Sunday, December 19, 1965
Minnesota Vikings 24, Chicago Bears 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (7-7-0) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| Chicago Bears (9-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| MIN | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | CHI | Ronnie Bull 23 yard rush (Roger LeClerc kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIN | Fred Cox 33 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 4th | CHI | Gale Sayers 2 yard rush (Roger LeClerc kick) | 3 | 14 |
| MIN | Tom Hall 17 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| CHI | Roger LeClerc 20 yard field goal | 10 | 17 | |
| MIN | Gordie Smith 22 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| MIN | Rip Hawkins 35 yard interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 17 |
| MIN | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-103-0 | 33-167-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-29-208-2-1 | 11-29-182-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-27 | 1-18 |
| Net pass yards | 181 | 164 |
| Total yards | 284 | 331 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-38 | 11-73 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 13 | 29 | 208 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Hall | MIN | 4 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 14 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gordie Smith | MIN | 3 | 61 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Ray Barnes | MIN | 13 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Flatley | MIN | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Phil King | MIN | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ronnie Bull | CHI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | CHI | 11 | 28 | 182 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gale Sayers | CHI | 14 | 82 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Gordon | CHI | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Morris | CHI | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Jones | CHI | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Ditka | CHI | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jon Arnett | CHI | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Andy Livingston | CHI | 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 | |||
| Rip Hawkins | MIN | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff F. Jordan | MIN | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lance Rentzel | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Young | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | |||
| Jon Arnett | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Fortunato | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dick Gordon | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ralph Kurek | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gale Sayers | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||