2007 Week 7 · Sun, Oct 21, 2007 · Texas Stadium
Minnesota Vikings
14
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Dallas CowboysWinner
24
DAL -9.5 ✓U 45.5 ✓
Dallas Cowboys 24–14.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · DAL
31/39, 277 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
6.5 expected points added · +17.0% completion over expected
Passing · MIN
6/19, 72 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT
-8.2 expected points added · -22.6% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
Minnesota Vikings
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarvaris Jackson | 6/19 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -8.2 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Peterson | 12 | 63 | 5.3 | 1 | 1.4 |
| Chester Taylor | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | -0.6 |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.6 |
| Tony Richardson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | -0.3 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E.J. Henderson | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Greenway | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Griffin | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus McCauley | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Williams | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tank Williams | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Doss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Cowboys
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Romo | 31/39 | 277 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6.5 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Barber | 19 | 96 | 5.1 | 1 | -0.5 |
| Julius Jones | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | -2.1 |
| Tony Romo | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | -0.8 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradie James | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Ellis | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Williams | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Evan Oglesby | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Ware | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Canty | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akin Ayodele | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Hurd | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Hatcher | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Hamlin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- DAL -9.5
- Closing total
- 45.5
- MIN moneyline
- +360
- DAL moneyline
- -400
Cowboys closed -9.5 and covered, winning by 10.
Total closed 45.5; the game landed 38 — under by 7.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Texas Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · fieldturf
- Kickoff weather
- 88°F, wind 0 mph
- Referee
- Walt Coleman
- Rest
- MIN 7 days · DAL 7 days
- Coaches
- Brad Childress vs Wade Phillips