The Dallas Cowboys beat the Minnesota Vikings 20-16 on Oct 31, 2021 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Final · U.S. Bank Stadium
Top performers
- Cooper Rush threw for 325 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception for the Cowboys.
- Ezekiel Elliott ran for 50 yards on 16 carries.
- Kirk Cousins threw for 184 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions for the Vikings.
- Dalvin Cook ran for 78 yards on 18 carries.
Dallas Cowboys box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel Elliott | 16 | 50 | 0 | 8 |
| Tony Pollard | 7 | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| Cooper Rush | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 24 | 78 | 0 | 8 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amari Cooper | 8 | 13 | 122 | 1 | 33 |
| CeeDee Lamb | 6 | 8 | 112 | 0 | 35 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 4 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 15 |
| Dalton Schultz | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| Tony Pollard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 21 | 35 | 269 | 1 | 35 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah Parsons | 11 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jourdan Lewis | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Brown | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leighton Vander Esch | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osa Odighizuwa | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malik Hooker | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damontae Kazee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorance Armstrong | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chauncey Golston | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keanu Neal | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevon Diggs | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 37 | 30 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Minnesota Vikings box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalvin Cook | 18 | 78 | 0 | 19 |
| Kirk Cousins | 3 | 18 | 0 | 13 |
| Team | 21 | 96 | 0 | 19 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Thielen | 6 | 9 | 78 | 1 | 32 |
| Tyler Conklin | 5 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 31 |
| Justin Jefferson | 2 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 18 |
| K.J. Osborn | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Luke Stocker | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Ihmir Smith-Marsette | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Dalvin Cook | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 17 | 27 | 179 | 1 | 32 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Smith | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Xavier Woods | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bashaud Breeland | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Barr | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Kendricks | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Vigil | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalvin Tomlinson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Richardson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Wonnum | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Everson Griffen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joshua Metellus | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Bynum | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 56 | 32 | 3.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Cowboys · 2021 season · Previous Oct 17, 2021: DAL 35, NE 29 · Next Nov 7, 2021: DEN 30, DAL 16
- Vikings · 2021 season · Previous Oct 17, 2021: MIN 34, CAR 28 · Next Nov 7, 2021: MIN 31, BAL 34