It’s a prime-time showdown between Dallas and Minnesota, just the fourth occasion in their long history these two have met on a Sunday night. Which means, of course, we need to take another trip down memory lane with a Cowboys vs. Vikings edition of trivia questions.<\/p>\n
See if you’re right in the photo gallery below.<\/p>\n
1) When Tony Dorsett earned his record-setting 99-yard touchdown run at Minnesota on Jan. 3, 1983, there were only 10 Cowboys on the field. Which Dallas player was also supposed to be in the game?<\/p>\n
Doug Cosbie
\nTony Hill
\nTimmy Newsome
\nRon Springs<\/p>\n
2) After the Cowboys traded Herschel Walker to the Vikings in 1989, how many players were they eventually able to acquire or draft using picks received in the deal?<\/p>\n
3) What strange event happened during the Cowboys’ win at Minnesota in the divisional round of the 1975 playoffs?<\/p>\n
An orange was thrown on the field during a play, resembling a flag.
\nOne of the officials was hit with a thrown whiskey bottle.
\nDrew Pearson was kicked by a stadium security guard.
\nAll of the above.<\/p>\n
4) In his first game against the Cowboys, Randy Moss torched the Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day in 1998 with three touchdowns catches. How many total receptions did he have in the game?<\/p>\n
5) In that same 1998 Thanksgiving matchup, what Cowboys record for a single game did quarterback Troy Aikman set?<\/p>\n
Most passing yards.
\nMost passing touchdowns in a quarter.
\nMost passing attempts without an interception.
\nMost receivers targeted.<\/p>\n
6) In the Cowboys’ 40-3 trouncing of Minnesota on Nov. 20, 2022, which Dallas running back set a career high with 109 receiving yards?<\/p>\n
Malik Davis
\nRico Dowdle
\nEzekiel Elliott
\nTony Pollard<\/p>\n
7) Who scored what turned out to be the winning touchdown by returning a blocked field goal against the Vikings on Oct. 21, 2007?<\/p>\n
Ken Hamlin
\nTerence Newman
\nPat Watkins
\nRoy Williams<\/p>\n
8) Which former Vikings quarterback threw the most touchdown passes for the Cowboys?<\/p>\n
Matt Cassel
\nRandall Cunningham
\nBrad Johnson
\nWade Wilson<\/p>\n
9) This Cowboys rookie returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown against Minnesota during the 1973 NFC Championship Game, the second-longest playoff punt return in franchise history.<\/p>\n
Billy Joe DuPree
\nDrew Pearson
\nGolden Richards
\nLes Strayhorn<\/p>\n
10) In the Cowboys’ first game ever against Minnesota, played on Sept. 24, 1961, this fullback scored two touchdowns to lead Dallas to a 21-7 win.<\/p>\n
G. Dupre
\nW. Lockett
\nAmos Marsh
\nDon Perkins<\/p>\n
11) Which kicker set a Cowboys playoff record with four fields in a 40-15 win over Minnesota in the wild-card round of the 1996 playoffs?<\/p>\n
Chris Boniol
\nRichie Cunningham
\nLin Elliott
\nEddie Murray<\/p>\n
The Cowboys have never played a playoff game on Christmas Day?<\/p>\n
13) Before finishing his career with three seasons each in Cincinnati and Minnesota, this former first-round draft pick of the Cowboys spent nine years in Dallas, where he hauled in 32 interceptions, tied for the seventh most in team history.<\/p>\n
Morris Claiborne
\nByron Jones
\nTerence Newman
\nRoy Williams<\/p>\n
14) This “Too Tall” Cowboys defensive end, who was the team’s first-round draft pick in 1974, was the player of the game in Dallas’ 23-6 win over Minnesota in the 1977 NFC Championship.<\/p>\n
Larry Cole
\nEd Jones
\nHarvey Martin
\nJethro Pugh<\/p>\n
15) Who scored the game-winning touchdown in the Cowboys’ 23-17 overtime victory at Minnesota on Sept. 17, 1995?<\/p>\n
Troy Aikman
\nMichael Irvin
\nJay Novacek
\nEmmitt Smith<\/p>\n
16) What player forced two fumbles and had an interception return for a touchdown – all in one half – in a playoff win over the Vikings?<\/p>\n
Darren Woodson
\nGeorge Teague
\nRoy Williams
\nCharlie Waters<\/p>\n
17) The Cowboys have had only six 300-yard passing games against the Vikings in franchise history. Who was the last player to accomplish that feat?<\/p>\n
Troy AIkman
\nDanny White
\nDak Prescott
\nCooper Rush<\/p>\n
18) Who is the oldest Cowboys quarterback to pass for 350 yards in a game?<\/p>\n
Don Meredith
\nCraig Morton
\nVinny Testaverde
\nDrew Bledsoe<\/p>\n
19) Who scored the game-winning touchdown pass from Tony Romo to defeat the Vikings in 2013 – the last win over Minnesota at AT&T Stadium?<\/p>\n
Cole Beasley
\nDez Bryant
\nJason Witten
\nDwayne Harris<\/p>\n
20) Who is the only head coach in Cowboys history to coach their last game with the team against the Vikings?<\/p>\n
Tom Landry
\nBarry Switzer
\nChan Gailey
\nDave Campo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s a prime-time showdown between Dallas and Minnesota, just the fourth occasion in their long history these two…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,39311,6843,1090,3488,3487],"class_list":["post-85319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-featured-minvsdal-2025","tag-featured-trivia-thursday","tag-news-all-news","tag-news-kurt-daniels","tag-news-nick-eatman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}