| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1963 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 44509 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 68 F Humidty: 31% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Terry Barr 35 pass from Earl Morrall (Milt Plum kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 38 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Pietrosante 3 run (Milt Plum kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 14 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Terry Barr 37 pass from Earl Morrall (Milt Plum kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Gail Cogdill 8 pass from Earl Morrall (Milt Plum kick) | 10 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Paul Flatley |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 63 | LOG | Jim Battle |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Larry Bowie |
| 73 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 89 | TE | Jerry Reichow |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 20 | HB | Tommy Mason |
| 86 | FL | Ray Poage |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Don Hultz |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Prestel |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Dickson |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 58 | MLB | Rip Hawkins |
| 82 | RLB | Steve Stonebreaker |
| 23 | LCB | Lee Calland |
| 21 | LS | Chuck Lamson |
| 40 | RS | Tom Franckhauser |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 70 | LOT | Daryl Sanders |
| 77 | LOG | Danny LaRose |
| 51 | C | Bob Whitlow |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 61 | ROT | Lucien Reeberg |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 23 | HB | Tommy Watkins |
| 41 | FL | Terry Barr |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 72 | LDT | Floyd Peters |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 88 | RDE | Sam Williams |
| 54 | LLB | Max Messner |
| 53 | MLB | Dennis Gaubatz |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 81 | LCB | Dick Lane |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 14 | 45 | 3.2 | 14t | 1 |
| Bobby Reed | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tommy Watkins | 17 | 102 | 6.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 12 | 74 | 6.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Danny Lewis | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Nick Ryder | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 114 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 71.1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 16 | 12 | 75.0 | 1 | 208 | 13.0 | 37t | 3 | 1 | 5 | 130.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Reed | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tommy Watkins | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 37t | 2 |
| Gail Cogdill | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 36 | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom Franckhauser | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Reed | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Larry Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bill Butler | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bobby Reed | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Watkins | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Larry Ferguson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
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