| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (6-7-0) | 8 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| Detroit Lions (5-7-1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Tiger Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 47 degrees, relative humidity 92%, wind 10 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Safety, punter stepped out of end zone | 2 | 0 |
| Vikings | Fred Cox 20 yard field goal | 5 | 0 | |
| Vikings | Fred Cox 37 yard field goal | 8 | 0 | |
| 2nd | Vikings | Paul Flatley 15 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 15 | 0 |
| Lions | Amos Marsh 1 yard rush (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 15 | 7 | |
| Vikings | Phil King 2 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 22 | 7 | |
| 4th | Vikings | Ed Sharockman 40 yard interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 29 | 7 |
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 8 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-75-0 | 22-29-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-24-204-2-0 | 11-23-113-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 199 | 106 |
| Total yards | 274 | 135 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-44 | 6-63 |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Fred Cox | MIN | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | MIN | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Pat Studstill | DET | 7 | 251 | 35.9 | 0 | ||||