| Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1961 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 42007 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 54 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 10 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 33 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Boyd Dowler 78 pass from Bart Starr (Paul Hornung kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 14 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fran Tarkenton 1 run (Mike Mercer kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 18 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 13 FG | 16 | 7 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Paul Hornung 16 FG | 19 | 7 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Jim Taylor 3 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 26 | 7 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Dan Currie 21 interception return (Paul Hornung kick) | 33 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Max McGee |
| 78 | LOT | Norm Masters |
| 63 | LOG | Fuzzy Thurston |
| 51 | C | Jim Ringo |
| 64 | ROG | Jerry Kramer |
| 75 | ROT | Forrest Gregg |
| 88 | TE | Ron Kramer |
| 15 | QB | Bart Starr |
| 5 | HB | Paul Hornung |
| 86 | FL | Boyd Dowler |
| 31 | FB | Jim Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Willie Davis |
| 79 | LDT | Dave Hanner |
| 74 | RDT | Henry Jordan |
| 83 | RDE | Bill Quinlan |
| 58 | LLB | Dan Currie |
| 66 | MLB | Ray Nitschke |
| 71 | RLB | Bill Forester |
| 46 | LCB | Hank Gremminger |
| 27 | LS | John Symank |
| 24 | RS | Willie Wood |
| 47 | RCB | Jesse Whittenton |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | SE | A.D. Williams |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 65 | LOG | Gerry Huth |
| 52 | C | Bill Lapham |
| 64 | ROG | Mike Rabold |
| 72 | ROT | Frank Youso |
| 85 | TE | Bob Schnelker |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 89 | HB | Jerry Reichow |
| 39 | FL | Hugh McElhenny |
| 33 | FB | Mel Triplett |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | LeBron Shields |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Prestel |
| 71 | RDT | Ed Culpepper |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 31 | LLB | Clancy Osborne |
| 58 | MLB | Rip Hawkins |
| 54 | RLB | Karl Rubke |
| 40 | LCB | Jack Morris |
| 24 | LS | Rich Mostardi |
| 43 | RS | Will Sherman |
| 22 | RCB | Dick Pesonen |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Tom Moore | 16 | 159 | 9.9 | 69 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Paul Hornung | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Kramer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 41 | 0 |
| Ray Hayes | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| George Shaw | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Mayberry | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Bart Starr | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 206 | 10.8 | 78t | 1 | 0 | 82.34 | |
| Tom Moore | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 3 | 130 | 5.4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | |
| George Shaw | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 49 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Ron Kramer | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Max McGee | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Boyd Dowler | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 78t | 1 |
| Tom Moore | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ray Hayes | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Gordon Smith | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Dick Haley | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Schnelker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Dan Currie | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Ray Nitschke | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Hank Gremminger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Wood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rip Hawkins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Boyd Dowler | 3 | 169 | 56.3 | 75 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Mercer | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Willie Wood | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Tom Moore | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Tommy Mason | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Mel Triplett | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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