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Minnesota Vikings 28 at Detroit Lions 16

Sunday, December 11, 1966

Minnesota Vikings 28, Detroit Lions 16

1234Final
Minnesota Vikings (4-8-1)7147028
Detroit Lions (4-9-1)063716

Scoring

MINDET
1stMINRed Phillips 30 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)70
2ndDETGaro Yepremian 44 yard field goal73
MINPaul Flatley 22 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)143
MINBill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)213
DETGaro Yepremian 30 yard field goal216
3rdDETGaro Yepremian 17 yard field goal219
MINPreston Carpenter 11 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)289
4thDETKarl Sweetan 15 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)2816

Team Stats

MINDET
First downs1916
Rush-yards-TDs37-111-128-132-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT12-20-211-3-218-32-201-0-2
Sacked-yards1-55-51
Net pass yards206150
Total yards317282
Fumbles-lost1-12-0
Turnovers32
Penalties-yards4-636-96

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 12 20 211 3 2 0 2 15 0 0
Paul Flatley MIN 5 99 1 0
Dave Osborn MIN 16 62 0 0 1 27 0 0
Red Phillips MIN 2 42 1 0
Bill Brown MIN 18 32 1 0
Tom Hall MIN 3 32 0 0
Preston Carpenter MIN 1 11 1 0
Phil King MIN 1 2 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Karl Sweetan DET 18 32 201 0 2 0 6 69 1 0
John Henderson DET 3 98 0 0
Ron Kramer DET 5 56 0 0
Tom Nowatzke DET 10 36 0 0 3 7 0 0
Bobby Felts DET 8 24 0 0
Bill Malinchak DET 4 21 0 0
Gail Cogdill DET 3 19 0 0
Jim Todd DET 2 6 0 0
Amos Marsh DET 2 -3 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
Mike Fitzgerald MIN 0 0 0 0 2 43 21.5 0 0
Karl Kassulke MIN 1 30 0 0
Phil King MIN 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0
Lance Rentzel MIN 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0
George Rose MIN 1 17 0 0
Jeff Williams MIN 0 0 0 0 2 42 21.0 0 0 1 3 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
Bobby Felts DET 0 0 0 0 3 62 20.7 0 0
Bruce Maher DET 1 56 0 0
Bobby Thompson DET 1 0 0 0
Tom Vaughn DET 0 0 0 0 2 59 29.5 0 0 2 70 35.0 0 0