Sunday, October 31, 1965
Minnesota Vikings 27, Cleveland Browns 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (4-3-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Cleveland Browns (5-2-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| MIN | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CLE | Lou Groza 20 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| MIN | Bill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | CLE | Ernie Green 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 10 |
| MIN | Tommy Mason 72 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| MIN | Bill Brown 2 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| 4th | MIN | Fred Cox 30 yard field goal | 24 | 10 |
| CLE | Jim Brown 1 yard rush (Lou Groza kick) | 24 | 17 | |
| MIN | Fred Cox 18 yard field goal | 27 | 17 |
| MIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 11 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-196-1 | 28-34-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-27-234-2-0 | 9-23-137-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-22 | 1-4 |
| Net pass yards | 212 | 133 |
| Total yards | 408 | 167 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-62 | 1-15 |
| 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 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | ||||