	0	0	19
S John Lynch	0	2	0	33
DE Robert Porcher	0	1	0	22

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Tony Stargell	5	1	32
CB Audrey McMillian	3	1	32
ILB Michael Barrow	3	0	13
ILB Rod Stephens	2	0	29
S Henry Jones	2	0	33
CB Leonard Wheeler	2	0	20
DE Chad Brown	2	0	24
OLB Aundray Bruce	1	0	26
ILB Percy Snow	1	0	4
S Marcus Robertson	1	0	30
OLB Rich Powers	1	0	12

Blocking Statistics

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Anthony Redmon	4	12	1	38	0	33
Tony Boselli	4	8	0	38	1	33
Keith Sims	3	6	0	38	1	33
Tom Nalen	2	7	0	38	0	33
Antone Davis	0	5	0	38	0	33

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Joe Tofflemire	2	7	21	0	33
Crawford Ker	1	4	22	0	33
Channing Carpenter	0	3	20	2	32
Gary Zimmerman	0	2	22	1	33
Bruce Perkins	0	2	4	0	12
Ricky Siglar	0	2	4	0	1
Tyler Houston	0	1	5	0	1
Chris Wiltz	0	1	21	0	32

Special Teams Tackles

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Eric Turner	2	13
Butler By'not'e	2	12
Chuck Banks	1	15
Bob Kochman	1	8

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Scott Schwedes	1	19
Pat Carter	1	18
Arthur Marshall	1	13
Chris Wiltz	1	10
Leonard Wheeler	1	8

Participation

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Anthony Redmon	38	33	---	---	8	79
Dan Marino	38	33	---	---	---	71
Keith Sims	38	33	---	---	---	71
Antone Davis	38	33	---	---	---	71
Tom Nalen	38	33	---	---	---	71
Tony Boselli	38	33	---	---	---	71
Qadry Ismail	31	26	---	---	13	70
Eric Turner	---	---	23	33	13	69
Darrell McClellan	---	---	18	29	19	66
Ben Coates	35	26	---	---	1	62
Tracy Simien	---	---	23	33	1	57
John Lynch	---	---	23	33	1	57
Brad Muster	23	21	---	---	12	56
Aaron Glenn	---	---	22	33	1	56
Eric Allen	---	---	21	32	1	54
Robert Porcher	---	---	17	22	12	51
Jamal Anderson	26	24	---	---	---	50
Frank Slade	---	---	20	26	1	47
Herman Fontenot	25	19	---	---	---	44
Wayne Martin	---	---	18	25	1	44
Jamir Miller	---	---	16	19	8	43
Charles Johnson	13	15	---	---	7	35
Dan Wilkinson	---	---	13	20	1	34
Ken Dilger	11	9	---	---	14	34
Oliver Gibson	---	---	10	13	11	34
Todd Jones	---	---	2	5	24	31
Chidi Ahanotu	---	---	11	19	---	30
Junior Tautalatasi	0	1	---	---	26	27
Chuck Banks	5	4	---	---	15	24
Robert Green	12	8	---	---	2	22
Devin Bush	---	---	5	9	8	22
Sean Dawkins	9	11	---	---	---	20
Eric Blount	0	1	---	---	18	19
Shannon Briggs	---	---	5	4	10	19
Butler By'not'e	---	---	3	1	12	16
Darion Conner	---	---	3	7	1	11
James Palmer	0	0	---	---	8	8
Chuck Belin	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bob Kochman	0	0	---	---	8	8
Cory Raymer	0	0	---	---	8	8
Richard Newbill	---	---	0	0	7	7
Mitch Berger	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jason Hanson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Tuineau Alipate	---	---	0	0	3	3
Mark Vlasic	0	0	---	---	1	1
Craig Erickson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Henry Jones	---	---	33	33	15	81
Audrey McMillian	---	---	36	32	8	76
Tony Stargell	---	---	36	32	6	74
Crawford Ker	22	33	---	---	12	67
Marcus Robertson	---	---	33	30	2	65
Chris Wiltz	21	32	---	---	10	63
Rod Stephens	---	---	33	29	---	62
Chad Brown	---	---	32	24	3	59
Brenston Buckner	---	---	34	25	---	59
Joe Tofflemire	21	33	---	---	2	56
Gary Zimmerman	22	33	---	---	---	55
Aundray Bruce	---	---	27	26	1	54
Channing Carpenter	20	32	---	---	2	54
Ricky Sanders	15	27	---	---	11	53
Leonard Wheeler	---	---	22	20	8	50
John Roper	---	---	26	18	1	45
Scott Schwedes	9	15	---	---	19	43
Jeff Cross	---	---	19	21	3	43
Alvin Harper	14	28	---	---	---	42
Pat Carter	11	11	---	---	18	40
Michael Barrow	---	---	19	13	5	37
Wade Word	11	20	---	---	6	37
Harald Hasselbach	---	---	19	12	6	37
Mark Rypien	14	21	---	---	---	35
Rich Powers	---	---	6	12	15	33
Gilberto Campbell	14	10	---	---	8	32
Neal Anderson	4	1	---	---	26	31
Ed Toner	10	9	---	---	12	31
Bruce Perkins	4	12	---	---	14	30
Bret Michaels	---	---	11	7	7	25
Omar Epps	12	12	---	---	---	24
Napoleon Kaufman	6	15	---	---	3	24
Arthur Marshall	5	5	---	---	13	23
Dan McGwire	9	12	---	---	---	21
John Baylor	---	---	12	6	1	19
Ricky Siglar	4	1	---	---	12	17
Tyler Houston	5	1	---	---	10	16
Michael Dean Perry	---	---	5	8	2	15
Dan Chandler	---	---	6	9	---	15
Percy Snow	---	---	5	4	5	14
Kendyl Clarke	0	0	---	---	12	12
Ned Flanders	0	0	---	---	11	11
Nate Thornton	---	---	4	2	1	7
Donald Igwebuike	0	0	---	---	3	3
Junior Bryant	---	---	0	0	3	3
Will Furrer	0	0	---	---	1	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	48	4.4
Middle	19	74	3.9
Right	8	31	3.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	5	0.7
Middle	14	19	1.4
Right	1	6	6.0
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dan Marino	31	23	3	0	2	2	4	0	0

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Mark Rypien	18	6	0	2	0	6	4	0	0
Dan McGwire	12	6	0	0	2	2	0	2	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	44	14.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	13	99	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	74	9.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	51	12.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	14	3.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	6	38	3.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	64	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Qadry Ismail	10	6	1	68	1	26
WR Herman Fontenot	8	7	0	77	1	19
TE Ben Coates	4	4	0	41	0	26
RB Jamal Anderson	4	4	0	63	1	24
WR Charles Johnson	3	1	0	14	0	15
RB Robert Green	1	0	1	0	0	8
WR Sean Dawkins	1	1	0	5	0	11

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Alvin Harper	9	3	1	41	28
WR Ricky Sanders	7	2	0	6	27
RB Napoleon Kaufman	4	2	0	13	15
FB Bruce Perkins	3	1	0	17	12
WR Scott Schwedes	2	1	0	12	15
WR Wade Word	2	2	0	28	20
RB Ed Toner	1	0	1	0	9
WR Arthur Marshall	1	0	0	0	5
RB Omar Epps	1	1	0	-1	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jamal Anderson	2	15	7.50	4.27

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dan Marino	2	1	4	2.00	8.65

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Qadry Ismail	1	0	0	0.00	6.80
RB Jamal Anderson	1	1	4	4.00	15.75

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Jamal Anderson	5	2
Robert Green	2	1

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Ricky Sanders	1	0
Neal Anderson	1	0
Napoleon Kaufman	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dan Marino	9	5	5

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Mark Rypien	7	2	2
Dan McGwire	5	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Qadry Ismail	3	1	1
RB Jamal Anderson	2	2	2
WR Charles Johnson	2	1	1
WR Herman Fontenot	1	1	1
RB Robert Green	1	0	0

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Alvin Harper	3	1	1
RB Napoleon Kaufman	3	2	1
WR Ricky Sanders	2	0	0
FB Bruce Perkins	1	0	0
WR Arthur Marshall	1	0	0
WR Wade Word	1	1	1
RB Omar Epps	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 51,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,900 (21,400)
End Zone 10,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,700 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	51,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,900 (21,400)
End Zone	10,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,700 (3,300)