Sunday, October 15, 1961
San Francisco 49ers 38, Minnesota Vikings 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers (4-1-0) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 38 |
| Minnesota Vikings (1-4-0) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| SFO | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SFO | Bob Waters 6 yard rush (Tommy Davis kick) | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny 13 yard rush (Mike Mercer kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Jerry Reichow 42 yard pass from George Shaw (Mike Mercer kick) | 7 | 14 |
| MIN | Mike Mercer 24 yard field goal | 7 | 17 | |
| SFO | Billy Kilmer 1 yard rush (Tommy Davis kick) | 14 | 17 | |
| 3rd | SFO | Billy Kilmer 2 yard rush (Tommy Davis kick) | 21 | 17 |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny 32 yard rush (Mike Mercer kick) | 21 | 24 | |
| SFO | Tommy Davis 12 yard field goal | 24 | 24 | |
| 4th | SFO | Billy Kilmer 5 yard rush (Tommy Davis kick) | 31 | 24 |
| SFO | Billy Kilmer 20 yard rush (Tommy Davis kick) | 38 | 24 |
| SFO | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 31 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 51-324-5 | 24-118-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-16-243-0-2 | 13-29-133-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-12 | 5-49 |
| Net pass yards | 231 | 84 |
| Total yards | 555 | 202 |
| Fumbles-lost | 6-6 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 8 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-49 | 1-5 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| J.D. Smith | SFO | 11 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Kilmer | SFO | 20 | 115 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Brodie | SFO | 11 | 14 | 209 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Monty Stickles | SFO | 5 | 102 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Waters | SFO | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 60 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| C.R. Roberts | SFO | 7 | 63 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Abe Woodson | SFO | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Hugh McElhenny | MIN | 10 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Reichow | MIN | 2 | 54 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Shaw | MIN | 7 | 17 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Hayes | MIN | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 6 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Schnelker | MIN | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel Triplett | MIN | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| A.D. Williams | MIN | 1 | 11 | 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 | |||
| J.D. Smith | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Abe Woodson | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 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 | |||
| Jamie Caleb | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rich Mostardi | MIN | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||