Minnesota 34, at Dallas 26

ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — J.J. McCarthy threw two touchdown passes and engineered a critical fourth-quarter drive that led to a clinching field goal, lifting the Minnesota Vikings to a 34-26 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday at AT&T Stadium. The win, before an announced crowd of 92,991, improved the Vikings to 6-8, while the Cowboys fell to 6-7-1 in a matchup of teams fighting to stay in the NFC playoff picture. The result defied pregame projections, as most statistical models heavily favored the Cowboys at home. The game’s most important sequence began with Minnesota leading 30-23 early in the… Read more...