| Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1965 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 46604 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 31 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ronnie Bull 23 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 33 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gale Sayers 2 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tom Hall 17 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roger LeClerc 20 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Gordon Smith 22 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rip Hawkins 35 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 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 |
| 87 | TE | Gordon Smith |
| 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 |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Jimmy Jones |
| 70 | LOT | Herm Lee |
| 64 | LOG | Mike Rabold |
| 50 | C | Mike Pyle |
| 72 | ROG | Jim Cadile |
| 63 | ROT | Bob Wetoska |
| 89 | TE | Mike Ditka |
| 10 | QB | Rudy Bukich |
| 40 | HB | Gale Sayers |
| 47 | FL | Johnny Morris |
| 20 | FB | Ronnie Bull |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Dick Evey |
| 78 | LDT | Stan Jones |
| 71 | RDT | Earl Leggett |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 31 | LLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 33 | RLB | Larry Morris |
| 26 | LCB | Bennie McRae |
| 17 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 24 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 23 | RCB | Dave Whitsell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 18 | 0 |
| Phil King | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | -1 | -0.2 | 3 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gale Sayers | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 25 | 1 |
| Ronnie Bull | 17 | 80 | 4.7 | 23t | 1 |
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Andy Livingston | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 1 | 208 | 7.2 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 77.9 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Rudy Bukich | 28 | 11 | 39.3 | 3 | 182 | 6.5 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 22.3 |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom Hall | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Gordon Smith | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Johnny Morris | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jeff Jordan | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Rip Hawkins | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Joe Fortunato | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 59 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 5 | 169 | 33.8 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jim Young | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jim Young | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Gale Sayers | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Kurek | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
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