Sunday, October 1, 1961
Minnesota Vikings 33, Baltimore Colts 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (1-2-0) | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| Baltimore Colts (2-1-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| MIN | BAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Mike Mercer 20 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| BAL | Lenny Moore 72 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIN | A.D. Williams 7 yard pass from George Shaw (Mike Mercer kick) | 10 | 7 |
| BAL | Lenny Moore 4 yard rush (Steve Myhra kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| MIN | Mike Mercer 26 yard field goal | 13 | 14 | |
| 3rd | BAL | Lenny Moore 17 yard pass from Lamar McHan (Steve Myhra kick) | 13 | 21 |
| MIN | Mike Mercer 10 yard field goal | 16 | 21 | |
| MIN | Jerry Reichow 23 yard pass from George Shaw (Mike Mercer kick) | 23 | 21 | |
| 4th | BAL | Lenny Moore 23 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 23 | 28 |
| MIN | Ray Hayes 4 yard rush (Mike Mercer kick) | 30 | 28 | |
| BAL | Steve Myhra 37 yard field goal | 30 | 31 | |
| MIN | Mike Mercer 29 yard field goal | 33 | 31 | |
| BAL | Steve Myhra 52 yard field goal | 33 | 34 |
| MIN | BAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-124-1 | 16-82-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-30-208-2-0 | 14-33-301-3-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 8-71 | 2-17 |
| Net pass yards | 137 | 284 |
| Total yards | 261 | 366 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-15 | 8-50 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| George Shaw | MIN | 17 | 30 | 208 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Hayes | MIN | 12 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Reichow | MIN | 6 | 69 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 10 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| A.D. Williams | MIN | 3 | 46 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel Triplett | MIN | 11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Middleton | MIN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jamie Caleb | MIN | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Johnny Unitas | BAL | 13 | 27 | 284 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lenny Moore | BAL | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 143 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Raymond Berry | BAL | 6 | 96 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Sommer | BAL | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Mutscheller | BAL | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Perry | BAL | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lamar McHan | BAL | 1 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jamie Caleb | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clancy Osborne | MIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Pesonen | MIN | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Karl Rubke | MIN | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mel Triplett | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bobby Boyd | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Gregory | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Harrison | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Lewis | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lenny Lyles | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Taseff | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Welch | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||