Sunday, October 27, 1963
Minnesota Vikings 10, Detroit Lions 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (2-5-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Lions (3-4-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Terry Barr 35 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Milt Plum kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIN | Fred Cox 38 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | DET | Nick Pietrosante 3 yard rush (Milt Plum kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3rd | MIN | Bill Brown 14 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 14 |
| DET | Terry Barr 37 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Milt Plum kick) | 10 | 21 | |
| 4th | DET | Gail Cogdill 8 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Milt Plum kick) | 10 | 28 |
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-86-1 | 38-216-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-25-114-0-0 | 12-16-208-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-34 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 80 | 203 |
| Total yards | 166 | 419 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-68 | 3-33 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bobby Reed | MIN | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 15 | 25 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 14 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Flatley | MIN | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Reichow | MIN | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Butler | MIN | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tom Watkins | DET | 17 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Barr | DET | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 101 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Earl Morrall | DET | 12 | 16 | 208 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | DET | 12 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gail Cogdill | DET | 3 | 50 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Lewis | DET | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nick Ryder | DET | 5 | 14 | 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 | |||
| Bill Butler | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Franckhauser | MIN | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Reed | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 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 | |||
| Larry Ferguson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Watkins | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||