| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 1965 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 46826 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 47 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Gordon Smith 19 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Gibbons 3 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 28 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Amos Marsh 15 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Milt Plum 1 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tommy Mason 3 run (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 46 FG | 21 | 20 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Safety, Milt Plum tackled in end zone by Carl Eller | 21 | 22 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 3 run (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 29 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Wayne Walker 35 FG | 24 | 29 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Amos Marsh 48 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 31 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | SE | Pat Studstill |
| 70 | LOT | Daryl Sanders |
| 79 | LOG | John Gonzaga |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 66 | ROT | Jim Simon |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 32 | HB | Joe Don Looney |
| 41 | FL | Terry Barr |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 88 | RDE | Sam Williams |
| 59 | LLB | Ernie Clark |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Thompson |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 47 | RS | Wayne Rasmussen |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Paul Flatley |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 64 | LOG | Milt Sunde |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Larry Bowie |
| 73 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 87 | TE | Gordon Smith |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 20 | HB | Tommy Mason |
| 28 | FL | Tom Hall |
| 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 |
| 45 | LS | Ed Sharockman |
| 25 | RS | Larry Vargo |
| 23 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Joe Don Looney | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tommy Mason | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Phil King | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 1 | 158 | 5.4 | 48t | 3 | 1 | 10 | 85.1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 1 | 144 | 6.5 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 59.7 |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Gibbons | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Terry Barr | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 48t | 2 |
| Joe Don Looney | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Gordon Smith | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Joe Schmidt | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rip Hawkins | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 6 | 260 | 43.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 6 | 279 | 46.5 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Watkins | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Tommy Mason | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick James | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Tommy Watkins | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Dick James | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
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