NFC Divisional Playoff * Playoff * 08-03-2007 Temp:57 Wind:5-15 MVP:White,S 1976 Minnesota (11-4) 7 7 0 10 24 1976 Dallas (12-3) 7 3 7 0 17 1 Dal TD Laidlaw 8 run (Herrera) (12-79-7:12) 7:42 0-7 1 Min TD Tarkenton 59 pass to White (Cox) (5-80-2:09) 5:24 7-7 2 Min TD Sutherland blk punt ret -2 (Cox) (0-0-0:00) 14:09 14-7 2 Dal FG Herrera 34 (8-35-3:58) 4:19 14-10 3 Dal TD Staubach 8 pass to Pearson (Herrera) (8-64-4:51) 8:43 14-17 4 Min FG Cox 25 (7-62-3:58) 12:37 17-17 4 Min TD Tarkenton 26 pass to White (Cox) (3-33-1:15) 11:02 24-17 Min Dal First Downs 14 23 Rushes 22-104 40-178 Passes 29-16-199 23-13-133 Sacked 3-20 3-21 Fumble 3 2 Penalties 9-75 8-51 Turnovers 0 3 Time 24:38 35:16 Third Down 2-11 3-10 Fourth Down 0-0 0-2 Net Offense 283 290 Injuries:none 1976 Minnesota Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Foreman 14 83 5.9 2 2 17 0 Foreman 5 0 26 5.2 0 0 8 0 Miller,R 4 22 5.5 1 1 10 0 Rashad 5 0 52 10.4 0 5 13 0 McClanahan 1 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 White,S 4 0 106 26.5 2 4 59 2 Tarkenton 3 -2 -0.7 0 0 0 0 McClanahan 2 1 15 7.5 0 0 10 0 22 104 4.7 3 3 17 0 16 1 199 12.4 2 9 59 2 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Tarkenton 29 16 55.2 199 12.4 59 2 2 0 0.0 3 2 6.9 99.6 29 16 55.2 199 12.4 59 2 2 0 0.0 3 2 6.9 99.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Cox 3 3 100.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 25 6 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Clabo 6 272 54 0 0 2 5 40 38.7 45.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Willis 4 91 22.8 30 0 Willis 1 0 9 9.0 9 0 4 91 22.8 30 0 1 0 9 9.0 9 0 Fumbles Foreman 1 Rashad 1 Willis 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Page 2 Eller 1 Eller 1 Bryant,B 2 Page 1 Sutherla 2 Marshall 1 Hilgenbe 1 Blair 1 Sutherla 1 Riley,S 1 Page 1 Allen,N 1 Foreman 1 Krause 1 Wright,J 1 Siemon 1 Tackles Blair 8 Marshall 5 Sutherla 5 Eller 3 Wright,N 3 Martin 1 Page 8 Bryant,B 5 Hilgenbe 4 Miller,R 3 Allen,N 1 McNeill 1 Siemon 6 Hall 5 Krause 3 Wright,J 3 Winston 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Bryant,B 1 22 22.0 22 0 1 22 22.0 22 0 1976 Dallas Cowboys Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Newhouse 15 73 4.9 0 4 7 0 Pearson,D 7 0 83 11.9 0 2 17 1 Laidlaw 13 59 4.5 0 2 8 1 Laidlaw 4 0 29 7.3 0 2 10 0 Dennison 7 40 5.7 1 5 11 0 Newhouse 1 0 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 Staubach 4 8 2.0 0 2 6 0 DuPree 1 0 16 16.0 0 1 16 0 DuPree 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 0 0 13 1 133 10.2 0 5 17 1 40 178 4.5 1 13 11 1 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Staubach 23 13 56.5 133 10.2 17 5 0 1 4.3 3 1 4.3 69.7 23 13 56.5 133 10.2 17 5 0 1 4.3 3 1 4.3 69.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Herrera 2 2 100.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 34 5 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross White,D 3 118 45 0 1 1 1 9 36.3 39.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Johnson,B 5 144 28.8 49 0 Johnson,B 5 1 40 8.0 12 0 5 144 28.8 49 0 5 1 40 8.0 12 0 Fumbles Newhouse 1 Staubach 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Pugh 2 Martin,H 1 Martin,H 1 White,R 1 Harris,C 1 Breunig 1 Pugh 1 Henderso 1 Washingt 1 Tackles Jordan,L 6 Pugh 4 Breunig 3 Reece 2 Lewis,D. 1 White,R 1 Martin,H 6 Barnes 4 Jones,E 3 Hegman 2 Renfro 1 Washingt 5 Kyle 3 Harris,C 3 Henderso 1 Hughes,R 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0 1st Quarter KO 15:00 Dal Johnson ret of 10 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own21 14:54 Dal Pen5(Team) B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 1 15 own16 14:54 Dal Staubac-Pearson 17 B1 M-Straight B1 Z Basic/Lo 1 10 own33 14:43 Dal Newhouse 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sZ Basic 2 5 own38 13:47 Dal Pen10(Scott) B2 OffTkl-R B1 Z Pass 2 15 own28 13:39 Min Pen15(Page) P1 Sweep-L/SI B1 M Basic 1 10 own43 13:30 Dal Newhouse 7 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Basic 2 3 50 12:34 Dal Dennison 6 B2 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic/Lr 1 10 opp44 11:41 Dal Newhouse 4 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic/Lr 2 6 opp40 10:42 Dal Laidlaw 5 B1 Trap-R B1 tZ Basic 3 1 opp35 9:43 Dal Staubac-Laidlaw 10 B1 S-Hitch B1 sM Key-Newhouse/Lr/A 1 10 opp25 8:47 Dal Newhouse 3/Pen11(Sut B1 Trap-R B1 dM Run 1 10 opp11 8:40 Dal Staubac-Laidlaw 3 B1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Basic 2 7 opp8 7:49 Dal Laidlaw 8/TD B1 Sweep-L B1 tZ Basic/Lo 0-7 KO 7:42 Min Willis ret of 16 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 7:33 Min Tarkent-McClanah 5 B2 S-Flat B1 M Basic 2 5 own25 7:25 Min Tarkent-Rashad 7 B2 S-Out B1 sZ Key-Foreman 1 10 own32 7:19 Min Foreman 1 B2 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 2 9 own33 6:35 Min Tarkent-Foreman 8/F B2 S-Slant Di sM Basic 3 1 own41 5:41 Min Tarkent-White 59/TD B2 M-Out B1 tZ Run/Bz1/Li 7-7 KO 5:24 Dal Johnson ret of 47 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 opp43 5:11 Dal Staubac-Pearson X B1 M-Straight B1 sM Basic 2 10 opp43 5:06 Dal Laidlaw 4 B1 Sweep-R B1 sM Basic 3 6 opp39 4:15 Dal Laidlaw 3 B1 Sweep-R B1 sZ Pass/Lo 4 3 opp36 3:22 Dal Staubac-Newhouse X B1 S-Out B1 tZ Pass/Bz2/A 1 10 own36 3:18 Min Pen5(White) B2 S-Slant B1 M Basic 1 15 own31 3:10 Min Pen5(Team) B2 Pitch-L Di sZ Basic 1 20 own26 3:10 Min Foreman 17 B2 Pitch-L Di Zo Pass/Bz1 2 3 own43 2:58 Min Foreman 4 B2 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Run/Lo 1 10 own47 2:03 Min McClanahan 1 B2 Trap-R B1 M Basic 2 9 own48 1:13 Min Foreman 2 B2 Sweep-L Ni tZ Basic 3 7 50 1:06 Min Tarkent-McClanah X B2 S-Out Di tZ Pass 4 7 50 1:01 Min Clabo 48,Johnson 11 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own13 0:55 Dal Pen5(Team) B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 1 15 own8 0:55 Dal Laidlaw 5 B1 Trap-R B1 sM Basic 2nd Quarter 2 10 own13 15:00 Dal Laidlaw 3 B1 Dive B1 M Basic 3 7 own16 14:18 Dal Staubac-Newhouse 5 B1 M-Out/Dump B1 M Pass/Lo 4 2 own21 14:14 Dal Punt blocked TD -- Pt-deep -- Block 14-7 KO 14:09 Dal Johnson ret of 49 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 opp45 13:54 Dal Newhouse 7 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Pass 2 3 opp38 13:08 Dal Dennison 6 B2 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic 1 10 opp32 12:26 Dal Pen10(Scott) B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Basic/Lr 1 20 opp42 12:17 Dal Staubac-Pearson X B1 L-Straight B1 sZ Basic 2 20 opp42 12:10 Dal Laidlaw 5 B1 Sweep-L B1 sM Pass 3 15 opp37 12:01 Dal Staubac-Laidlaw X P1 M-Out/RB/Dump Di M Pass/C 4 15 opp37 11:56 Dal White 32,Willis 0 -- Pt-side -- LetRoll 1 10 own5 11:52 Min Tarkent-McClanah 10 B2 S-Hitch B1 sZ Key-Foreman/Li 2 0 own15 11:02 Min Tarkent-Rashad 9/F B2 M-Straight B1 M Basic 1 10 own24 10:07 Min Foreman 3 B2 Dive B1 M Basic 2 7 own27 9:16 Min Tarkent-McClanah X B2 S-Slant Ni tM Basic 3 7 own27 9:10 Min Sk-Pugh -4 B2 S-Slant Qu tZ Pass 4 11 own23 8:22 Min Clabo 41,Johnson 12 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own48 8:17 Dal Newhouse 5 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 2 5 opp47 7:30 Dal Newhouse 7 B1 OffTkl-L B1 sM Basic 1 10 opp40 6:51 Dal Newhouse 3 B1 OffTkl-L B1 dZ Run 2 7 opp37 6:10 Dal Pen5(Page) B1 OffTkl-R B1 sM Basic 2 2 opp32 6:10 Dal Newhouse 3 B2 OffTkl-R B1 M Run 1 10 opp29 5:25 Min Pen14(Siemon) B1 M-Slant B1 sZ Pass 1 10 opp15 5:13 Dal Newhouse 5 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Basic 2 5 opp10 5:05 Dal Staubac-Laidlaw X B2 S-Hitch B1 sZ Basic 3 5 opp10 5:02 Dal Sk-Marshall -7 P1 M-Straight R1 sZ Basic/Lr/A 4 12 opp17 4:19 Dal FG Herrera 34 good -- FG -- 14-10 KO 4:13 Min Willis ret of 23 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own24 4:04 Min Foreman 6 B1 Sweep-L B1 M Basic 2 4 own30 3:03 Min Miller 6 B1 Dive Ni Z Basic/Lo 1 10 own36 2:07 Min Sk-Pugh -8 B1 M-Out Di M Basic 2 18 own28 2:00 Min Foreman 8 B1 Pitch-L Di M Pass/Bz1 3 10 own36 1:51 Min Foreman 7 B1 OffTkl-L Qu sZ Pass 4 3 own43 1:42 Min Clabo 54,Johnson 4 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own7 1:38 Dal Dennison 11 B2 OffTkl-R Ni M Pass 1 10 own18 1:10 Dal Dennison 3 B2 OffTkl-R Ni M Basic/Ll 2 7 own21 0:44 Dal Staubac-Pearson X B2 B-Post/ND/NS/HO Ni M Basic/Lo 3 7 own21 0:37 Dal Staubac-Richards X B2 M-Out/HO/Dump Di M Pass 4 7 own21 0:32 Dal White 45,Willis 9 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own43 0:26 Min Tarkent-Foreman 1 B1 Screen Qu dZ Pass/Bz1/Li 2 9 own44 0:22 Min Foreman 10 B1 Pitch-L Qu dZ Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp46 0:13 Min Tarkent-White X B1 M-Seam Qu M Dbl-Rashad 2 10 opp46 0:04 Min Tarkent-Rashad X P1 Hail/RB Qu dZ Pass/Bz1 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 Min Willis ret of 22 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own27 14:50 Min Foreman 3 B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic 2 7 own30 13:53 Min Pen10(Goodrum) B2 S-Slant B1 tZ Basic 2 17 own20 13:49 Min Tarkent-McClanah X B2 S-Hitch Di sM Pass/Lo 3 17 own20 13:46 Min Foreman 3 B2 Sweep-L Qu Z Pass 4 14 own23 13:38 Min Clabo 41,Johnson 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own36 13:34 Dal Staubac-Pearson 8 B1 M-Straight B1 sM Basic 2 2 own44 12:57 Dal Staubach 5 B1 M-Slant B1 sM Basic 1 10 own49 12:19 Dal Staubac-Pearson 13 B1 M-Straight B1 sZ Basic 1 10 opp38 11:41 Dal Newhouse 7 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Pass 2 3 opp31 10:55 Dal Staubac-DuPree 16 B2 M-Slant B1 M Run 1 10 opp15 10:17 Dal Pen5(Wright) B2 Sweep-R B1 Z Basic 1 15 opp20 10:17 Dal Laidlaw -3 B1 Sweep-R B1 Z Basic/Lo 2 18 opp23 9:34 Dal Staubac-Pearson 15 P1 M-Slant B1 Z Pass/Lo/C 3 3 opp8 8:48 Dal Staubac-Pearson 8/TD P1 S-Hitch B1 tZ Basic/Lo/A 14-17 KO 8:43 Min Willis ret of 30 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 8:34 Min Tarkent-Rashad 13 B1 M-Out B1 M Basic 1 10 own46 8:27 Min Tarkent-Miller X B1 S-Slant B1 sM Pass 2 10 own46 8:22 Min Tarkent-Foreman X B1 S-Slant Ni sZ Pass/Lo 3 10 own46 8:18 Min Tarkent-White X B1 M-Out Qu Z Pass 4 10 own46 8:10 Min Clabo 40,Johnson 6 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 8:05 Min Pen5(Krause) B1 M-Straight B1 M Basic 1 10 own25 7:56 Dal Dennison 8 B2 OffTkl-R B1 sM Basic 2 2 own33 7:11 Dal Dennison 5 B2 OffTkl-R B1 Z Basic 1 10 own38 6:27 Dal Staubach -4/F B1 L-Straight B1 sM Basic 1 10 opp34 6:18 Min Tarkent-Foreman 7 B1 S-Hitch B1 Z Basic 2 3 opp27 5:25 Min Tarkent-Rashad 11 B1 M-Straight B1 M Basic 1 10 opp16 4:26 Min Tarkent-White X B1 M-Slant B1 tZ Basic 2 10 opp16 4:18 Min Miller 6 B1 Sweep-L Ni tZ Pass/Lo 3 4 opp10 3:18 Min Tarkent-Foreman X B1 S-Hitch Ni tZ Pass/Lo 4 4 opp10 3:13 Min FG blocked -- FG -- Block 1 10 own21 3:09 Dal Staubac-Pearson X B1 L-Straight/ND B1 sM Basic 2 10 own21 3:03 Dal Staubach 1 B1 M-Slant B1 Z Basic/Lo 3 9 own22 2:22 Dal Sk-Page -9 P1 M-Slant/RB Ni M Pass 4 18 own13 1:40 Dal White 41,Willis 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own46 1:35 Min Tarkent-Rashad 12 B1 M-Slant B1 sZ Basic 1 10 opp42 0:38 Min Tarkent-White 10 B1 M-Straight B1 M Basic 4th Quarter 1 10 opp32 15:00 Min Foreman 5 B1 Dive B2 sZ Basic/Bz1 2 5 opp27 14:21 Min Tarkent-White 11 B1 M-Out Ni Z Basic 1 10 opp16 14:12 Min Tarkent-Miller X B1 M-Out Ni tZ Basic/Bz1 2 10 opp16 13:29 Min Tarkent-White X B2 M-Hitch Ni sZ Pass/Lo 3 10 opp16 13:22 Min Foreman 8 B2 Draw Qu sZ Pass/Bz1 4 2 opp8 12:37 Min FG Cox 25 good -- FG -- Block 17-17 KO 12:33 Dal Johnson ret of 21 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 12:25 Dal Newhouse 5/F B1 OffTkl-L B1 tZ Basic 1 10 opp33 12:17 Min Tarkent-Voigt X B1 M-Slant B1 Z Pass 2 10 opp33 12:05 Min Tarkent-Foreman 7 B1 M-Straight Ni sZ Basic/Lo 3 3 opp26 11:14 Min Tarkent-White 26/TD B1 L-Straight/MP B1 tZi Basic 24-17 KO 11:02 Dal Johnson ret of 17 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own25 10:53 Dal Laidlaw 6 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic 2 4 own31 10:12 Dal Newhouse 4 B1 Trap-R B1 M Basic/Lr 1 10 own35 9:26 Dal Laidlaw 6 B1 Trap-R B1 sZ Basic 2 4 own41 8:44 Dal Newhouse 4 B1 OffTkl-R B1 dM Run 1 10 own45 8:05 Dal Laidlaw 6 B1 OffTkl-L B1 dZ Run 2 4 opp49 7:23 Dal Laidlaw 6 B1 Trap-R B1 M Pass 1 10 opp43 6:37 Dal Staubac-Laidlaw 7 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Run 2 3 opp36 5:58 Dal Staubach 6 B1 M-Straight R1 M Basic 1 10 opp30 5:15 Dal Newhouse 4 B1 Sweep-R B1 sM Basic 2 6 opp26 4:34 Dal Pen5(Eller) B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Basic/Lr 2 1 opp21 4:34 Dal Dennison 1 B1 Trap-R B1 dZ Basic 1 10 opp20 3:44 Dal Pen5(Scott) B1 S-Hitch B1 M Pass/Lo 1 15 opp25 3:44 Dal Sk-Page -5 B1 S-Hitch B1 sZ Basic 2 20 opp30 3:09 Dal DuPree -2 B1 Reverse B1 sM Basic 3 22 opp32 3:01 Dal Staubac-Pearson 10 B1 M-Out/HO Di Z Pass/Lo 4 12 opp22 2:57 Dal Staubac-Pearson 12 B1 M-Straight Di dM Pass 1 10 own10 2:49 Min Tarkent-Foreman 3 B2 S-Hitch B1 sZ Basic 2 7 own13 2:46 Min Foreman 6 B1 Sweep-L B1 tZ Basic 3 1 own19 2:39 Min Pen5(Pugh) B1 M-Out B1 tZo Basic/Bz1/Li 1 10 own24 2:39 Min Miller 0 B1 Dive B1 tZ Basic 2 10 own24 2:33 Min Sk-Breunig -8 B1 L-Straight/MP Ni tZ Basic/Lo 3 18 own16 2:26 Min Miller 10 B1 Pitch-L Qu Z Pass 4 8 own26 2:19 Min Clabo 48,Johnson 7 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 2:14 Dal Laidlaw 5 B1 Dive B1 M Pass/Lo 2 5 own38 2:00 Dal Staubac-DuPree X B1 M-Out/HO B1 M Pass 3 5 own38 1:52 Dal Staubac-Laidlaw 9 B1 S-Out/HO Ni Z Pass 1 10 own47 1:48 Dal Staubac-INT-Bryant B1 M-Out/HO Ni Zo Pass 1 10 opp39 1:36 Min Tarkenton -1 B1 QbKneel B1 tZ Run-Foreman/Bz4/A 2 11 opp40 0:52 Min Tarkenton -1 B1 QbKneel B1 tZ Run-Foreman/Bz4 3 12 opp41 0:07 Min Tarkenton 0 B1 QbKneel B1 Z Run