1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/11/1962	N	San Francisco 49ers	24	30	L	Seattle, WA	Husky Stadium	22500
Sat	8/18/1962	N	Los Angeles Rams	24	33	L	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	23544
Sat	8/25/1962	H	St. Louis Cardinals	21	24	L	Minneapolis, MN	Parade Stadium	15500
Sun	9/2/1962	H	Baltimore Colts	24	13	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	27227
Sat	9/8/1962	N	Dallas Cowboys	45	26	W	Atlanta, GA	Grady High School Stadium	12500
Sun	9/16/1962	A	Green Bay Packers	7	34	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	38669
Sun	9/23/1962	H	Baltimore Colts	7	34	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	30787
Sun	9/30/1962	A	San Francisco 49ers	7	21	L	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	38407
Sun	10/7/1962	H	Chicago Bears	0	13	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	33141
Sun	10/14/1962	H	Green Bay Packers	21	48	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	41475
Sun	10/21/1962	A	Los Angeles Rams	38	14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	33071
Sun	10/28/1962	H	Philadelphia Eagles	31	21	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	30071
Sun	11/4/1962	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	31	39	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	14642
Sun	11/11/1962	A	Chicago Bears	30	31	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	46984
Sun	11/18/1962	H	Detroit Lions	6	17	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	31257
Sun	11/25/1962	H	Los Angeles Rams	24	24	T	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	26728
Sun	12/2/1962	H	San Francisco 49ers	12	35	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	33076
Sun	12/9/1962	A	Detroit Lions	23	37	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	42256
Sun	12/16/1962	A	Baltimore Colts	17	42	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	53645

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Tom Adams	85	FL-SE	6-4	215	22	Minnesota-Duluth	6	3
Grady Alderman	67	LOT	6-2	242	24	Detroit Mercy	14	14
Larry Bowie	61	RDT	6-2	247	23	Purdue	14	3
Bill Brown	30	FB-HB	5-11	225	24	Illinois	14	2
Bill Butler	22	RS-LS	5-10	189	25	Tennessee-Chattanooga	14	12
Jim Christopherson	36	RLB-K	6-0	215	24	Concordia (Moorhead)	14	2
Bob Denton	62	LOG-LOT	6-4	241	28	Stockton JC; Pacific	14	1
Dean Derby	25	LCB	6-0	187	27	Washington	11	10
Paul Dickson	76	RDT	6-5	252	25	Baylor	14	11
Oscar Donahue	84	SE-FL	6-3	200	25	San Francisco CC; San Jose State	13	5
Charley Ferguson	88	FL	6-5	218	23	Tennessee State	10	8
Tom Franckhauser	40	LCB-LS-RS	6-0	195	25	Purdue	14	6
Rip Hawkins	58	MLB	6-3	231	23	North Carolina	14	12
Gerry Huth	65	LOG	5-11	226	29	Wake Forest	14	13
Chuck Lamson	21	RS-LS	6-0	189	23	Iowa State; Wyoming	14	14
Jim Leo	51	LDE	6-1	222	25	Cincinnati	14	14
Errol Linden	73	ROT-LOT	6-5	258	25	Houston	12	1
Cliff Livingston	55	LLB	6-3	212	32	Orange Coast JC; UCLA	12	12
Jim Marshall	70	RDE	6-3	239	25	Ohio State	14	14
Tommy Mason	20	HB	6-0	195	23	Tulane	14	11
Doug Mayberry	35	FB	6-1	223	25	California; Yuba JC; Utah State	13	9
John McCormick	15	QB-P	6-1	201	25	Boston College; Massachusetts	13	0
Hugh McElhenny	39	HB-FB	6-1	197	34	Compton JC; Washington	11	4
Mike Mercer	18	K-P	6-0	208	27	Minnesota; Florida; Hardin-Simmons; Northern Arizona	4	0
Clancy Osborne	31	RLB-LLB	6-3	218	28	Arizona State	14	13
Jim Prestel	79	LDT	6-5	264	25	Idaho	14	14
Mike Rabold	64	ROG	6-2	239	24	Indiana	14	14
Bobby Reed	27	FL	5-11	187	23	Solano CC; Pacific	6	1
Jerry Reichow	89	SE-FL-TE	6-2	217	28	Iowa	12	12
Ed Sharockman	45	RCB	6-0	200	23	Pittsburgh	14	14
Gordon Smith	87	TE	6-2	211	23	Arizona State; Missouri	5	3
Steve Stonebreaker	82	TE-RLB	6-3	223	25	Detroit Mercy	14	11
Charlie Sumner	26	DB	6-1	194	32	William & Mary	14	0
Fran Tarkenton	10	QB	6-1	190	22	Georgia	14	14
Mick Tingelhoff	53	C	6-1	237	22	Nebraska	14	14
Mel Triplett	33	FB	6-1	215	32	Toledo	14	2
Roy Winston	60	MLB-LOG	6-1	228	22	Louisiana State	13	2
Frank Youso	72	ROT	6-4	257	26	Minnesota	13	13

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
3	30	Bill Miller	E	Miami (Florida)
4	45	Roy Winston	G	Louisiana State
6	73	Larry Bowie	T	Purdue
8	101	Paul White	HB	Florida
9	114	Marshall Shirk	T	UCLA
12	157	Gary Fallon	HB	Syracuse
13	170	Roger Van Cleef	T	Southwestern Oklahoma State
14	185	Pat Russ	T	Purdue
15	198	Larry Guilford	E	Pacific
16	213	John Contoulis	T	Connecticut
17	226	Ron Staley	E	Wisconsin
18	241	Junior Hawthorne	T	Kentucky
19	254	Tommy Minter	B	Baylor
20	269	Terry Cagaanan	B	Utah State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	51	96	22	85	254
Opponents Totals	79	79	118	134	410

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	28:49	223	102	107	14	58/168 34.5%	5/15 33.3%	44	447
Opponents Totals	31:11	266	119	139	8	75/176 42.6%	8/13 61.5%	68	633

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jim Christopherson	0	28	28	100.0	11	20	55.0	0	61
Tommy Mason	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Charley Ferguson	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Jerry Reichow	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mel Triplett	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Doug Mayberry	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Fran Tarkenton	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bill Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bill Butler	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Oscar Donahue	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bobby Reed	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ed Sharockman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Gordon Smith	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Stonebreaker	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mike Mercer	0	3	3	100.0	0	5	0.0	0	3
Rip Hawkins	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Jim Leo	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	31	31	100.0	11	25	44.0	2	254
Opponents Totals	52	51	52	98.1	15	30	50.0	1	410

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Jim Christopherson	11	20	55.0	1	44	4/6	1/1	4/6	2/7	0/0
Mike Mercer	0	5	0.0	0		0/0	0/2	0/0	0/3	0/0
Team Totals	11	25	44.0	1	42	4/6	1/3	4/6	2/10	0/0
Opponents Totals	15	30	50.0			5/6	1/3	6/11	3/9	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Mason	167	740	4.4	71	2
Fran Tarkenton	41	361	8.8	31	2
Doug Mayberry	74	274	3.7	17	1
Hugh McElhenny	50	200	4.0	27	0
Mel Triplett	52	160	3.1	18	2
Bill Brown	34	103	3.0	15	0
Bobby Reed	6	22	3.7	11	0
John McCormick	2	4	2.0	4	0
Team Totals	426	1864	4.4	71	7
Opponents Totals	463	1978	4.3	60t	20

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	329	163	49.5	141	2595	7.9	15.9	89t	22	6.7	25	7.6	45	450	2145	66.9
John McCormick	18	7	38.9	6	104	5.8	14.9	53	0	0.0	5	27.8	3	33	71	19.0
Tommy Mason	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Totals	348	170	48.9	147	2699	7.8	15.9	89t	22	6.3	31	8.9		483	2216	59.1
Opponents Totals	397	214	53.9	158	3365	8.5	15.7	80t	29	7.3	25	6.3	20	242	3123	80.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jerry Reichow	39	561	14.4	41	3
Tommy Mason	36	603	16.8	74t	6
Oscar Donahue	16	285	17.8	53	1			3	0
Hugh McElhenny	16	191	11.9	41	0
Charley Ferguson	14	364	26.0	89t	6				0
Steve Stonebreaker	12	227	18.9	56	1				0
Doug Mayberry	11	100	9.1	21	1		1	0
Bill Brown	10	124	12.4	29	1		2	0
Gordon Smith	7	138	19.7	40	1				0
Bobby Reed	4	37	9.3	37t	1		1	0
Tom Adams	3	51	17.0	22	0		2	0	0
Mel Triplett	2	30	15.0	27	1		1	0
Fran Tarkenton	0	-12		-12L	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	170	2699	15.9	89t	22
Opponents Totals	214	3365	15.7	80t	29

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Sharockman	6	92	15.3	32	0
Bill Butler	5	80	16.0	39t	1
Tom Franckhauser	4	27	6.8	24	0
Dean Derby	4	0	0.0	0	0
Charlie Sumner	3	46	15.3	32	0
Jim Christopherson	1	32	32.0	32	0
Rip Hawkins	1	3	3.0	3	0
Chuck Lamson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	25	280	11.2	39t	1
Opponents Totals	31	445	14.4		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
John McCormick	46	1795	39.0	53	2	7
Mike Mercer	19	827	43.5	77	3	7
Team Totals	65	2622	40.3	77	5	14	261	2261	34.8
Opponents Totals	52	2249	43.3	82	1	9	374	1855	35.7

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Bill Butler	12	2	169	14.1	46
Bobby Reed	9	0	82	9.1	19
Tommy Mason	6	1	52	8.7	16
Hugh McElhenny	5	2	43	8.6	14
Ed Sharockman	1	0	16	16.0	16
Tom Franckhauser	1	0	12	12.0	12
Team Totals	34	5	374	11.0	46
Opponents Totals	32	15	261	8.2	65

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bill Butler	26	588	22.6	45
Bobby Reed	13	337	25.9	40
Tommy Mason	12	301	25.1	42
Hugh McElhenny	7	160	22.9	40
Ed Sharockman	3	71	23.7	47
Jim Prestel	2	29	14.5	17
Larry Bowie	2	7	3.5	6
Bob Denton	1	17	17.0	17
Steve Stonebreaker	1	12	12.0	12
Team Totals	67	1522	22.7	47
Opponents Totals	52	1149	22.1	45

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Grady Alderman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Brown	1		1	0	1	0	0
Bill Butler	3		1	2	3	7	0
Bob Denton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Dickson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Franckhauser	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Rip Hawkins	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gerry Huth	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Chuck Lamson	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Cliff Livingston	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Marshall	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Tommy Mason	9		3	0	3	0	0
Doug Mayberry	5		1	0	1	0	0
John McCormick	1		0	0	0	0	0
Hugh McElhenny	3		1	0	1	0	0
Clancy Osborne	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Prestel	1		0	1	1	0	0
Mike Rabold	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Reed	3		0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Reichow	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ed Sharockman	2		0	2	2	88	1
Gordon Smith	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Charlie Sumner	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	5		2	0	2	0	0
Mick Tingelhoff	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mel Triplett	2		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	37	23	14	18	32	95	1
Opponents Totals	30	18	12	23	35		2

Pete Brewster	Offensive Ends
Harry Gilmer	Defensive Backs
Stan West	Defensive Line
Walt Yowarsky	Offensive Line