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1961 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-11-0, 7th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (3-11-0)

Points For: 285 (20.4/g) 9th of 14

Points Against: 407 (29.1/g) 14th of 14

Expected W-L: 4.2-9.8

SRS: -6.64 (12th of 14), SOS: 2.08

Other Notable Asst.: Harry Gilmer (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Co-Owner/President: Bill Boyer

Co-Owner: Max Winter

General Manager: Bert Rose

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Bemidji State (Bemidji, Minnesota)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	285	3886	796	4.9	44	22	236	203	377	1989	22	22	5.3	123	419	1897	14	4.5	104	36	375	9
Opp. Stats	407	5593	858	6.5	45	23	291	194	365	2926	21	22	8.0	132	493	2667	29	5.4	147	65	638	12
Lg Rank Offense	9	12			12	13	10		8	13	6	5	14		9	6	8	6
Lg Rank Defense	14	14			3	1	14		5	13	8	10	14		13	14	14	14

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17		boxscore	W		1-0		Chicago Bears	37	13	17	336	257	79	1	20	270	136	134	5
2	Sun	September 24		boxscore	L		1-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	7	21	16	251	126	125	3	22	437	229	208	3
3	Sun	October 1		boxscore	L		1-2	@	Baltimore Colts	33	34	21	261	137	124		16	366	284	82	5
4	Sun	October 8		boxscore	L		1-3		Dallas Cowboys	0	28	14	183	100	83	5	18	297	180	117
5	Sun	October 15		boxscore	L		1-4		San Francisco 49ers	24	38	12	202	84	118	1	31	555	231	324	8
6	Sun	October 22		boxscore	L		1-5		Green Bay Packers	7	33	18	328	179	149	7	22	467	226	241	1
7	Sun	October 29		boxscore	L		1-6	@	Green Bay Packers	10	28	13	263	121	142	2	24	467	310	157	3
8	Sun	November 5		boxscore	L		1-7	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	31	21	399	146	253	5	23	392	97	295	1
9	Sun	November 12		boxscore	W		2-7		Baltimore Colts	28	20	19	275	116	159	1	21	354	138	216	2
10	Sun	November 19		boxscore	L		2-8		Detroit Lions	10	37	8	126	57	69	3	20	351	179	172	3
11	Sun	November 26		boxscore	L		2-9	@	San Francisco 49ers	28	38	20	364	243	121	3	21	442	246	196	1
12	Sun	December 3		boxscore	W		3-9		Los Angeles Rams	42	21	27	441	231	210	4	13	348	148	200	5
13	Sun	December 10		boxscore	L		3-10	@	Detroit Lions	7	13	18	251	135	116	6	15	295	175	120	4
14	Sun	December 17		boxscore	L		3-11	@	Chicago Bears	35	52	12	206	57	149	3	25	552	347	205	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Fran Tarkenton	21	QB	14	10	2-8-0	157	280	56.1	1997	18	6.4	17	6.1	71	7.1	5.7	12.7	142.6	74.7	42	416	13.04	4.91	3.7	0	0
2	George Shaw	28	QB	8	4	1-3-0	46	91	50.5	530	4	4.4	4	4.4	42	5.8	4.7	11.5	66.3	64.8	13	122	12.50	3.92	3.0	0	0
3	Jamie Caleb	25	HB	10	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
4	Tommy Mason	22	LHB	13	4		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0
5	Hugh McElhenny	33	LHB/RHB	13	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6						0	0	PB
6	Jerry Reichow	27	RHB	14	11		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	33.3		0.0	-15.0		0.0	0.0						0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	3-11-0	203	377	53.8	1989	22	5.8	22	5.8	71	6.7	5.2	12.4	142.1	70.0	55	538	12.91	5.28	3.82	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jerry Reichow	27	RHB	14	11	3	9	0	21	3.0	0.6	0.2	50	859	17.2	11	51	3.6	61.4	53	16.4	868	11	0	PB
2	Hugh McElhenny	33	LHB/RHB	13	12	120	570	3	41	4.8	43.8	9.2	37	283	7.6	3	26	2.8	21.8	157	5.4	853	6	8	PB
3	Mel Triplett	30	FB	14	8	80	407	1	37	5.1	29.1	5.7	10	41	4.1	0	15	0.7	2.9	90	5.0	448	1	4
4	Dave Middleton	28	LE	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	444	14.8	2	57	2.5	37.0	30	14.8	444	2	0
5	Ray Hayes	26	FB	13	4	73	319	2	22	4.4	24.5	5.6	16	121	7.6	0	22	1.2	9.3	89	4.9	440	2	5
6	Tommy Mason	22	LHB	13	4	60	226	3	21	3.8	17.4	4.6	20	122	6.1	0	18	1.5	9.4	80	4.4	348	3	7
7	Gordie Smith	22	RE	9	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	320	26.7	4	71	1.3	35.6	12	26.7	320	4	1
8	Fran Tarkenton	21	QB	14	10	56	308	5	52	5.5	22.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	56	5.5	308	5	8
9	A.D. Williams	28	E	13	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	174	13.4	1	49	1.0	13.4	13	13.4	174	1	0
10	Bob Schnelker	33	RE	6	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	70	11.7	1	20	1.0	11.7	6	11.7	70	1	0
11	Doug Mayberry	24	FB	4	0	13	40	0	13	3.1	10.0	3.3	2	18	9.0	0	13	0.5	4.5	15	3.9	58	0	0
12	Dick Haley	24	HB	4	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	43	14.3	0	22	0.8	10.8	3	14.3	43	0	1
13	Will Sherman	34	DB	8	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	40	20.0	0	32	0.3	5.0	2	20.0	40	0	0
14	George Shaw	28	QB	8	4	10	39	0	19	3.9	4.9	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	3.9	39	0	1
15	Jamie Caleb	25	HB	10	0	3	11	0	4	3.7	1.1	0.3	2	-8	-4.0	0	5	0.2	-0.8	5	0.6	3	0	0
16	Mike Mercer	26	K	14	0	1	-32	0	-32	-32.0	-2.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-32.0	-32	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	419	1897	14	52	4.5	135.5	29.9	203	2527	12.4	22	71	14.5	180.5	622	7.1	4424	36	35

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Grady Alderman	23	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	15	0	0.0	0
2	Rip Hawkins	22	MLB	14	14	5	70	0	34	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jerry Huth	28	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Jack Morris	30	LCB	14	14	2	90	0	65	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Jim Prestel	24	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
6	Karl Rubke	26	RLB	13	13	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
7	Jim Marshall	24	LDE	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	6.0	0
8	Hugh McElhenny	33	LHB/RHB	13	12	0	0	0	0	8	2	2	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Ed Culpepper	27	RDT	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
10	Clancy Osborne	27	LLB	14	11	4	35	0	10	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Dick Pesonen	23	RCB	11	11	1	28	0	28	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Dave Middleton	28	LE	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Charlie Sumner	31	FS	13	10	2	6	0	6	0	3	2	0	0.0	0
14	Fran Tarkenton	21	QB	14	10	0	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	0.0	0
15	Rich Mostardi	23	SS	11	9	2	22	0	21	0	3	18	0	0.0	0
16	Dean Derby	26	SS	8	8	3	73	0	30	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Gordie Smith	22	RE	9	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Mel Triplett	30	FB	14	8	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Ray Hayes	26	FB	13	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Tommy Mason	22	LHB	13	4	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	George Shaw	28	QB	8	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Dick Grecni	23	LB	12	3	1	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Justin Rowland	24	DB	5	3	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Dick Haley	24	HB	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Lebron Shields	24	DE	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
26	Ken Petersen	22	G	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Fred Murphy	23	E	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	22	356	0	65	36	37	37	0	15.0	0

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