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Minnesota Vikings 27 at Cleveland Browns 17

Sunday, October 31, 1965

Minnesota Vikings 27, Cleveland Browns 17

1234Final
Minnesota Vikings (4-3-0)7140627
Cleveland Browns (5-2-0)370717

Scoring

MINCLE
1stCLELou Groza 20 yard field goal03
MINBill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)73
2ndCLEErnie Green 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick)710
MINTommy Mason 72 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)1410
MINBill Brown 2 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)2110
4thMINFred Cox 30 yard field goal2410
CLEJim Brown 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick)2417
MINFred Cox 18 yard field goal2717

Team Stats

MINCLE
First downs2511
Rush-yards-TDs41-196-128-34-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT17-27-234-2-09-23-137-0-0
Sacked-yards3-221-4
Net pass yards212133
Total yards408167
Fumbles-lost1-11-0
Turnovers10
Penalties-yards5-621-15

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bill Brown MIN 26 138 1 0 5 46 1 0
Tommy Mason MIN 12 66 0 0 1 72 1 0
Fran Tarkenton MIN 17 27 234 2 0 0 2 -9 0 0
Paul Flatley MIN 6 65 0 0
Red Phillips MIN 4 41 0 0
Phil King MIN 1 1 0 0 1 10 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Gary Collins CLE 4 116 0 0
Jim Brown CLE 18 39 1 0 2 9 0 0
Frank Ryan CLE 4 15 75 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0
Jim Ninowski CLE 5 7 62 0 0 0
Johnny Brewer CLE 1 15 0 0
Leroy Kelly CLE 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 0
Lou Groza CLE 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ernie Green CLE 4 -5 1 0 1 -4 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
Tommy Mason MIN 0 0 0 0 1 15 15.0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Lance Rentzel MIN 0 0 0 0 2 32 16.0 0 0 2 6 3.0 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
Leroy Kelly CLE 0 0 0 0 2 35 17.5 0 0 1 23 23.0 0 0
Walter Roberts CLE 0 0 0 0 2 42 21.0 0 0 2 6 3.0 0 0