| Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: November 20, 1966 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 38775 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 64 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bruce Gossett 48 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bruce Gossett 42 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 36 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bruce Gossett 10 FG | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bruce Gossett 21 FG | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 44 FG | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Billy Truax EZ own fumble recovery (Bruce Gossett kick) | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Safety, Fran Tarkenton tackled in end zone by Rosey Grier | 6 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | SE | Lance Rentzel |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 64 | LOG | Milt Sunde |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 63 | ROG | Jim Vellone |
| 71 | ROT | Doug Davis |
| 40 | TE | Preston Carpenter |
| 15 | QB | Ron Vander Kelen |
| 21 | HB | Jim Lindsey |
| 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 |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 59 | MLB | Lonnie Warwick |
| 55 | RLB | Don Hansen |
| 46 | LCB | Earsell Mackbee |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 49 | RS | Dale Hackbart |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Jack Snow |
| 63 | LOT | Joe Carollo |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 73 | ROT | Charlie Cowan |
| 86 | TE | Marlin McKeever |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 25 | HB | Tom Moore |
| 29 | FL | Tommy McDonald |
| 22 | FB | Dick Bass |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 76 | RDT | Rosey Grier |
| 85 | RDE | Lamar Lundy |
| 32 | LLB | Jack Pardee |
| 61 | MLB | Bill George |
| 55 | RLB | Maxie Baughan |
| 24 | LCB | Clancy Williams |
| 44 | LS | Chuck Lamson |
| 21 | RS | Eddie Meador |
| 27 | RCB | Irv Cross |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 16 | 44 | 2.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Vander Kelen | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Phil King | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Walden | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dick Bass | 19 | 64 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Tom Moore | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Stiger | 2 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Ron Vander Kelen | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 100 | 6.7 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 35.4 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | -8 | -1.6 | -8 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 39.6 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 37 | 15 | 40.5 | 0 | 132 | 3.6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Preston Carpenter | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 2 | -13 | -6.5 | -5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Billy Truax | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Tommy McDonald | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Bass | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Moore | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Stiger | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Jack Snow | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Clancy Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 6 | 253 | 42.2 | 47 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jon Kilgore | 7 | 330 | 47.1 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 3 | 0 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Sharockman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Irv Cross | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Stiger | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Mike FitzGerald | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Milt Sunde | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jim Stiger | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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