| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 11, 1964 Location: Bloomington, MN Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 40840 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 43 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 32 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Danny Lewis 9 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Gail Cogdill 1 own fumble recovery (Wayne Walker kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Paul Flatley 23 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Wayne Walker 24 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Gail Cogdill 12 pass from Earl Morrall (Wayne Walker kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 42 FG | 24 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 70 | LOT | Daryl Sanders |
| 79 | LOG | John Gonzaga |
| 50 | C | Bob Scholtz |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 72 | ROT | J.D. Smith |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 45 | HB | Danny Lewis |
| 41 | FL | Terry Barr |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 86 | RDE | Bill Quinlan |
| 53 | LLB | Dennis Gaubatz |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Thompson |
| 81 | LS | Dick Lane |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Paul Flatley |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 69 | LOG | Palmer Pyle |
| 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 | Hal Bedsole |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Prestel |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Dickson |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 58 | MLB | Rip Hawkins |
| 57 | RLB | Bill Jobko |
| 44 | LCB | George Rose |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Bill Butler |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Danny Lewis | 16 | 73 | 4.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 16 | 44 | 2.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Tom Michel | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 1 | 139 | 7.0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 68.5 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 3 | 237 | 10.8 | 58 | 1 | 9 | 96 | 71.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Gibbons | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 33 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 23t | 1 |
| Gordon Smith | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Yale Lary | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Alex Karras | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Butler | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Karl Kassulke | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 3 | 169 | 56.3 | 73 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Watkins | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bill Butler | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Watkins | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 57 | 0 | |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Nick Ryder | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bill Butler | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Tom Michel | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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