| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1965 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 45420 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 49 F Humidty: 89% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 8 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Safety, Pat Studstill ran out of end zone | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 20 FG | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 37 FG | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Paul Flatley 15 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Amos Marsh 1 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 15 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Phil King 2 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 22 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ed Sharockman 40 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 29 | 7 |
| 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 |
| 33 | HB | Billy Ray Barnes |
| 28 | FL | Tom Hall |
| 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 |
| 36 | RLB | John Kirby |
| 44 | LCB | George Rose |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Jeff Jordan |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | John Henderson |
| 70 | LOT | Daryl Sanders |
| 62 | LOG | Ted Karras |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 73 | ROT | Roger Shoals |
| 83 | TE | Ron Kramer |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 31 | HB | Amos Marsh |
| 25 | FL | Pat Studstill |
| 35 | FB | Tom Nowatzke |
| 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 |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Phil King | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 18 | 29 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Young | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Nowatzke | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 13 | 10 | 0.8 | 11 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 0 | 204 | 8.5 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 110.4 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 2 | 97 | 5.7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 |
| Tom Myers | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 16 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 25.8 |
| Amos Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Phil King | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Tom Hall | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 69 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Gordon Smith | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 12 | 0 |
| John Henderson | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Karl Kassulke | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| George Rose | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 41 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 7 | 248 | 35.4 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jim Young | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Felts | 2 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 2 | 0 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jim Young | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pat Studstill | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bobby Felts | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 | |
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