Wild Card Round: Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings (Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome), the bracket opens here. Kickoff: Sun January 9, 2000 at 12:35pm. Winner advances to the divisional round. Loser starts the offseason early.[1][2]
Wild card weekend is the most chaotic football the calendar produces. Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is the kind of game that decides whether a season was a long buildup or a quick exit. These are the games where the second-tier playoff teams have to prove they belong. Most don't. The few who do define the rest of January.
The bracket has narrowed to the teams that survived the regular season. Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings are two of them; the rest of the league is in scouting mode for the offseason. What happens in Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome shifts the rest of the tree: a road favorite winning rearranges seeding expectations; a home upset shows the bracket math underweights heart.
Dallas Cowboys versus Minnesota Vikings in the Wild Card Round. The teams who reach this round have already proven they survive a long schedule; the stats that matter most now are the ones that compress: scoring differential, red-zone efficiency, turnover margin. At this stage of the year, the simple math is that defenses tighten and the team that protects the ball wins more often than the team that scores the most. Whichever side of Dallas Cowboys-Minnesota Vikings cleans up the careless plays first usually walks out with the result. Conservative-game expectations should not surprise the reader; both staffs know exactly what worked all season and will lean hard on what travels. The early answer is the kicking game, where any swing of field position compounds.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 14-2 | -- |
| Tennessee Titans | 13-3 | -- |
| Baltimore Ravens | 8-8 | -- |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-10 | -- |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 4-12 | -- |
| Cleveland Browns | 2-14 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts | 13-3 | -- |
| Buffalo Bills | 11-5 | -- |
| Miami Dolphins | 9-7 | -- |
| New England Patriots | 8-8 | -- |
| New York Jets | 8-8 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Kansas City Chiefs | 9-7 | -- |
| Seattle Seahawks | 9-7 | -- |
| Oakland Raiders | 8-8 | -- |
| San Diego Chargers | 8-8 | -- |
| Denver Broncos | 6-10 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Rams | 13-3 | -- |
| Carolina Panthers | 8-8 | -- |
| Atlanta Falcons | 5-11 | -- |
| San Francisco 49ers | 4-12 | -- |
| New Orleans Saints | 3-13 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 11-5 | -- |
| Minnesota Vikings | 10-6 | -- |
| Detroit Lions | 8-8 | -- |
| Green Bay Packers | 8-8 | -- |
| Chicago Bears | 6-10 | -- |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 10-6 | -- |
| Dallas Cowboys | 8-8 | -- |
| New York Giants | 7-9 | -- |
| Arizona Cardinals | 6-10 | -- |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 5-11 | -- |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1010101010 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 317202727 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Cowboys | Eddie Murray 18 yard field goal | 3-0 |
| Vikings | Gary Anderson 47 yard field goal | 3-3 |
| Cowboys | Emmitt Smith 5 yard rush ( Eddie Murray kick) | 10-3 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vikings | Robert Smith 26 yard pass from Jeff George ( Gary Anderson kick) | 10-10 |
| Vikings | Randy Moss 58 yard pass from Jeff George ( Gary Anderson kick) | 10-17 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vikings | Gary Anderson 38 yard field goal | 10-20 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Vikings | Cris Carter 5 yard pass from Jeff George ( Gary Anderson kick) | 10-27 |
Minnesota Vikings defeated Dallas Cowboys 27-10 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in the Wild Card Round. The final scoring play was Vikings: Cris Carter 5 yard pass from Jeff George ( Gary Anderson kick). Top line of the day: Troy Aikman: 286 pass yards on 22-of-38, 0 TD, 1 INT. Minnesota Vikings advance to the divisional round.[1][2]
Minnesota Vikings walked out of Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome as the team that survived a Wild Card Round Dallas Cowboys will replay in its head for the entire offseason. The scoreboard says 27-10. The final scoring play came from Vikings: Cris Carter 5 yard pass from Jeff George ( Gary Anderson kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier. Minnesota Vikings advance to the divisional round.
Minnesota Vikings 27, Dallas Cowboys 10. Round: Wild Card Round. Attendance: 64056. Q1: 3 scoring plays. Q2: 2 scoring plays. Q3: 1 scoring play. Q4: 1 scoring play. Top performers:
- Troy Aikman: 286 pass yards on 22-of-38, 0 TD, 1 INT
- Robert Smith: 140 rush yards on 28 carries
- Rocket Ismail: 8 catches for 163 yards
Wild Card Round, played at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Final: Dallas Cowboys 10, Minnesota Vikings 27, with Minnesota Vikings taking the result by 17. **First quarter**
- Cowboys: Eddie Murray 18 yard field goal
- Vikings: Gary Anderson 47 yard field goal
- Cowboys: Emmitt Smith 5 yard rush ( Eddie Murray kick)
Second quarter
- Vikings: Robert Smith 26 yard pass from Jeff George ( Gary Anderson kick)
- Vikings: Randy Moss 58 yard pass from Jeff George ( Gary Anderson kick)
Third quarter
- Vikings: Gary Anderson 38 yard field goal
Fourth quarter
- Vikings: Cris Carter 5 yard pass from Jeff George ( Gary Anderson kick)
Top performers
- Troy Aikman: 286 pass yards on 22-of-38, 0 TD, 1 INT
- Robert Smith: 140 rush yards on 28 carries
- Rocket Ismail: 8 catches for 163 yards
| Cowboys | Vikings | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 18 | 20 |
| Total Yards | 389 | 374 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 22/38 | 12/25 |
| Pass yards | 286 | 212 |
| Pass TD | 0 | 3 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 0 |
| Sacks taken | 1 | 3 |
| Sack yards lost | 8 | 13 |
| Net pass yards | 278 | 199 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 16 | 38 |
| Rush yards | 111 | 175 |
| Rush TD | 1 | 0 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 3 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties | 7 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 60 | 50 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | |||||
| Troy Aikman | 22/38 | 286 | 0 | 1 | |
| MIN | |||||
| Jeff George | 12/25 | 212 | 3 | 0 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | ||||
| Emmitt Smith | 15 | 99 | 1 | 65 |
| Chris Warren | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| MIN | ||||
| Robert Smith | 28 | 140 | 0 | 16 |
| Leroy Hoard | 6 | 31 | 0 | 10 |
| Jeff George | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Randall Cunningham | 3 | -4 | 0 | -1 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | ||||
| Rocket Ismail | 8 | 163 | 0 | 45 |
| Jason Tucker | 4 | 67 | 0 | 31 |
| David LaFleur | 3 | 22 | 0 | 13 |
| Emmitt Smith | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Chris Brazzell | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 |
| Chris Warren | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Jeff Ogden | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Robert Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MIN | ||||
| Randy Moss | 5 | 127 | 1 | 58 |
| Robert Smith | 3 | 58 | 1 | 32 |
| Leroy Hoard | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 |
| Jim Kleinsasser | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Cris Carter | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
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