Visitor: Dallas Cowboys

Home: Minnesota Vikings

Date: December 28, 1975

NFC Divisional Playoff

Scoring:

Team 1 2 3 4 Final

DAL 0 0 7 10 17

MIN 0 7 0 7 14

Visitor playmakers:

HB Doug Dennison, WR Drew Pearson

Home playmakers:

LB Fred McNeill, RB Chuck Foreman, RB Brent McClanahan

Network: CBS (KHOU Houston)

Announcers: Gary Bender, John Unitas

Pregame: No – begins at kickoff

Halftime: No

Postgame: No

Commercials: No

Grade: 7.5 – multi-generation, poor commercial edits

Notes: A dramatic 50-yard touchdown pass from Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson with 24 seconds to play boosted the Dallas Cowboys, the Wild Card team, into the NFC Championship game with the Rams on a 17-14 win over the defending champion Vikings. Minnesota scored first on a one-yard run by Chuck Foreman after linebacker Fred McNeill recovered a muffed punt on the four-yard line. The Cowboys, shut out for a half, tied the score on a Doug Dennison four-yard run in the third quarter and took a 10-7 lead on Toni Fritsch’s 24-yard field goal on the first play of the final period. Brent McClanahan scored from the one, ending a 70-yard Vikings drive with 5:24 to go. With less than two minutes to go, Dallas moved 85 yards as Staubach, operating out of the shotgun formation, finally hit Drew Pearson with the winning pass. Staubach completed 17 of 29 for 246 yards, and Fran Tarkenton hit with 12 of 26 for 135 yards. The Vikings’ Chuck Foreman topped the rushers with 56 yards. Dennison was high for Dallas with 36 yards.

Thanks Dean!

Running time: 2:18 (2 discs)