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Minnesota Vikings 38 at Los Angeles Rams 35

Sunday, October 3, 1965

Minnesota Vikings 38, Los Angeles Rams 35

1234Final
Minnesota Vikings (1-2-0)7217338
Los Angeles Rams (1-2-0)14014735

Scoring

MINRAM
1stRAMDick Bass 49 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)07
RAMTerry Baker 38 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick)014
MINGordie Smith 3 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)714
2ndMINLonnie Warwick 10 yard blocked punt return (Fred Cox kick)1414
MINTommy Mason 7 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)2114
MINRed Phillips 3 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)2814
3rdRAMMarlin McKeever 5 yard pass from Bill Munson (Bruce Gossett kick)2821
MINBill Brown 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)3521
RAMDick Bass 28 yard pass from Bill Munson (Bruce Gossett kick)3528
4thRAMJack Snow 9 yard pass from Bill Munson (Bruce Gossett kick)3535
MINFred Cox 14 yard field goal3835

Team Stats

MINRAM
First downs1820
Rush-yards-TDs34-151-223-121-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT17-25-249-2-118-28-248-4-1
Sacked-yards1-81-8
Net pass yards241240
Total yards392361
Fumbles-lost0-06-2
Turnovers13
Penalties-yards5-615-38

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 17 25 249 2 1 0 3 3 0 0
Bill Brown MIN 6 24 1 0 5 85 0 0
Tommy Mason MIN 18 77 1 0 3 28 0 0
Red Phillips MIN 3 58 1 0
Phil King MIN 6 42 0 0
Gordie Smith MIN 3 42 1 0
Paul Flatley MIN 3 36 0 0
Dave Osborn MIN 1 5 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Dick Bass RAM 9 89 1 0 2 44 1 0
Terry Baker RAM 8 23 0 0 4 61 1 0
Bill Munson RAM 13 18 161 3 1 0
Marlin McKeever RAM 6 75 1 0
Roman Gabriel RAM 5 10 87 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Snow RAM 4 42 1 0
Tommy McDonald RAM 2 26 0 0
Ben Wilson RAM 2 6 0 0
Clancy Williams RAM 3 3 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
Billy Ray Barnes MIN 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.0 0 0
Rip Hawkins MIN 1 13 0 0
Dick James MIN 0 0 0 0 4 94 23.5 0 0 1 5 5.0 0 0
Dave Osborn MIN 0 0 0 0 1 92 92.0 0 0
Lonnie Warwick MIN 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 1 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
Willie F. Brown RAM 0 0 0 0 2 67 33.5 0 0
Frank Molden RAM 1 59 0 0
Bobby Smith RAM 0 0 0 0 2 82 41.0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0