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1964 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 8-5-1, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 355 points (25.4/g), 4th of 14 in the NFL.
 Allowed 296 points (21.1/g), 6th.
 Differential of 59 points (4.2/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 8.5-5.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 5th.

Coached by Norm Van Brocklin (8-5-1)

1964 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 13 box W 1-0 Baltimore Colts 34 24 27 463 150 313 3 11 230 170 60 1
2 Sun September 20 box L 1-1 Chicago Bears 28 34 20 413 305 108 3 24 432 344 88 1
3 Sun September 27 box L 1-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 13 22 15 214 111 103 1 19 379 156 223 1
4 Sun October 4 box W 2-2 @ Green Bay Packers 24 23 21 332 153 179 1 17 325 197 128 1
5 Sun October 11 box L 2-3 Detroit Lions 20 24 17 241 141 100 4 14 272 133 139 4
6 Sun October 18 box W 3-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 30 10 20 310 91 219 1 15 227 117 110 2
7 Sun October 25 box W 4-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 27 22 15 215 105 110 3 18 392 276 116 8
8 Sun November 1 box L 4-4 Green Bay Packers 13 42 8 167 95 72 2 19 350 164 186
9 Sun November 8 box W 5-4 San Francisco 49ers 24 7 24 396 254 142 2 11 237 155 82 2
10 Sun November 15 box L 5-5 @ Baltimore Colts 14 17 22 306 85 221 3 18 381 274 107
11 Sun November 22 box T 5-5-1 @ Detroit Lions 23 23 15 230 73 157 3 13 289 224 65 6
12 Sun November 29 box W 6-5-1 Los Angeles Rams 34 13 15 257 185 72 1 13 309 158 151 5
13 Sun December 6 box W 7-5-1 @ New York Giants 30 21 17 330 193 137 2 15 335 221 114 2
14 Sun December 13 box W 8-5-1 @ Chicago Bears 41 14 22 432 182 250 1 9 182 135 47 2

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 355 4306 893 4.8 258 179 326 2123 23 12 5.7 115 519 2183 14 4.2 124 30 18 19
Team Defense 296 4340 800 5.4 338 182 375 2724 23 19 6.6 105 389 1616 10 4.2 216 35 16 17
Lg Rank Offense 4 6 2 12 11 4 3 11 1 2 5 5 4 9
Lg Rank Defense 6 10 2 4 13 10 5 14 1 5 2 9 7 8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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* 24 QB 14 14 171 306 55.9 2506 22 7.2 11 3.6 64 8.2 7.3 14.7 179.0 91.8
Ron Vander Kelen 25 5 0 7 19 36.8 78 0 0.0 1 5.3 18 4.1 1.7 11.1 15.6 28.0
Tommy Mason* 25 HB 13 12 1 1 100.0 30 1 100.0 0 0.0 30 30.0 40.0 30.0 2.3 158.3
Team Total 24.8 14 179 326 54.9 2614 23 7.1 12 3.7 64 8.0 7.1 14.6 186.7 89.4
Opp Total 14 182 375 48.5 2724 23 6.1 19 5.1 7.3 5.6 15.0 194.6 72.1 36 269 6.6 4.5

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
Bill Brown* 26 FB 14 14 226 866 7 48 3.8 61.9 16.1 48 703 14.6 9 64 3.4 50.2 1569 16 9
Tommy Mason* 25 HB 13 12 169 691 4 51 4.1 53.2 13.0 26 239 9.2 1 29 2.0 18.4 930 5 9
Fran Tarkenton* 24 QB 14 14 50 330 2 31 6.6 23.6 3.6 330 2 6
Tom Michel 24 11 4 39 129 0 14 3.3 11.7 3.5 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.3 143 0 3
Bill McWatters 22 11 0 14 60 1 16 4.3 5.5 1.3 2 -1 -0.5 0 1 0.2 -0.1 59 1 2
Bill Butler 27 RET 14 0 5 11 0 6 2.2 0.8 0.4 1 58 58.0 0 58 0.1 4.1 69 0 4
Ted Dean 26 2 0 5 30 0 9 6.0 15.0 2.5 1 23 23.0 0 23 0.5 11.5 53 0 0
Tom Hall 24 14 0 4 -4 0 5 -1.0 -0.3 0.3 23 325 14.1 2 32 1.6 23.2 321 2 0
Darrell Lester 24 6 0 4 18 0 7 4.5 3.0 0.7 18 0 0
Gordie Smith 25 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 10 211 21.1 1 44 0.8 17.6 213 1 0
Ron Vander Kelen 25 5 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 2.0 0.2 10 0 0
Bobby Walden 26 P 14 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 1.3 0.1 18 0 0
Paul Flatley 23 WR 10 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 450 16.1 3 48 2.8 45.0 450 3 0
Jerry Reichow 30 WR 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 284 14.2 2 51 1.4 20.3 284 2 1
Hal Bedsole 23 TE 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 295 16.4 5 43 1.3 21.1 295 5 0
Larry Vargo 25 RS 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 0.9 13 0 0
Team Total 24.8 14 519 2183 14 51 4.2 155.9 37.1 179 2614 14.6 23 64 12.8 186.7 4797 37 37
Opp Total 14 389 1616 10 4.2 115.4 27.8 182 2724 15.0 23 13.0 194.6 4340 33 32

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 27 RET 14 0 22 156 0 32 7.1 26 597 0 34 23.0 822
Tommy Mason* 25 HB 13 12 10 150 0 45 15.0 2 36 0 25 18.0 1116
Tom Michel 24 11 4 8 192 0 40 24.0 335
George Rose 22 LCB 14 13 8 180 0 38 22.5 180
Bill Brown* 26 FB 14 14 5 68 0 23 13.6 1637
Ted Dean 26 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 3 50 0 23 16.7 103
Karl Kassulke 23 LS 14 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Bill McWatters 22 11 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 66
Team Total 24.8 14 35 306 0 45 8.7 53 1130 0 40 21.3 6233
Opp Total 14 30 0 57 1324 2 23.2

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
Fred Cox 26 K 14 0 5 5 5 5 8 5 12 6 3 33 21 63.6% 42 40 95.2%
Bobby Walden 26 P 14 0 72 3341 73 0 46.4
Team Total 24.8 14 5 5 5 5 8 5 12 6 3 33 21 63.6% 42 40 95.2% 72 3341 73 0 46.4
Opp Total 14 28 13 46.4% 37 33 89.2% 71 3110 43.8

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
Bill Brown* 26 FB 14 14 9 4 0 0
Mike Bundra 25 4 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Butler 27 RET 14 0 2 15 0 15 4 3 0 0
Ken Byers 24 6 2 0 1 0 0
Carl Eller 22 LDE 14 14 0 4 45 1
Rip Hawkins 25 MLB 14 14 2 85 2 56 0 2 25 0
Bill Jobko 29 RLB 9 9 0 1 0 0
Karl Kassulke 23 LS 14 14 3 4 0 4 1 1 5 0
John Kirby 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Errol Linden 27 RT 14 14 0 2 0 0
Jim Marshall 27 RDE 14 14 0 2 0 0
Tommy Mason* 25 HB 13 12 9 2 0 0
Bill McWatters 22 11 0 2 2 0 0
Tom Michel 24 11 4 3 3 0 0
Jim Prestel 27 LDT 14 14 1 26 1 26
Jerry Reichow 30 WR 14 12 1 0 0 0
George Rose 22 LCB 14 13 6 48 1 32 1 0 0 0
Ed Sharockman 25 RCB 14 14 1 22 0 22 1 1 28 0
Bill Swain 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Fran Tarkenton* 24 QB 14 14 6 2 0 0
Larry Vargo 25 RS 14 12 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Roy Winston 24 LLB 14 14 3 24 0 15
Team Total 24.8 14 19 224 4 56 37 35 103 1
Opp Total 14 48 32 16 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
Fred Cox 26 K 14 0 40 21 103
Bill Brown* 26 FB 14 14 7 9 96
Hal Bedsole 23 TE 14 12 5 30
Tommy Mason* 25 HB 13 12 4 1 30
Paul Flatley 23 WR 10 9 3 18
Tom Hall 24 14 0 2 12
Rip Hawkins 25 MLB 14 14 2 12
Jerry Reichow 30 WR 14 12 2 12
Fran Tarkenton* 24 QB 14 14 2 12
Carl Eller 22 LDE 14 14 1 6
Bill McWatters 22 11 0 1 6
Jim Prestel 27 LDT 14 14 1 6
George Rose 22 LCB 14 13 1 6
Gordie Smith 25 12 0 1 6
Team Total 24.8 14 14 23 1 4 40 21 355
Opp Total 14 10 23 2 33 13 1 296