| Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1966 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 45191 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 36 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Chicago Bears | 14 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Gale Sayers 90 kickoff return (Roger LeClerc kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Tom Hall 1 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Gale Sayers 3 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Fran Tarkenton 15 run (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Roger LeClerc 36 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Jimmy Jones 80 pass from Rudy Bukich (Roger LeClerc kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Rudy Bukich 12 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Preston Carpenter 6 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 31 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Dave Osborn 3 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 28 | 31 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Jon Arnett 13 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 28 | 38 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Roger LeClerc 17 FG | 28 | 41 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Paul Flatley |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 64 | LOG | Milt Sunde |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Larry Bowie |
| 72 | ROT | Archie Sutton |
| 40 | TE | Preston Carpenter |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 41 | HB | Dave Osborn |
| 28 | FL | Tom Hall |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 73 | LDT | Jerry Shay |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Dickson |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 55 | MLB | Don Hansen |
| 36 | RLB | John Kirby |
| 46 | LCB | Earsell Mackbee |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 49 | RS | Dale Hackbart |
| 44 | RCB | George Rose |
| 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 |
| 45 | FL | Dick Gordon |
| 32 | FB | Ralph Kurek |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Ed O'Bradovich |
| 74 | LDT | Bob Kilcullen |
| 79 | RDT | Dick Evey |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 31 | LLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 53 | RLB | Jim Purnell |
| 26 | LCB | Bennie McRae |
| 17 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 24 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 46 | RCB | Curt Gentry |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 19 | 118 | 6.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 22 | 74 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 15t | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gale Sayers | 17 | 197 | 11.6 | 54 | 1 |
| Ralph Kurek | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 13t | 1 |
| Ronnie Bull | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 36 | 17 | 47.2 | 2 | 260 | 7.2 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 76.2 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Rudy Bukich | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 0 | 120 | 10.9 | 80t | 1 | 1 | 7 | 102.8 |
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Flatley | 6 | 71 | 11.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Preston Carpenter | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Tom Hall | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jimmy Jones | 1 | 80 | 80.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Curt Gentry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennie McRae | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 6 | 257 | 42.8 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jeff Williams | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 4 | 0 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Mike FitzGerald | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Phil King | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Gale Sayers | 2 | 116 | 58.0 | 90t | 1 | |
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
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