| Minnesota Vikings at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1965 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 83505 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 53 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 20 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ernie Green 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tommy Mason 72 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 2 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 30 FG | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Jim Brown 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 18 FG | 27 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 86 | TE | Hal Bedsole |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 20 | HB | Tommy Mason |
| 82 | FL | Jim Phillips |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Dickson |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Lonnie Warwick |
| 58 | MLB | Rip Hawkins |
| 57 | RLB | Bill Jobko |
| 46 | LCB | Earsell Mackbee |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 25 | RS | Larry Vargo |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Walt Roberts |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 60 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 56 | C | John Morrow |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 83 | TE | Johnny Brewer |
| 13 | QB | Frank Ryan |
| 48 | HB | Ernie Green |
| 86 | FL | Gary Collins |
| 32 | FB | Jim Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 74 | LDT | Dick Modzelewski |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 67 | RLB | Sid Williams |
| 30 | LCB | Bernie Parrish |
| 20 | LS | Ross Fichtner |
| 23 | RS | Larry Benz |
| 40 | RCB | Erich Barnes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 26 | 138 | 5.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Tommy Mason | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Phil King | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Jim Brown | 18 | 39 | 2.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 4 | -5 | -1.3 | 1 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 0 | 234 | 8.7 | 72t | 2 | 3 | 22 | 115.4 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 0 | 75 | 5.0 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.9 |
| Jim Ninowski | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 62 | 8.9 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 98.5 |
| Lou Groza | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Flatley | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Jim Phillips | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 72 | 72.0 | 72t | 1 |
| Phil King | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 67 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Brewer | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 7 | 301 | 43.0 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Roberts | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Roberts | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 19 | 0 | |
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