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1965 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 383 points (27.4/g), 4th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 403 points (28.8/g), 14th.
Differential of -20 points (-1.4/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 6.6-7.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.5/g), 11th.
Coached by Norm Van Brocklin (7-7-0)
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1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Fran Tarkenton* | 25 | 4 | 14 | 171 for 329, 2,609 yards, 19 td, 11 int, & 56 rushes for 356 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 29th pick / 1961 |
| HB | Tommy Mason | 26 | 4 | 9 | 141 rushes for 597 yards, 10 td, & 22 catches for 321 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| FB | Bill Brown* | 27 | 4 | 12 | 160 rushes for 699 yards, 6 td, & 41 catches for 503 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1961 |
| WR | Paul Flatley | 24 | 2 | 14 | 50 catches for 896 yards, 7 td | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 44th pick / 1963 |
| WR | Red Phillips | 29 | 7 | 9 | 15 catches for 185 yards, 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1958 |
| TE | Gordie Smith | 26 | 4 | 9 | 22 catches for 431 yards, 5 td | |
| LT | Grady Alderman* | 27 | 5 | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 10th / 111th pick / 1960 |
| LG | Milt Sunde | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 20th / 271st pick / 1964 |
| C | Mick Tingelhoff*+ | 25 | 3 | 14 | ||
| RG | Larry Bowie | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Texans / 8th / 59th pick / 1962 |
| RT | Errol Linden | 28 | 4 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 135th pick / 1961 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Carl Eller | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1964 |
| LDT | Gary Larsen | 25 | 1 | 9 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 133rd pick / 1964 |
| RDT | Paul Dickson | 28 | 6 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1959 |
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| RDE | Jim Marshall | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 44th pick / 1960 |
| LLB | Roy Winston | 25 | 3 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 42nd pick / 1962 |
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| LLB | Lonnie Warwick | 23 | Rook | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Rip Hawkins | 26 | 4 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 10th pick / 1961 |
| RLB | Bill Jobko | 30 | 7 | 13 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1958 |
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| LCB | George Rose | 23 | 1 | 10 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 21st pick / 1964 |
| RCB | Ed Sharockman | 26 | 4 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| LS | Karl Kassulke | 24 | 2 | 8 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 152nd pick / 1963 |
| RS | Larry Vargo | 26 | 3 | 11 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 150th pick / 1961 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Fred Cox | 27 | 2 | 0 | 23 of 35 field goals & 44 of 44 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1961 |
| P | Bobby Walden | 27 | 1 | 0 | 51 punts for a 42.1 average, 0 blocked | Houston Oilers / 4th / 32nd pick / 1961 |
| PR | Tommy Mason | 26 | 4 | 9 | 9 punt returns for a 7.0 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| KR | Lance Rentzel | 22 | Rook | 0 | 23 kick returns for a 26.2 average and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Grady Alderman* | 27 | T-G | 13 | 13 | 247 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 12/10/1938 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 111th pick / 1960 |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 30 | HB | 14 | 0 | 201 | 5-11 | Wake Forest | 5/14/1935 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 19th pick / 1957 |
| Hal Bedsole | 24 | TE | 9 | 0 | 236 | 6-5 | USC | 12/21/1941 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 19th pick / 1964 |
| Bob Berry | 23 | QB | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Oregon | 3/10/1942 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 142nd pick / 1964 |
| Larry Bowie | 26 | G | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/13/1939 | 3 | Dallas Texans / 8th / 59th pick / 1962 |
| Bill Brown* | 27 | RB | 14 | 12 | 228 | 5-11 | Illinois | 6/29/1938 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1961 |
| Ken Byers | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 4/6/1940 | 3 | New York Giants / 7th / 97th pick / 1962 |
| Lee Calland | 24 | DB | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Louisville | 9/14/1941 | 2 | |
| Fred Cox | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 12/11/1938 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1961 |
| Paul Dickson | 28 | DT-T | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 2/26/1937 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1959 |
| Carl Eller | 23 | DE | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-6 | Minnesota | 2/25/1942 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1964 |
| Paul Flatley | 24 | WR-FL | 14 | 14 | 187 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 1/30/1941 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 44th pick / 1963 |
| Tom Hall | 25 | WR-DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 4/3/1940 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 94th pick / 1962 |
| Rip Hawkins | 26 | LB | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 4/21/1939 | 4 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 10th pick / 1961 |
| Gary Hill | 22 | DB | 8 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | USC | 6/29/1943 | Rook | |
| Dick James | 31 | HB-DB | 4 | 0 | 179 | 5-9 | Oregon | 5/22/1934 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 94th pick / 1956 |
| Bill Jobko | 30 | LB | 14 | 13 | 224 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 10/7/1935 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1958 |
| Jeff F. Jordan | 22 | DB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 11/23/1943 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 107th pick / 1965 |
| Karl Kassulke | 24 | DB | 14 | 8 | 195 | 6-0 | Drake,Marquette | 3/20/1941 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 152nd pick / 1963 |
| Phil King | 29 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-4 | Vanderbilt | 6/22/1936 | 7 | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1958 |
| John Kirby | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 5/30/1942 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1964 |
| Gary Larsen | 25 | DT | 12 | 9 | 261 | 6-5 | Concordia (IL) | 3/13/1940 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 133rd pick / 1964 |
| Errol Linden | 28 | T | 14 | 14 | 258 | 6-5 | Houston | 10/21/1937 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 135th pick / 1961 |
| Earsell Mackbee | 24 | DB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Utah State | 1/15/1941 | Rook | |
| Jim Marshall | 28 | DE | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 12/30/1937 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 44th pick / 1960 |
| Tommy Mason | 26 | RB | 10 | 9 | 196 | 6-1 | Tulane | 7/8/1939 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| Dave Osborn | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | North Dakota | 3/18/1943 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 13th / 176th pick / 1965 |
| Red Phillips | 29 | E | 12 | 9 | 197 | 6-1 | Auburn | 2/5/1936 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1958 |
| Jim Prestel | 28 | DT | 13 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Idaho | 6/28/1937 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 70th pick / 1959 |
| Lance Rentzel | 22 | WR-FL | 11 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 10/14/1943 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| George Rose | 23 | DB | 10 | 10 | 200 | 5-11 | Auburn | 1/1/1942 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 21st pick / 1964 |
| Ed Sharockman | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 11/4/1939 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| Gordie Smith | 26 | TE | 14 | 9 | 220 | 6-2 | Arizona State,Missouri | 4/9/1939 | 4 | |
| Milt Sunde | 23 | G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 2/1/1942 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 20th / 271st pick / 1964 |
| Archie Sutton | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-4 | Illinois | 11/2/1941 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 15th pick / 1965 |
| Fran Tarkenton* | 25 | QB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 2/3/1940 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 29th pick / 1961 |
| Mick Tingelhoff*+ | 25 | C | 14 | 14 | 237 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 5/22/1940 | 3 | |
| Ron Vander Kelen | 26 | QB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 11/6/1939 | 2 | New York Jets / 21st / 163rd pick / 1963 |
| Larry Vargo | 26 | DB-LB | 13 | 11 | 215 | 6-3 | Detroit Mercy | 4/5/1939 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 150th pick / 1961 |
| Bobby Walden | 27 | P | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 3/9/1938 | 1 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 32nd pick / 1961 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 23 | LB | 14 | 7 | 238 | 6-3 | Tennessee,Tennessee Tech | 2/26/1942 | Rook | |
| Roy Winston | 25 | LB | 14 | 7 | 222 | 5-11 | LSU | 9/15/1940 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 42nd pick / 1962 |
| Jim Young | 22 | HB | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Queens (Canada) | 6/6/1943 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 218.2 | 6-1.6 | 2.8 |