| 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 Vikings | 8 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Safety, Pat Studstill ran out of end zone by (Team) | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 20 FG | 5 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 37 FG | 8 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Paul Flatley 15 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 15 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Amos Marsh 1 run (Wayne Walker kick) | 15 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Phil King 2 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 22 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Ed Sharockman 40 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 29 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Phil King | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 18 | 29 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Jim Young | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Nowatzke | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Amos Marsh | 13 | 10 | 0.8 | 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 | 2 | 110.4 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 2 | 97 | 5.7 | 0 | 25.5 | |||
| Tom Myers | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 25.8 | |||
| Amos Marsh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Phil King | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| Tom Hall | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Flatley | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 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 | 0 | |
| John Henderson | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 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 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 7 | 251 | 35.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jim Young | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Felts | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jim Young | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pat Studstill | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Felts | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
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