Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings - September 17th, 1961
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 37 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Tm | Detail | CHI | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vikings | Mike Mercer 12 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Vikings | Bob Schnelker 14 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 0 | 10 |
| Bears | Rick Casares 3 yard rush | 6 | 10 | |
| 3 | Vikings | Jerry Reichow 29 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 6 | 17 |
| Vikings | Hugh McElhenny 2 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 6 | 24 | |
| 4 | Vikings | Fran Tarkenton 2 yard rush (Mike Mercer kick) | 6 | 31 |
| Vikings | Dave Middleton 2 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton | 6 | 37 | |
| Bears | Willie Galimore 10 yard pass from Billy Wade (Roger LeClerc kick) | 13 | 37 |
Game Info
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Wade | CHI | 6 | 10 | 109 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 91.2 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Ed Brown | CHI | 2 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 9.5 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Willie Galimore | CHI | 12 | 47 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
| Rick Casares | CHI | 11 | 38 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Bill Brown | CHI | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| John Adams | CHI | 4 | -24 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Morris | CHI | 4 | 92 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||||||
| Angelo Coia | CHI | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Ditka | CHI | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 17 | 23 | 250 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 48 | 148.6 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| George Shaw | MIN | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 88.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Hugh McElhenny | MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 26 |
| Mel Triplett | MIN | 8 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||
| Doug Mayberry | MIN | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jerry Reichow | MIN | 3 | 103 | 1 | 48 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Middleton | MIN | 4 | 50 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Schnelker | MIN | 2 | 22 | 1 | 14 | |||||||||||||
