Sunday, October 2, 1983
| DAL | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Sammy White 43 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 45 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Vikings | Sammy White 36 yard pass from Steve Dils (Benny Ricardo kick) | 3 | 14 |
| Vikings | Benny Ricardo 41 yard field goal | 3 | 17 | |
| Cowboys | Danny White 2 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| Vikings | Ted Brown 5 yard rush (Benny Ricardo kick) | 10 | 24 | |
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 45 yard field goal | 13 | 24 | |
| 3rd | Cowboys | Ron Springs 5 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 20 | 24 |
| Cowboys | Ron Fellows 58 yard interception return (Rafael Septien kick) | 27 | 24 | |
| 4th | Cowboys | Drew Pearson 11 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 34 | 24 |
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 35 yard field goal | 37 | 24 |
| DAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 28 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 47-200-2 | 16-44-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-40-213-1-2 | 17-39-272-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-13 | 1-0 |
| Net pass yards | 200 | 272 |
| Total yards | 400 | 316 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-10 | 6-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 26 | 141 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 14 | 59 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 22 | 40 | 213 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | -2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 6 | 62 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Steve Dils | MIN | 17 | 39 | 272 | 2 | 3 | 43 | ||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 3 | 107 | 2 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 7 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Ted Brown | MIN | 9 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Steve Jordan | MIN | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Dave Casper | MIN | 2 | 27 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Sam McCullum | MIN | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Bob Bruer | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Fellows | DAL | 0.0 | 2 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rod Hill | DAL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Randy White | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rufus Bess | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dave Huffman | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Doug Martin | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darrin Nelson | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jarvis Redwine | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Turner | MIN | 0.0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Rafael Septien | DAL | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Warren | DAL | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Coleman | MIN | 7 | 335 | 47.9 | 0 | ||||
| Benny Ricardo | MIN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |