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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 309 points (22.1/g), 8th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 390 points (27.9/g), 12th.
Differential of -81 points (-5.8/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 5.1-8.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 4th.
Coached by Norm Van Brocklin (5-8-1)
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1963 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 15 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 24 | 20 | 27 | 418 | 262 | 156 | 2 | 10 | 246 | 120 | 126 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | box | L | 1-1 | Chicago Bears | 7 | 28 | 20 | 326 | 174 | 152 | 5 | 24 | 359 | 253 | 106 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | 2-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 45 | 14 | 22 | 396 | 256 | 140 | 2 | 14 | 237 | 134 | 103 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 6 | box | L | 2-2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 56 | 17 | 218 | 145 | 73 | 3 | 26 | 520 | 334 | 186 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | box | L | 2-3 | Green Bay Packers | 28 | 37 | 14 | 338 | 240 | 98 | 5 | 21 | 435 | 282 | 153 | 6 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | box | L | 2-4 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 24 | 27 | 13 | 207 | 100 | 107 | 3 | 18 | 279 | 180 | 99 | 3 |
| 7 | Sun | October 27 | box | L | 2-5 | @ | Detroit Lions | 10 | 28 | 10 | 166 | 80 | 86 | 21 | 419 | 203 | 216 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | 3-5 | Los Angeles Rams | 21 | 13 | 14 | 241 | 113 | 128 | 1 | 16 | 216 | 139 | 77 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 10 | box | L | 3-6 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 7 | 28 | 13 | 292 | 175 | 117 | 2 | 17 | 374 | 228 | 146 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 17 | box | L | 3-7 | Baltimore Colts | 34 | 37 | 16 | 426 | 150 | 276 | 18 | 408 | 303 | 105 | 2 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 4-7 | Detroit Lions | 34 | 31 | 17 | 351 | 214 | 137 | 5 | 19 | 361 | 242 | 119 | 6 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 1 | box | T | 4-7-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 17 | 17 | 9 | 202 | 86 | 116 | 4 | 15 | 221 | 154 | 67 | 3 |
| 13 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 4-8-1 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 10 | 41 | 14 | 203 | 110 | 93 | 3 | 22 | 439 | 318 | 121 | 1 |
| 14 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 5-8-1 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 34 | 13 | 17 | 227 | 64 | 163 | 17 | 217 | 108 | 109 | 4 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 309 | 4011 | 851 | 4.7 | 223 | 197 | 355 | 2169 | 16 | 17 | 5.3 | 112 | 445 | 1842 | 17 | 4.1 | 97 | 35 | 18 | 14 |
| Team Defense | 390 | 4731 | 859 | 5.5 | 413 | 233 | 404 | 2998 | 31 | 11 | 6.7 | 143 | 410 | 1733 | 12 | 4.2 | 258 | 42 | 31 | 12 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 23 | QB | 14 | 13 | 170 | 297 | 57.2 | 2311 | 15 | 5.1 | 15 | 5.1 | 67 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 13.6 | 165.1 | 78.0 | |||||
| Ron Vander Kelen | 24 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 58 | 46.6 | 376 | 1 | 1.7 | 2 | 3.4 | 53 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 13.9 | 62.7 | 59.3 | ||||||
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 197 | 355 | 55.5 | 2687 | 16 | 4.5 | 17 | 4.8 | 67 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 13.6 | 191.9 | 74.9 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 233 | 404 | 57.7 | 2998 | 31 | 7.7 | 11 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 12.9 | 214.1 | 95.3 | 45 | 364 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Tommy Mason*+ | 24 | HB | 13 | 13 | 166 | 763 | 7 | 70 | 4.6 | 58.7 | 12.8 | 40 | 365 | 9.1 | 2 | 41 | 3.1 | 28.1 | 1128 | 9 | 14 |
| Bill Brown | 25 | FB | 14 | 13 | 128 | 445 | 5 | 21 | 3.5 | 31.8 | 9.1 | 17 | 109 | 6.4 | 2 | 30 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 554 | 7 | 7 |
| Tommy Wilson | 31 | 8 | 0 | 73 | 282 | 4 | 30 | 3.9 | 35.3 | 9.1 | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 0 | 21 | 0.9 | 6.0 | 330 | 4 | 2 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 23 | QB | 14 | 13 | 28 | 162 | 1 | 24 | 5.8 | 11.6 | 2.0 | 162 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Bobby Reed | 24 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 88 | 0 | 16 | 4.2 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 13 | 137 | 10.5 | 0 | 45 | 1.3 | 13.7 | 225 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bill Butler | 26 | RET | 14 | 0 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 11 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | 19 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 87 | 0 | 8 |
| Ron Vander Kelen | 24 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 65 | 0 | 20 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 1.3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Ferguson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jerry Reichow | 29 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | -12 | 0 | -12 | -12.0 | -0.9 | 0.1 | 35 | 479 | 13.7 | 3 | 57 | 2.5 | 34.2 | 467 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 22 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 51 | 867 | 17.0 | 4 | 62 | 3.6 | 61.9 | 867 | 4 | 1 | |
| Ray Poage | 23 | TE | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 354 | 23.6 | 2 | 67 | 2.1 | 50.6 | 354 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Boylan | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 1 | 19 | 2.0 | 26.0 | 78 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Smith | 24 | te | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 177 | 29.5 | 2 | 54 | 0.4 | 12.6 | 177 | 2 | 0 | |
| Leon Clarke | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | 14 | 1.0 | 11.3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 445 | 1842 | 17 | 70 | 4.1 | 131.6 | 31.8 | 197 | 2687 | 13.6 | 16 | 67 | 14.1 | 191.9 | 4529 | 33 | 45 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 410 | 1733 | 12 | 4.2 | 123.8 | 29.3 | 233 | 2998 | 12.9 | 31 | 16.6 | 214.1 | 4731 | 43 | 50 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Bill Butler | 26 | RET | 14 | 0 | 21 | 220 | 1 | 60 | 10.5 | 33 | 713 | 0 | 35 | 21.6 | 1020 |
| Bobby Reed | 24 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 91 | 0 | 26 | 10.1 | 13 | 367 | 0 | 51 | 28.2 | 683 | |
| Tommy Mason*+ | 24 | HB | 13 | 13 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 15.8 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 21 | 20.3 | 1252 |
| Ed Sharockman | 24 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 7 | 139 | 0 | 28 | 19.9 | 139 | |||||
| Tom Franckhauser | 26 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 0 | 26 | 23.5 | 94 | ||||||
| Bill Brown | 25 | FB | 14 | 13 | 3 | 105 | 1 | 78 | 35.0 | 659 | |||||
| Lee Calland | 22 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 22.5 | 45 | |||||
| Gordie Smith | 24 | te | 14 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 12.0 | 201 | |||||
| Larry Bowie | 24 | RG | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| John Campbell | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||||
| Karl Kassulke | 22 | LS | 14 | 12 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | |||||
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 35 | 405 | 1 | 60 | 11.6 | 69 | 1556 | 1 | 78 | 22.6 | 6490 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 27 | 0 | 48 | 1342 | 3 | 28.0 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Fred Cox | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 50.0% | 39 | 39 | 100.0% | 70 | 2707 | 57 | 0 | 38.7 | |
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 50.0% | 39 | 39 | 100.0% | 70 | 2707 | 57 | 0 | 38.7 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 22 | 13 | 59.1% | 50 | 49 | 98.0% | 60 | 2634 | 43.9 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Grady Alderman* | 25 | LT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Bowie | 24 | RG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | 25 | FB | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Butler | 26 | RET | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lee Calland | 22 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Campbell | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Paul Dickson | 26 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Flatley | 22 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Franckhauser | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Rip Hawkins* | 24 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Hultz | 23 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Jobko | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Karl Kassulke | 22 | LS | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Lamson | 24 | RS | 12 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Marshall | 26 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Mason*+ | 24 | HB | 13 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Prestel | 26 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Reed | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed Sharockman | 24 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 5 | 93 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gordie Smith | 24 | te | 14 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Stonebreaker | 25 | RLB | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 23 | QB | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mick Tingelhoff | 23 | C | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Wilson | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roy Winston | 23 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 1 | ||||||
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 11 | 200 | 2 | 47 | 45 | 58 | 49 | 2 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 51 | 50 | 19 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cox | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 39 | 12 | 75 | |||||||||
| Tommy Mason*+ | 24 | HB | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 54 | |||||||||
| Bill Brown | 25 | FB | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||
| Paul Flatley | 22 | WR | 14 | 14 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Wilson | 31 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Reichow | 29 | WR | 14 | 14 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ray Poage | 23 | TE | 7 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Gordie Smith | 24 | te | 14 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jim Boylan | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bill Butler | 26 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Don Hultz | 23 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jim Marshall | 26 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ed Sharockman | 24 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 23 | QB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Roy Winston | 23 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 309 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 390 |