via Sports Logos.net

1962 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

Previous Season Next Season

Record: 2-11-1, 6th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (2-11-1)

Points For: 254 (18.1/g) 13th of 14

Points Against: 410 (29.3/g) 14th of 14

Expected W-L: 3.4-10.6

SRS: -6.75 (11th of 14), SOS: 4.39

Other Notable Asst.: Harry Gilmer (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Co-Owner/President: Bill Boyer

Co-Owner: Max Winter

General Manager: Bert Rose

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Bemidji State (Bemidji, Minnesota)

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

1962 Minnesota Vikings Menu

Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	254	4080	774	5.3	54	23	223	170	348	2216	22	31	6.4	107	426	1864	7	4.4	102	44	447	14
Opp. Stats	410	5101	860	5.9	43	18	266	214	397	3123	29	25	7.9	139	463	1978	20	4.3	119	68	633	8
Lg Rank Offense	13	12			14	14	13		11	11	6	13	13		8	6	14	4
Lg Rank Defense	14	12			5	6	11		10	11	11	6	11		10	10	12	12

Schedule & Game Results

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

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Fran Tarkenton	22	QB	14	14	2-11-1	163	329	49.5	2595	22	6.7	25	7.6	89	7.9	5.8	15.9	185.4	66.9	45	450	12.03	5.74	3.9	0	0
2	John McCormick	25	QB	13	0		7	18	38.9	104	0	0.0	5	27.8	53	5.8	-6.7	14.9	8.0	19.0	3	33	14.29	3.38	-7.3	0	0
3	Tommy Mason	23	HB	14	11		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0						0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	2-11-1	170	348	48.9	2216	22	6.3	31	8.9	89	7.8	5.0	15.9	158.3	59.1	48	483	12.15	6.37	3.62	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	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	203	6.6	1343	8	9	PB
2	Jerry Reichow	28	LE/FL	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	39	561	14.4	3	41	3.3	46.8	39	14.4	561	3	1
3	Hugh McElhenny	34	HB	11	4	50	200	0	27	4.0	18.2	4.5	16	191	11.9	0	41	1.5	17.4	66	5.9	391	0	3
4	Doug Mayberry	25	FB	13	9	74	274	1	75	3.7	21.1	5.7	11	100	9.1	1	21	0.8	7.7	85	4.4	374	2	5
5	Charley Ferguson	23	FL	10	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	364	26.0	6	89	1.4	36.4	14	26.0	364	6	0
6	Fran Tarkenton	22	QB	14	14	41	361	2	31	8.8	25.8	2.9	0	-12		0	-12	0.0	-0.9	41	8.5	349	2	5
7	Oscar Donahue	25	LE	13	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	285	17.8	1	53	1.2	21.9	16	17.8	285	1	0
8	Bill Brown	24	RB	14	2	34	103	0	15	3.0	7.4	2.4	10	124	12.4	1	29	0.7	8.9	44	5.2	227	1	1
9	Steve Stonebreaker	24	TE	14	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	227	18.9	1	56	0.9	16.2	12	18.9	227	1	0
10	Mel Triplett	31	FB	14	2	52	160	2	18	3.1	11.4	3.7	2	30	15.0	1	27	0.1	2.1	54	3.5	190	3	2
11	Gordie Smith	23	TE	5	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	138	19.7	1	40	1.4	27.6	7	19.7	138	1	0
12	Bobby Reed	23	HB	6	1	6	22	0	11	3.7	3.7	1.0	4	37	9.3	1	37	0.7	6.2	10	5.9	59	1	3
13	Tom Adams	22	WR	6	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	51	17.0	0	32	0.5	8.5	3	17.0	51	0	0
14	John McCormick	25	QB	13	0	2	4	0	4	2.0	0.3	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.0	4	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	426	1864	7	75	4.4	133.1	30.4	170	2699	15.9	22	89	12.1	192.8	596	7.7	4563	29	30

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Grady Alderman	24	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Chuck Lamson	23	SS	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jim Leo	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1
4	Jim Marshall	25	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.0	0
5	Jim Prestel	25	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.0	0
6	Mike Rabold	25	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Ed Sharockman	23	RCB	14	14	6	92	0	32	2	2	88	1	0.0	0
8	Fran Tarkenton	22	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Mick Tingelhoff	22	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Jerry Huth	29	LG	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Clancy Osborne	28	RLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
12	Bill Butler	25	FS	14	12	5	80	1	39	3	3	7	0	0.0	0
13	Rip Hawkins	23	MLB	14	12	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	1
14	Cliff Livingston	32	LLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
15	Jerry Reichow	28	LE/FL	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Paul Dickson	25	RDT	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
17	Tommy Mason	23	HB	14	11	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
18	Steve Stonebreaker	24	TE	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Dean Derby	27	LCB	11	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Doug Mayberry	25	FB	13	9	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Tom Franckhauser	25	LCB	14	6	4	27	0	24	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Hugh McElhenny	34	HB	11	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Gordie Smith	23	TE	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bill Brown	24	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jim Christopherson	24	LB	14	2	1	32	0	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Mel Triplett	31	FB	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Bob Denton	28	DE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Bobby Reed	23	HB	6	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	John McCormick	25	QB	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Charlie Sumner	32	DB	14	0	3	46	0	32	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	25	280	1	39	37	32	95	1	21.0	2

Touchdown Log

Opponent Touchdown Log

More 1962 Vikings Pages

1962 Vikings Stats

Previous Season Next Season