1961 Minnesota Vikings 4-9-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Minnesota 48 107 45 41 0 241 Opponent 74 120 97 98 0 389 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 241 389 1-0 31 Chicago 24 First Downs 234 296 2-0 35 @Dallas 20 Rush 93 136 2-1 7 @Baltimore 45 Pass 123 153 3-1 42 Dallas 28 Pen 18 7 3-2 7 San Francisco 31 Penalties 54 75 3-3 21 Green Bay 31 Yards 442 682 3-4 3 @Green Bay 31 3-4 1 27 @Los Angeles 27 Rushing Att 422 509 3-5 1 10 Baltimore 31 Yards 1909 2417 3-6 1 20 Detroit 30 Ave 4.5 4.7 3-7 1 0 @San Francisco 34 TD 8 28 4-7 1 35 Los Angeles 20 4-8 1 3 @Detroit 24 Passing Att 365 377 4-9 1 0 @Chicago 13 Comp 209 211 % 57.3 56.0 Int 20 12 % 5.5 3.2 TD 19 18 % 5.2 4.8 Yards 2545 3078 Sacked 38 18 Punt Return 24 18 Yards 268 104 Ave 11.2 5.8 Kick Return 37 27 Yards 836 663 Ave 22.6 24.6 Punts 67 56 Yards 2494 2399 Ave 37.2 42.8 FG Att 21 33 Made 8 18 % 38.1 54.5 Third Downs 159 180 Made 47 82 % 29.6 45.6 Fourth Downs 7 3 Made 1 3 % 14.3 100.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 34 28 Lost 16 11 Turnovers 36 23 Net Offense 4165 5378 Per Play 5.0 5.9 1961 Minnesota Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD McElhenny 136 627 4.6 13 33 41 4 Reichow 50 7 660 13.2 5 28 46 5 Triplett 94 478 5.1 16 22 37 1 McElhenny 37 1 446 12.1 4 25 45 3 Tarkenton 56 321 5.7 6 9 52 1 Middleton 36 5 459 12.8 4 23 46 5 Hayes 69 267 3.9 8 16 15 0 Williams 23 3 278 12.1 2 13 34 1 Mason 51 190 3.7 4 11 21 2 Mason 18 1 204 11.3 0 10 24 0 Reichow 5 18 3.6 1 1 10 0 Smith 17 1 287 16.9 4 13 53 4 Mayberry 5 15 3.0 0 0 5 0 Hayes 16 1 126 7.9 1 6 27 0 Shaw 5 7 1.4 0 0 6 0 Triplett 10 0 84 8.4 0 4 15 1 Mercer 1 -14-14.0 0 0 0 0 Tarkenton 1 0 -3 -3.0 0 0 0 0 422 1909 4.5 48 93 52 8 Mayberry 1 0 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 209 19 2545 12.2 20123 53 19 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Tarkenton 350 202 57.7 2473 12.2 53 28 19 19 5.4 35 19 5.4 75.1 Shaw 15 7 46.7 72 10.3 31 2 1 1 6.7 3 0 0.0 33.2 365 209 57.3 2545 12.2 53 30 20 20 5.5 38 19 5.2 73.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Mercer 31 31 100.0 21 8 38.1 0.0 0.0 31 55 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Mercer 67 2494 49 4 2 15 18 104 34.5 37.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Mason 10 269 26.9 73 0 Mason 21 11 187 8.9 33 0 Caleb 26 548 21.1 34 0 McElhenny 3 2 81 27.0 49 1 Rowland 1 19 19.0 19 0 24 13 268 11.2 49 1 37 836 22.6 73 0 Fumbles Mason 9 Tarkento 6 Triplett 4 Mercer 1 Smith 1 McElhenn 6 Hayes 5 Caleb 1 Williams 1 Smith 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Marshall 6 Culpeppe 7 Prestel 13 Mostardi 11 Marshall 6 Joyce 4 Joyce 6 Marshall 7 Osborne 13 Derby 8 Prestel 4 Triplett 3 Prestel 3 Joyce 7 Hawkins 9 Pesonen 5 Derby 3 Lapham 2 Culpeppe 2 Prestel 7 Joyce 8 Prestel 4 Mostardi 3 Prestel 2 Osborne 1 Rubke 2 Marshall 8 Joyce 4 Pesonen 3 Culpeppe 2 Culpeppe 5 Morris 4 Hawkins 2 Reichow 2 Morris 4 Rowland 3 Joyce 2 Rubke 2 Rubke 4 Rubke 3 Sumner 2 Alderman 2 Pesonen 2 Osborne 2 Osborne 1 Hayes 1 Derby 1 Marshall 1 Morris 1 Williams 1 Grechi 1 Culpeppe 1 Rubke 1 Huth 1 Hawkins 1 Rabold 1 Sumner 1 Hawkins 1 Marshall 1 Tarkento 1 McElhenn 1 Osborne 1 Middleto 1 Tackles Morris 105 Rubke 68 Culpeppe 41 Gault 23 Smith 6 Hawkins 84 Pesonen 62 Rowland 39 Sumner 16 Bishop 5 Derby 78 Joyce 46 Mostardi 36 Grechi 11 Sherman 4 Osborne 71 Prestel 45 Marshall 34 Leo 11 Dickson 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Mostardi 3 14 4.7 14 0 Morris 2 51 25.5 33 0 Derby 2 8 4.0 8 0 Hawkins 2 28 14.0 22 1 Osborne 1 8 8.0 8 0 Rubke 1 6 6.0 6 0 Pesonen 1 24 24.0 24 0 12 139 11.6 33 1 1961 Minnesota Vikings Coach:N. Van Brocklin Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Tarkenton, Francis 5 B 1 3 QB Shaw, George 3 B 2 3 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB McElhenny, Hugh King 1 0 4 B 3 3 RET RB Mason, Tommy 1 0 4 B 1 3 RET RB Triplett, Mel 2 0 5 B 1 3 KR RB Caleb, Jamie 1 0 4 B 2 3 RET RB Hayes, Raymond 1 0 4 B 1 3 RB Sherman, Will 0 0 3 B 2 3 RB Mayberry, Doug Horse 1 0 2 B 2 3 WR Middleton, Dr. Dave 0 0 4 O 2 3 WR Reichow, Jerry 0 0 5 O 2 3 WR Smith, Gordie 0 0 3 O 2 3 TE Williams, A.D. 1 0 4 O 2 3 TE Murphy, Fred 1 0 4 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Rabold, Mike 6 6 5 G Huth, Gerry 6 6 5 G Petersen, Ken 2 2 4 T Dickson, Paul 3 3 4 T Joyce, Don 4 5 5 T Youso, Frank 8 8 5 C Lapham, Bill 6 6 5 C Rubke, Karl 4 4 4 C Grechi, Dick 4 4 4 G-T Alderman, Grady 7 7 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Culpepper, Easy Ed 4 4 0 0 5 DL Dickson, Paul 3 3 0 0 4 DL Prestel, Jim 4 4 0 0 5 DL Marshall, Jim 4 4 0 0 5 DL Joyce, Don 3 3 0 0 5 DL Bishop, Bill 4 3 0 1 4 DL Leo, Jim 4 3 0 1 5 ILB Hawkins, Rip 4 3 1 0 5 LB Rubke, Karl 4 3 1 0 4 LB Grechi, Dick 4 4 0 0 4 OLB Osborne, Clancy Oz 4 3 1 0 5 DB Morris, Jack 5 0 5 0 5 DB Rowland, Justin 3 0 3 0 2 KR DB Derby, Dean 6 0 6 0 4 DB Pesonen, Dick 3 0 3 0 4 KR DB Sherman, Will 3 0 3 0 3 DB Sumner, Charlie 3 0 3 0 4 S Mostardi, Rich 4 0 4 0 4 Special Teams K-P Mercer, Mike KR Gault, Billy