| Minnesota Vikings at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1965 Location: Green Bay, WI |
| Venue: Lambeau Field Attendance: 50852 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 41 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Green Bay PackersGB | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Boyd Dowler 27 pass from Bart Starr (Don Chandler kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tommy Mason 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 25 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 36 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 53 FG | 16 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay PackersGB | Elijah Pitts 3 run (Don Chandler kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 23 FG | 19 | 14 |
| 3 | Green Bay PackersGB | Bill Anderson 27 pass from Zeke Bratkowski (Don Chandler kick) | 19 | 21 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Don Chandler 25 FG | 19 | 24 |
| 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 |
| 20 | HB | Tommy Mason |
| 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 |
| 58 | MLB | Rip Hawkins |
| 36 | RLB | John Kirby |
| 44 | LCB | George Rose |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Jeff Jordan |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | SE | Boyd Dowler |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Skoronski |
| 63 | LOG | Fuzzy Thurston |
| 57 | C | Ken Bowman |
| 64 | ROG | Jerry Kramer |
| 75 | ROT | Forrest Gregg |
| 81 | TE | Marv Fleming |
| 15 | QB | Bart Starr |
| 25 | HB | Tom Moore |
| 84 | FL | Carroll Dale |
| 31 | FB | Jim Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Willie Davis |
| 77 | LDT | Ron Kostelnik |
| 74 | RDT | Henry Jordan |
| 82 | RDE | Lionel Aldridge |
| 89 | LLB | Dave Robinson |
| 66 | MLB | Ray Nitschke |
| 60 | RLB | Lee Roy Caffey |
| 26 | LCB | Herb Adderley |
| 40 | LS | Tom Brown |
| 24 | RS | Willie Wood |
| 43 | RCB | Doug Hart |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tommy Mason | 21 | 101 | 4.8 | 26 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Jim Taylor | 17 | 89 | 5.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Tom Moore | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 30 | 11 | 36.7 | 0 | 106 | 3.5 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 47.4 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 19 | 6 | 31.6 | 3 | 90 | 4.7 | 27t | 1 | 3 | 28 | 26.1 |
| Bart Starr | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tommy Mason | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Gordon Smith | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Boyd Dowler | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Carroll Dale | 2 | 77 | 38.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Bill Anderson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Bob Long | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Taylor | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jeff Jordan | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 52 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Don Chandler | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Willie Wood | 1 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Tom Moore | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 0 | ||
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Elijah Pitts | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tommy Crutcher | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
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