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Chicago Bears 13 at Minnesota Vikings 37

Sunday, September 17, 1961

Chicago Bears 13, Minnesota Vikings 37

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Chicago Bears (0-1-0)060713
Minnesota Vikings (1-0-0)37141337

Scoring

CHIMIN
1stMINMike Mercer 12 yard field goal03
2ndMINBob Schnelker 14 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick)010
CHIRick Casares 3 yard rush (kick failed)610
3rdMINJerry Reichow 29 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick)617
MINHugh McElhenny 2 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick)624
4thMINFran Tarkenton 2 yard rush (Mike Mercer kick)631
MINDave Middleton 2 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (kick failed)637
CHIWillie Galimore 10 yard pass from Billy Wade (Roger LeClerc kick)1337

Team Stats

CHIMIN
First downs2017
Rush-yards-TDs35-134-129-79-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT8-17-146-1-419-27-272-4-0
Sacked-yards1-102-15
Net pass yards136257
Total yards270336
Fumbles-lost4-13-1
Turnovers51
Penalties-yards3-335-53

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Johnny Morris CHI 4 92 0 0
Billy Wade CHI 6 10 109 1 2 0 2 30 0 0
Willie Galimore CHI 12 47 0 0 1 10 1 0
Ed Brown CHI 2 7 37 0 2 0 4 29 0 0
Rick Casares CHI 11 38 1 0
Angelo Coia CHI 2 26 0 0
Mike Ditka CHI 1 18 0 0
Bill Brown CHI 2 14 0 0
John Adams CHI 4 -24 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 17 23 250 4 0 0 4 11 1 0
Jerry Reichow MIN 3 103 1 0
Hugh McElhenny MIN 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 25 0 0 6 54 1 0
Mel Triplett MIN 8 26 0 0 2 27 0 0
Dave Middleton MIN 4 50 1 0
Tommy Mason MIN 4 8 0 0 2 16 0 0
Bob Schnelker MIN 2 22 1 0
George Shaw MIN 2 3 22 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
Doug Mayberry MIN 4 8 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Charlie Bivins CHI 0 0 0 0 2 39 19.5 0 0
Bill Brown CHI 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0
Willie Galimore CHI 0 0 0 0 2 20 10.0 0 0
Johnny Morris CHI 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dick Grecni MIN 1 16 0 0
Rip Hawkins MIN 1 8 0 0
Jim Leo MIN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Tommy Mason MIN 0 0 0 0 2 62 31.0 0 0
Hugh McElhenny MIN 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
Jack Morris MIN 1 25 0 0
Charlie Sumner MIN 1 0 0 0