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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings - October 17th, 1965
Chicago Bears 45 at Minnesota Vikings 37
Sunday, October 17, 1965
Chicago Bears 45, Minnesota Vikings 37| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (2-3-0) | 14 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 45 |
| Minnesota Vikings (2-3-0) | 0 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
Scoring
| CHI | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CHI | Ronnie Bull 33 yard rush (Roger LeClerc kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CHI | Johnny Morris 14 yard pass from Rudy Bukich (Roger LeClerc kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Fred Cox 38 yard field goal | 14 | 3 |
| MIN | Tommy Mason 4 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| CHI | Roger LeClerc 12 yard field goal | 17 | 10 | |
| MIN | Fred Cox 40 yard field goal | 17 | 13 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Fred Cox 28 yard field goal | 17 | 16 |
| MIN | Bill Brown 40 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 23 | |
| CHI | Gale Sayers 18 yard pass from Rudy Bukich (Roger LeClerc kick) | 24 | 23 | |
| 4th | MIN | Fran Tarkenton 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 30 |
| CHI | Gale Sayers 25 yard pass from Rudy Bukich (Roger LeClerc kick) | 31 | 30 | |
| MIN | Tommy Mason 4 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 31 | 37 | |
| CHI | Gale Sayers 96 yard kickoff return (Roger LeClerc kick) | 38 | 37 | |
| CHI | Gale Sayers 10 yard rush (Roger LeClerc kick) | 45 | 37 |
Team Stats
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 26 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-182-2 | 46-304-4 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-20-140-3-1 | 10-20-121-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-6 | 1-12 |
| Net pass yards | 134 | 109 |
| Total yards | 316 | 413 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 5-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-74 | 4-28 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Gale Sayers | CHI | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | CHI | 10 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rudy Bukich | CHI | 9 | 19 | 113 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dick Gordon | CHI | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Morris | CHI | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Jones | CHI | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Andy Livingston | CHI | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bill Brown | MIN | 15 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 10 | 20 | 121 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 71 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 18 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Flatley | MIN | 4 | 78 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Red Phillips | MIN | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Phil King | MIN | 3 | 10 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Dick Butkus | CHI | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Gordon | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Richie Petitbon | CHI | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Gale Sayers | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Tom Hall | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Phil King | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ed Sharockman | MIN | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||