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New York Giants 14 at Minnesota Vikings 40

Saturday, October 9, 1965

New York Giants 14, Minnesota Vikings 40

1234Final
New York Giants (2-2-0)700714
Minnesota Vikings (2-2-0)71021240

Scoring

NYGMIN
1stMINBill Brown 3 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)07
NYGSteve Thurlow 3 yard rush (Andy Stynchula kick)77
2ndMINBill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)714
MINFred Cox 33 yard field goal717
3rdMINPaul Flatley 7 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)724
MINGordie Smith 19 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)731
MINTommy Mason 5 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)738
4thNYGSteve Thurlow 1 yard rush (Andy Stynchula kick)1438
MINSafety, Prestel tackled Wood in end zone1440

Team Stats

NYGMIN
First downs1322
Rush-yards-TDs23-61-237-173-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-26-203-0-114-24-196-2-0
Sacked-yards2-191-9
Net pass yards184187
Total yards245360
Fumbles-lost2-21-1
Turnovers31
Penalties-yards4-306-65

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Aaron Thomas NYG 4 117 0 0
Earl Morrall NYG 14 22 203 0 0 0 1 14 0 0
Joe Morrison NYG 4 49 0 0
Homer Jones NYG 1 34 0 0
Tucker Frederickson NYG 0 1 0 0 1 0 11 27 0 0 2 -2 0 0
Ernie Koy NYG 2 7 0 0
Smith Reed NYG 1 6 0 0
Steve Thurlow NYG 8 7 2 0 2 -1 0 0
Del Shofner NYG 1 6 0 0
Gary Wood NYG 0 3 0 0 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 14 22 196 2 0 0 4 23 0 0
Gordie Smith MIN 4 92 1 0
Bill Brown MIN 11 54 2 0 1 24 0 0
Tommy Mason MIN 9 40 1 0 4 31 0 0
Phil King MIN 8 37 0 0 1 1 0 0
Red Phillips MIN 2 28 0 0
Paul Flatley MIN 2 20 1 0
Billy Ray Barnes MIN 4 16 0 0
Ron Vander Kelen MIN 1 3 0 0
Bob Berry MIN 0 2 0 0 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
Clarence Childs NYG 0 0 0 0 2 66 33.0 0 0
Ernie Koy NYG 0 0 0 0 3 54 18.0 0 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
Dick James MIN 0 0 0 0 2 45 22.5 0 0
Dave Osborn MIN 0 0 0 0 2 53 26.5 0 0
Ed Sharockman MIN 1 2 0 0