NFL game summary for 10/26/1978:

Fran Tarkenton, directing a newly installed multiple offense, fired two touchdown passes and the opportunistic Vikings capitalized on two Dallas turnovers as Minnesota upped its record to 5-4 and remained two games behind Green Bay in the NFC Central. Tom Hannon recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff to set up a four-yard Tarkenton-to-Chuck Foreman scoring pass and, just three minutes later, a Tony Dorsett fumble initiated a 37-yard drive culminated by Rickey Young's four-yard touchdown burst. The Vikings established a 21-3 halftime margin on Tarkenton's 12-yard scoring connection to Sammy White. Foreman rushed 22 times for 101 yards, his second 100-yard plus day of 1978, while the Vikings' defense held Cowboy runners to 92 yards. Drew Pearson extended his consecutive game pass catching streak to 54 as Dallas dropped out of a first place tie with Washington in the NFC East.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	101.5 (28)	187.9 (6)	289.4 (16)	21
DEFENSE	125.2 (7)	169.8 (21)	295.0 (13)	21
OFFENSE	170.9 (4)	210.9 (2)	381.8 (1)	20
DEFENSE	111.8 (3)	160.5 (19)	272.2 (6)	16

Line: Cowboys by 7½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Minnesota Vikings (5-4-0)	14	7	0	0	21
Dallas Cowboys (6-3-0)	0	3	7	0	10

( 7- 0) MIN Chuck Foreman 4 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) (14- 0) MIN Rickey Young 4 yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick) (14- 3) DAL Rafael Septien 25 yard field goal (21- 3) MIN Sammy White 12 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Rick Danmeier kick) (21-10) DAL Robert Newhouse 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick)

                     MIN             DAL
First Downs:         21              13
Rushes-yards:        38-144          24-92
Yards/rush:          3.8             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     18-32-139-0     12-27-148-2
Sacked-yards:        1-2             2-1
Net pass yards:      137             147
Net yards/pass:      4.2             5.1
Total net yards:     281             239
Total plays:         71 (53% run)    53 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             2-2
Turnovers:           0               4
Penalties-yards:     6-40            7-50

Attendance: 61,848

Passing:
MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 18 of 32 for 139 yards and 2 TDs DAL: Roger Staubach, 12 of 26 for 148 yards (2 int); Tony Dorsett, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
Rushing:
MIN: Chuck Foreman, 22 for 101 yards; Rickey Young, 8 for 21 yards and 1 TD; Sammy Johnson, 5 for 22 yards; Sammy White, 2 for 3 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 1 for -3 yards DAL: Robert Newhouse, 11 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Tony Dorsett, 11 for 38 yards; Preston Pearson, 1 for 8 yards; Roger Staubach, 1 for 3 yards
Receiving:
MIN: Chuck Foreman, 5 for 33 yards and 1 TD; Ahmad Rashad, 4 for 34 yards; Bob Tucker, 4 for 25 yards; Sammy White, 2 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Rickey Young, 2 for 8 yards; Stu Voigt, 1 for 3 yards DAL: Tony Hill, 3 for 34 yards; Billy Joe DuPree, 2 for 41 yards; Drew Pearson, 2 for 38 yards; Preston Pearson, 2 for 14 yards; Robert Newhouse, 2 for 9 yards; Tony Dorsett, 1 for 12 yards
Kick returns:
MIN: Kevin Miller, 3 for 72 yards DAL: Alois Blackwell, 2 for 51 yards; Larry Brinson, 2 for 19 yards
Punt returns:
MIN: Kevin Miller, 3 for 14 yards DAL: Tony Hill, 4 for 61 yards
Interceptions:
MIN: Bobby Bryant, 1 for 23 yards; Phil Wise, 1 for 7 yards
Punting:
MIN: Greg Coleman, 7 for 320 yards DAL: Danny White, 5 for 215 yards
Field Goals:
MIN: Rick Danmeier, 0/1 DAL: Rafael Septien, 1/1