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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings - September 26th, 1965
Detroit Lions 31 at Minnesota Vikings 29
Sunday, September 26, 1965
Detroit Lions 31, Minnesota Vikings 29| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (2-0-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Minnesota Vikings (0-2-0) | 7 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 29 |
Scoring
| DET | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Gordie Smith 19 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DET | Jim Gibbons 3 yard pass from Milt Plum (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Fred Cox 28 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| DET | Amos Marsh 15 yard pass from Milt Plum (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| DET | Milt Plum 1 yard rush (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Tommy Mason 3 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 17 |
| MIN | Fred Cox 46 yard field goal | 21 | 20 | |
| MIN | Safety, Plum tackled in end zone by Eller | 21 | 22 | |
| 4th | MIN | Dave Osborn 3 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 29 |
| DET | Wayne H. Walker 35 yard field goal | 24 | 29 | |
| DET | Amos Marsh 48 yard pass from Milt Plum (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 31 | 29 |
Team Stats
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-76-1 | 35-157-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-29-158-3-1 | 9-23-144-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 2-15 |
| Net pass yards | 148 | 129 |
| Total yards | 224 | 286 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-68 | 8-107 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Milt Plum | DET | 14 | 29 | 158 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Amos Marsh | DET | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Gibbons | DET | 5 | 40 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nick Pietrosante | DET | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Barr | DET | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Don Looney | DET | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pat Studstill | DET | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 78 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 9 | 22 | 144 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Hall | MIN | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Phil King | MIN | 7 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gordie Smith | MIN | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Flatley | MIN | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Joe Schmidt | DET | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Studstill | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Vaughn | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wayne H. Walker | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Watkins | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 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 | |||
| Rip Hawkins | MIN | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick James | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||