Cowboys–Vikings rivalry

Dallas Cowboys–Minnesota Vikings

Dallas Cowboys Minnesota Vikings
First meeting	September 24, 1961 Cowboys 21, Vikings 7
Latest meeting	November 20, 2022 Cowboys 40, Vikings 3
Next meeting	2025 (tentative)
Statistics
Meetings total	34
All-time series	Cowboys, 19–15
Postseason results	Cowboys, 4–3 Most recent January 17, 2010 Vikings 34, Cowboys 3
Largest victory	Vikings, 54–13 (1970)
Longest win streak	Vikings, 5 (1998–2004)
Current win streak	Cowboys, 3 (2020–present)
Championship Success
NFL Championships (6) DAL (5) – 1971, 1977, 1992, 1993, 1995 MIN (1) – 1969 Super Bowls won (5) DAL (5) – 1971, 1977, 1992, 1993, 1995 MIN (0) NFL Conference Championships (11) DAL (8) – 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1992, 1993, 1995 MIN (3) – 1973, 1974, 1976

The Cowboys–Vikings rivalry is a

• In 1975, the Dallas Cowboys traveled to the Twin Cities for a Divisional playoff game. The Vikings looked to have the game wrapped-up with a late lead 14–10. However,
  Hail Mary game.^[7][8][9]
• In January 1983, future Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett rushed for an NFL-record 99-yard touchdown in a Monday Night Football game in Minnesota. This occurred despite the Cowboys have only 10 players in the game, as fullback Robert Newhouse was on the sidelines. The Vikings won the game.[10]
• In 1989, the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys were part of the Herschel Walker trade, the largest player trade in NFL history.^{[11][12][13][14]} In this trade, the Vikings received Herschel Walker and three picks from the Cowboys in exchange for eight picks given to the Cowboys. The Vikings felt it was the last piece needed to make a Super Bowl run. Instead, the trade catapulted the Cowboys to three Super Bowl wins in the 1990s; the Vikings won none with Walker. It is thus considered one of the worst trades in NFL history.^[15]
• The 1996 NFC Wild Card Round saw the defending Super Bowl champion Cowboys defeat the Vikings 40–15.
• In 1998, the Minnesota Vikings played the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving. Randy Moss, a rookie wide receiver who the Cowboys had passed over due to legal issues in college, famously had three touchdowns in a 46–36 thriller.^[16][9]
• In the 1999 playoffs, the Cowboys traveled to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a key wild-card playoff game. The Vikings won 27–10.^[17]
• In the 2009 playoffs, Dallas traveled to the Metrodome for the NFC Divisional playoff game with the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings defeated the Cowboys 34–3. Late in the game, Cowboys player Keith Brooking was seen arguing with Vikings coaches because he believed the Vikings were running up the score. Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips also believed Minnesota's late-game aggression was uncalled for.^[18]
• In 2022, the Cowboys travelled to U.S. Bank Stadium and blew out the Vikings 40–3. Minnesota quarterback Kirk Cousins was sacked a career-high seven times, and this was the largest road win in Dallas Cowboys' history. The game was so lopsided that CBS Sports switched to a "more competitive" game, this being the Bengals-Steelers, for their national broadcast with five minutes left in the third quarter.^{[19][20][21][22][23][24]}

Game results

See also

• Hail Mary Pass
• Herschel Walker trade

References