| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 22, 1964 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 48291 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 25 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Hal Bedsole 15 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Jim Gibbons 5 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick blocked) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 20 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 45 FG | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Jim Prestel 26 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 20 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Sam Williams 4 opponents fumble recovery (Wayne Walker kick) | 20 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Terry Barr 18 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 39 FG | 23 | 20 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Wayne Walker 37 FG | 23 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Jerry Reichow |
| 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 |
| 28 | FL | Tom Hall |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Prestel |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Dickson |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 58 | MLB | Rip Hawkins |
| 55 | RLB | John Campbell |
| 44 | LCB | George Rose |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 83 | RS | Larry Vargo |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 70 | LOT | Daryl Sanders |
| 79 | LOG | John Gonzaga |
| 51 | C | Bob Whitlow |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 66 | ROT | Jim Simon |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 16 | QB | Milt Plum |
| 45 | HB | Danny Lewis |
| 41 | FL | Terry Barr |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 88 | RDE | Sam Williams |
| 59 | LLB | Ernie Clark |
| 53 | MLB | Dennis Gaubatz |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Thompson |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tommy Mason | 21 | 64 | 3.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 16 | 64 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Grady Alderman | 0 | 16 | 16L | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 1 | 130 | 7.2 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 78.5 |
| Ron Vander Kelen | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 13 | 3.3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 57.3 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 3 | 248 | 8.9 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 73.8 |
| Gary Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Terry Barr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Hal Bedsole | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 33 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Terry Barr | 7 | 165 | 23.6 | 55 | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jim Prestel | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Karl Kassulke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Rose | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 6 | 262 | 43.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bill Butler | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Watkins | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| George Rose | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pat Studstill | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 38 | 0 | |
| Tommy Watkins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
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