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1962 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 2-11-1, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 254 points (18.1/g), 13th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 410 points (29.3/g), 14th.
 Differential of -156 points (-11.1/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 3.4-10.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 13th.

Coached by Norm Van Brocklin (2-11-1)

1962 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 16 box L 0-1 @ Green Bay Packers 7 34 14 177 48 129 7 15 308 123 185 1
2 Sun September 23 box L 0-2 Baltimore Colts 7 34 13 173 122 51 3 20 348 195 153 2
3 Sun September 30 box L 0-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 7 21 15 259 116 143 5 16 261 57 204 2
4 Sun October 7 box L 0-4 Chicago Bears 0 13 16 259 130 129 5 12 249 135 114
5 Sun October 14 box L 0-5 Green Bay Packers 21 48 15 306 260 46 3 29 506 297 209 1
6 Sun October 21 box W 1-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 38 14 23 407 193 214 3 12 170 129 41 4
7 Sun October 28 box W 2-5 Philadelphia Eagles 31 21 17 359 172 187 1 18 404 314 90 5
8 Sun November 4 box L 2-6 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 31 39 15 319 240 79 2 29 439 227 212 1
9 Sun November 11 box L 2-7 @ Chicago Bears 30 31 13 290 147 143 3 22 347 259 88 8
10 Sun November 18 box L 2-8 Detroit Lions 6 17 13 180 107 73 3 18 358 223 135 3
11 Sun November 25 box T 2-8-1 Los Angeles Rams 24 24 21 413 253 160 4 22 450 278 172 2
12 Sun December 2 box L 2-9-1 San Francisco 49ers 12 35 18 350 234 116 3 15 360 255 105 1
13 Sun December 9 box L 2-10-1 @ Detroit Lions 23 37 15 371 168 203 10 16 325 180 145 6
14 Sun December 16 box L 2-11-1 @ Baltimore Colts 17 42 15 217 26 191 2 22 576 451 125 7

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 254 4080 834 4.9 223 170 348 2216 22 31 5.4 107 426 1864 7 4.4 102 54 23 14
Team Defense 410 5101 890 5.7 413 214 397 3123 29 25 7.3 139 463 1978 20 4.3 266 43 18 8
Lg Rank Offense 13 12 13 11 11 6 13 14 8 6 14 4 14 14
Lg Rank Defense 14 12 10 10 11 11 6 11 10 10 12 12 5 6

Passing

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Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Fran Tarkenton 22 QB 14 14 163 329 49.5 2595 22 6.7 25 7.6 89 7.9 5.1 15.9 185.4 66.9
John McCormick 25 P 13 0 7 18 38.9 104 0 0.0 5 27.8 53 5.8 -6.7 14.9 8.0 19.0
Tommy Mason* 23 HB 14 11 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 9 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.4 14 170 348 48.9 2699 22 6.3 31 8.9 89 7.8 4.4 15.9 192.8 59.1
Opp Total 14 214 397 53.9 3123 29 7.3 25 6.3 7.9 5.8 14.6 223.1 77.9 30 242 7.3 4.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Tommy Mason* 23 HB 14 11 167 740 2 71 4.4 52.9 11.9 36 603 16.8 6 74 2.6 43.1 1343 8 9
Doug Mayberry 25 FB 13 10 74 274 1 17 3.7 21.1 5.7 11 100 9.1 1 21 0.8 7.7 374 2 5
Mel Triplett 31 14 0 52 160 2 18 3.1 11.4 3.7 2 30 15.0 1 27 0.1 2.1 190 3 2
Hugh McElhenny 34 11 0 50 200 0 27 4.0 18.2 4.5 16 191 11.9 0 41 1.5 17.4 391 0 3
Fran Tarkenton 22 QB 14 14 41 361 2 31 8.8 25.8 2.9 349 2 5
Bill Brown 24 14 0 34 103 0 15 3.0 7.4 2.4 10 124 12.4 1 29 0.7 8.9 227 1 1
Bobby Reed 23 6 0 6 22 0 11 3.7 3.7 1.0 4 37 9.3 1 37 0.7 6.2 59 1 3
John McCormick 25 P 13 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 0.3 0.2 4 0 1
Jerry Reichow 28 WR 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 561 14.4 3 41 3.3 46.8 561 3 1
Oscar Donahue 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 285 17.8 1 53 1.2 21.9 285 1 0
Charley Ferguson 23 WR 10 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 364 26.0 6 89 1.4 36.4 364 6 0
Steve Stonebreaker 24 TE 14 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 227 18.9 1 56 0.9 16.2 227 1 0
Gordie Smith 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 138 19.7 1 40 1.4 27.6 138 1 0
Tom Adams 22 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 51 17.0 0 32 0.5 8.5 51 0 0
Team Total 25.4 14 426 1864 7 71 4.4 133.1 30.4 170 2699 15.9 22 89 12.1 192.8 4563 29 37
Opp Total 14 463 1978 20 4.3 141.3 33.1 214 3123 14.6 29 15.3 223.1 5101 49 30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bill Butler 25 RS 14 12 12 169 0 46 14.1 26 588 0 45 22.6 757
Bobby Reed 23 6 0 9 82 0 19 9.1 13 337 0 40 25.9 478
Tommy Mason* 23 HB 14 11 6 52 0 16 8.7 12 301 0 42 25.1 1696
Hugh McElhenny 34 11 0 5 43 0 14 8.6 7 160 0 40 22.9 594
Ed Sharockman 23 RCB 14 14 1 16 0 16 16.0 3 71 0 47 23.7 87
Larry Bowie 23 14 0 2 7 0 6 3.5 7
Jim Prestel 25 LDT 14 14 2 29 0 17 14.5 29
Bob Denton 28 14 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Tom Franckhauser 25 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 12
Steve Stonebreaker 24 TE 14 9 1 12 0 12 12.0 239
Team Total 25.4 14 34 374 0 46 11.0 67 1522 0 47 22.7 6459
Opp Total 14 32 0 52 1149 0 22.1

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Jim Christopherson 24 K 14 0 4 4 3 1 6 4 7 2 20 11 55.0% 28 28 100.0%
John McCormick 25 P 13 0 46 1795 53 0 39.0
Mike Mercer 27 4 0 2 3 5 0.0% 3 3 100.0% 19 827 77 0 43.5
Team Total 25.4 14 4 4 5 1 6 4 10 2 25 11 44.0% 31 31 100.0% 65 2622 77 0 40.3
Opp Total 14 30 15 50.0% 52 51 98.1% 52 2252 43.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Grady Alderman 24 LT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Bill Brown 24 14 0 1 1 0 0
Bill Butler 25 RS 14 12 5 80 1 39 3 3 7 0
Jim Christopherson 24 K 14 0 1 32 0 32
Bob Denton 28 14 0 0 1 0 0
Dean Derby 27 LCB 11 11 4 0 0 0
Paul Dickson 25 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Tom Franckhauser 25 14 0 4 27 0 24 0 2 0 0
Rip Hawkins 23 MLB 14 11 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1
Jerry Huth 29 LG 14 12 0 1 0 0
Chuck Lamson 23 LS 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Cliff Livingston 32 LLB 12 11 0 2 0 0
Jim Marshall 25 RDE 14 14 0 2 0 0
Tommy Mason* 23 HB 14 11 9 3 0 0
Doug Mayberry 25 FB 13 10 5 1 0 0
John McCormick 25 P 13 0 1 0 0 0
Hugh McElhenny 34 11 0 3 1 0 0
Clancy Osborne 28 RLB 14 11 0 2 0 0
Jim Prestel 25 LDT 14 14 1 1 0 0
Mike Rabold 25 RG 14 14 0 1 0 0
Bobby Reed 23 6 0 3 0 0 0
Jerry Reichow 28 WR 12 12 1 0 0 0
Ed Sharockman 23 RCB 14 14 6 92 0 32 2 2 88 1
Gordie Smith 23 5 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Sumner 32 14 0 3 46 0 32 0 1 0 0
Fran Tarkenton 22 QB 14 14 5 2 0 0
Mick Tingelhoff 22 C 14 14 0 1 0 0
Mel Triplett 31 14 0 2 0 0 0
Team Total 25.4 14 25 280 1 39 37 32 95 1 2
Opp Total 14 60 30 12 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jim Christopherson 24 K 14 0 28 11 61
Tommy Mason* 23 HB 14 11 2 6 48
Charley Ferguson 23 WR 10 9 6 36
Jerry Reichow 28 WR 12 12 3 18
Mel Triplett 31 14 0 2 1 18
Doug Mayberry 25 FB 13 10 1 1 12
Fran Tarkenton 22 QB 14 14 2 12
Bill Brown 24 14 0 1 6
Bill Butler 25 RS 14 12 1 6
Oscar Donahue 25 13 0 1 6
Bobby Reed 23 6 0 1 6
Ed Sharockman 23 RCB 14 14 1 6
Gordie Smith 23 5 0 1 6
Steve Stonebreaker 24 TE 14 9 1 6
Mike Mercer 27 4 0 3 3
Rip Hawkins 23 MLB 14 11 1 2
Jim Leo 25 LDE 14 14 1 2
Team Total 25.4 14 7 22 1 1 31 11 2 254
Opp Total 14 20 29 51 15 1 410