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Minnesota Vikings 29 at Detroit Lions 7

Sunday, December 12, 1965

Minnesota Vikings 29, Detroit Lions 7

1234Final
Minnesota Vikings (6-7-0)8140729
Detroit Lions (5-7-1)07007

Scoring

MINDET
1stMINSafety, punter stepped out of end zone20
MINFred Cox 20 yard field goal50
MINFred Cox 37 yard field goal80
2ndMINPaul Flatley 15 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)150
DETAmos Marsh 1 yard rush (Wayne H. Walker kick)157
MINPhil King 2 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)227
4thMINEd Sharockman 40 yard interception return (Fred Cox kick)297

Team Stats

MINDET
First downs158
Rush-yards-TDs38-75-022-29-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-24-204-2-011-23-113-0-3
Sacked-yards1-51-7
Net pass yards199106
Total yards274135
Fumbles-lost3-21-1
Turnovers24
Penalties-yards3-446-63

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 13 24 204 2 0 0 2 -2 0 0
Tom Hall MIN 3 93 0 0
Phil King MIN 12 46 0 0 4 37 1 0
Gordie Smith MIN 1 39 0 0
Billy Ray Barnes MIN 18 29 0 0 1 6 0 0
Paul Flatley MIN 2 20 1 0
Bill Brown MIN 3 -2 0 0 2 9 0 0
Jim Young MIN 3 4 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Henderson DET 3 57 0 0
Milt Plum DET 8 17 97 0 2 0
Pat Studstill DET 5 33 0 0
Amos Marsh DET 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 10 1 0 1 14 0 0
Tom Nowatzke DET 9 19 0 0
Tom Myers DET 3 5 16 0 1 0
Jim Gibbons DET 1 7 0 0
Nick Pietrosante DET 1 2 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
Karl Kassulke MIN 1 16 0 0
George Rose MIN 1 6 0 0
Ed Sharockman MIN 1 40 1 0
Jim Young MIN 0 0 0 0 3 64 21.3 0 0 3 7 2.3 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
Bobby Felts DET 0 0 0 0 2 42 21.0 0 0 2 27 13.5 0 0
Pat Studstill DET 0 0 0 0 4 90 22.5 0 0 2 27 13.5 0 0