1966 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1966	N	Detroit Lions	6	6	T	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	38229
Sat	8/13/1966	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	35	6	W	Portland, OR	Multnomah Stadium	21228
Sat	8/20/1966	H	Los Angeles Rams	24	10	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	40270
Fri	8/26/1966	N	Washington Redskins	30	27	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83418
Fri	9/2/1966	A	Dallas Cowboys	24	28	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	58316
Sun	9/11/1966	A	San Francisco 49ers	20	20	T	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	29312
Sun	9/18/1966	H	Baltimore Colts	23	38	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47426
Sun	9/25/1966	A	Dallas Cowboys	17	28	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	64116
Sun	10/2/1966	H	Chicago Bears	10	13	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47426
Sun	10/16/1966	H	Los Angeles Rams	35	7	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47426
Sun	10/23/1966	A	Baltimore Colts	17	20	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238
Sun	10/30/1966	H	San Francisco 49ers	28	3	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45077
Sun	11/6/1966	A	Green Bay Packers	20	17	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	50861
Sun	11/13/1966	H	Detroit Lions	31	32	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	43939
Sun	11/20/1966	A	Los Angeles Rams	6	21	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	38775
Sun	11/27/1966	H	Green Bay Packers	16	28	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47426
Sun	12/4/1966	H	Atlanta Falcons	13	20	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	37117
Sun	12/11/1966	A	Detroit Lions	28	16	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	43023
Sun	12/18/1966	A	Chicago Bears	28	41	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	45191

Schedule Notes
8/26/1966	Washington Redskins	Doubleheader

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Grady Alderman	67	LOT	6-2	242	28	Detroit Mercy	14	14
Chuck Arrobio	79	ROT-LOT	6-4	250	22	Southern California	11	0
Billy Ray Barnes	33	HB	5-11	201	31	Wake Forest	2	1
Hal Bedsole	86	TE	6-4	230	25	Los Angeles Pierce JC; Southern California	1	1
Bob Berry	17	QB	5-11	185	24	Oregon	3	1
Larry Bowie	61	ROG	6-2	247	27	Purdue	14	5
Bill Brown	30	FB	5-11	225	28	Illinois	14	14
Preston Carpenter	40	TE	6-2	197	32	Arkansas	13	12
Fred Cox	14	K	5-10	200	28	Pittsburgh	14	0
Doug Davis	71	ROT	6-4	250	22	Kentucky	13	12
Paul Dickson	76	RDT	6-5	252	29	Baylor	12	12
Carl Eller	81	LDE-TE	6-6	252	24	Minnesota	14	14
Mike Fitzgerald	37	RCB	5-10	180	25	Iowa State	9	0
Paul Flatley	85	SE	6-1	187	25	Northwestern	13	12
Dale Hackbart	49	RS	6-3	210	28	Wisconsin	14	13
Tom Hall	28	FL	6-2	195	26	Minnesota	14	5
Don Hansen	55	RLB-LLB-MLB	6-3	227	22	Illinois	13	7
Jeff Jordan	22	RS	6-4	190	23	Tulsa	14	1
Karl Kassulke	29	LS	6-0	194	25	Marquette; Drake	14	14
Phil King	24	FB	6-4	223	30	Vanderbilt	14	0
John Kirby	36	RLB	6-3	229	24	Nebraska	10	10
Gary Larsen	77	LDT	6-5	256	26	Concordia (Moorhead)	14	13
Jim Lindsey	21	HB	6-2	210	22	Arkansas	14	6
Earsell Mackbee	46	LCB-RCB	6-1	195	25	Solano CC; Utah State	14	13
Jim Marshall	70	RDE	6-3	239	29	Ohio State	14	14
Tommy Mason	20	HB	6-0	195	27	Tulane	7	5
Dave Osborn	41	HB	6-0	204	23	North Dakota	14	2
Jim Phillips	82	FL-TE	6-1	197	30	Auburn	12	10
John Powers	83	TE-LB	6-2	211	26	Notre Dame	5	0
Lance Rentzel	19	SE	6-2	203	23	Oklahoma	9	2
George Rose	44	RCB-LCB	5-11	190	24	Auburn	10	5
Bob Schmitz	54	MLB	6-1	235	28	Wisconsin; Montana State	2	0
Ed Sharockman	45	RCB	6-0	200	27	Pittsburgh	11	10
Jerry Shay	73	LDT	6-3	245	22	Purdue	14	1
Milt Sunde	64	LOG	6-2	245	24	Minnesota	14	14
Archie Sutton	72	ROT	6-4	263	24	Illinois	3	2
Fran Tarkenton	10	QB	6-1	190	26	Georgia	14	12
Mike Tilleman	74	RDT-LDT	6-5	275	22	Montana	12	2
Mick Tingelhoff	53	C	6-1	237	26	Nebraska	14	14
Dave Tobey	51	LLB-C	6-3	230	23	Oregon	14	1
Ron Vander Kelen	15	QB	6-1	186	27	Wisconsin	3	1
Jim Vellone	63	ROG-LOG	6-2	255	22	Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	9
Bobby Walden	39	P	6-0	192	28	Georgia	14	0
Lonnie Warwick	59	MLB	6-3	235	24	Tennessee; Tennessee Tech	12	12
Jeff Williams	23	HB	6-1	210	23	Oklahoma State	3	0
Roy Winston	60	LLB	6-1	228	26	Louisiana State	12	12
Jim Young	34	DB-SE	6-0	205	23	Queen's	4	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Jerry Shay	T	Purdue
2	27	Jim Lindsey	HB	Arkansas
3	42	Don Hansen	LB	Illinois
4	57	Ron Acks	DB	Illinois
5	72	Doug Davis	T	Kentucky
5	76	Bob Hall	DB	Brown
6	83	Wilbur Aylor	T	Texas State
7	106	Bob Meers	E	Massachusetts
9	134	Ron Green	FL	North Dakota
11	162	Stan Quintana	DB	New Mexico
12	181	Bob Petrella	DB	Tennessee
13	195	Larry Martin	T	San Diego State
14	209	Howard Twilley	E	Tulsa
15	223	Hugh Wright	HB	Adams State
16	237	Jim Williams	DE	Arkansas
17	256	Monroe Beard	HB	Virginia Union
18	270	Dale Greco	DT	Illinois
19	284	Jesse Stokes	HB	Corpus Christi

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	64	75	85	68	292
Opponents Totals	43	116	50	95	304

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	31:48	279	126	132	21	101/229 44.1%	12/20 60.0%	67	787
Opponents Totals	28:12	213	85	116	12	59/182 32.4%	5/10 50.0%	67	667

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Fred Cox	0	34	34	100.0	18	33	54.5	0	88
Bill Brown	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Preston Carpenter	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Fran Tarkenton	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Paul Flatley	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim Lindsey	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Tommy Mason	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Dave Osborn	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Jim Phillips	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Tom Hall	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Billy Ray Barnes	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dale Hackbart	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Phil King	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	34	34	34	100.0	18	33	54.5	0	292
Opponents Totals	33	32	33	97.0	24	41	58.5	1	304

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fred Cox	18	33	54.5	1	44	3/3	7/7	5/10	3/11	0/2
Team Totals	18	33	54.5	1	44	3/3	7/7	5/10	3/11	0/2
Opponents Totals	24	41	58.5			8/8	5/8	5/9	6/150	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Brown	251	829	3.3	33t	6
Fran Tarkenton	62	376	6.1	28	4
Dave Osborn	87	344	4.0	25	1
Tommy Mason	58	235	4.1	52t	2
Jim Lindsey	57	146	2.6	14	1
Bobby Walden	5	82	16.4	45	0
Phil King	17	40	2.4	12	0
Ron Vander Kelen	4	19	4.8	15	0
Billy Ray Barnes	5	16	3.2	4	1
Bob Berry	3	12	4.0	5	0
Jeff Williams	1	2	2.0	2	0
Preston Carpenter	1	-10	-10.0	-10	0
Team Totals	551	2091	3.8	52t	15
Opponents Totals	412	1686	4.1	54	15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	358	192	53.6	150	2561	7.2	13.3	68t	17	4.7	16	4.5	37	322	2239	73.8
Bob Berry	37	13	35.1	19	215	5.8	16.5	52t	1	2.7	5	13.5	7	53	162	25.0
Ron Vander Kelen	20	10	50.0	9	147	7.4	14.7	43	0	0.0	1	5.0	1	9	138	53.5
Phil King	1	1	100.0	0	9	9.0	9.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	9	104.2
Bill Brown	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	417	216	51.8	179	2932	7.0	13.6	68t	18	4.3	22	5.3	45	384	2548	67.0
Opponents Totals	391	206	52.7	171	2426	6.2	11.8	83t	13	3.3	14	3.6	25	190	2236	68.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Flatley	50	777	15.5	41	3			0
Bill Brown	37	359	9.7	56	0
Jim Phillips	32	554	17.3	68t	3			0
Preston Carpenter	27	487	18.0	52	4			0
Tom Hall	23	271	11.8	30	2		0
Jim Lindsey	20	250	12.5	46	2		1
Dave Osborn	15	141	9.4	38t	2	2	0
Tommy Mason	7	39	5.6	17	1	0	0
Phil King	2	24	12.0	18	1	0	0	0
Lance Rentzel	2	10	5.0	8	0	0	0
Billy Ray Barnes	1	20	20.0	20	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	216	2932	13.6	68t	18
Opponents Totals	206	2426	11.8	83t	13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dale Hackbart	5	73	14.6	41t	1
Karl Kassulke	2	30	15.0	30	0
Earsell Mackbee	2	27	13.5	17	0
Lonnie Warwick	2	27	13.5	23	0
Ed Sharockman	1	38	38.0	38	0
Mike FitzGerald	1	18	18.0	18	0
George Rose	1	17	17.0	17	0
Team Totals	14	230	16.4	41t	1
Opponents Totals	22	337	15.3		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Bobby Walden	60	2463	41.1	70	5	11	250	2113	35.2
Team Totals	60	2463	41.1	70	5	11	250	2113	35.2
Opponents Totals	72	2923	40.6	59	6	21	129	2674	37.1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Lance Rentzel	11	6	16	1.5	14
Ed Sharockman	9	1	95	10.6	76
Jeff Williams	4	3	-2	-0.5	4
Tommy Mason	3	4	9	3.0	6
Jim Young	2	2	7	3.5	6
Jim Lindsey	2	5	4	2.0	4
George Rose	0	1	0
Team Totals	31	22	129	4.2	76
Opponents Totals	28	9	250	8.9	64

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Mike FitzGerald	14	301	21.5	30
Lance Rentzel	9	181	20.1	28
Tom Hall	7	141	20.1	27
Phil King	6	78	13.0	26
Jim Young	5	105	21.0	25
Jim Lindsey	4	79	19.8	22
Jeff Williams	3	61	20.3	26
George Rose	1	20	20.0	20
Dave Osborn	1	19	19.0	19
Roy Winston	1	2	2.0	2
Milt Sunde	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	52	987	19.0	30
Opponents Totals	50	1203	24.1	90

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Grady Alderman	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Bob Berry	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Brown	4		1	0	1	0	0
Doug Davis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Carl Eller	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
Tom Hall	1		1	0	1	0	0
Karl Kassulke	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Lindsey	3		2	0	2	0	0
Tommy Mason	6		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Osborn	2		1	0	1	3	0
Lance Rentzel	1		0	0	0	0	0
George Rose	1		1	0	1	0	0
Ed Sharockman	2		2	0	2	-3	0
Fran Tarkenton	8		4	0	4	0	0
Mick Tingelhoff	1		0	0	0	-24	0
Ron Vander Kelen	2		1	0	1	0	0
Bobby Walden	1		1	0	1	0	0
Lonnie Warwick	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jeff Williams	1		0	0	0	0	0
Roy Winston	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
Team Totals	33	14	19	8	27	-14	0
Opponents Totals	24	8	16	14	30		2

Marion Campbell	Defensive Line
Lew Carpenter	Offensive Ends
Jimmy Carr	Defensive Backs
Tom McCormick	Offensive Backs
Walt Yowarsky	Offensive Line