1962 Minnesota Vikings 3-10-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Minnesota 45 102 27 47 0 221 Opponent 92 114 72 135 0 413 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 221 413 0-1 7 @Green Bay 38 First Downs 201 280 0-2 14 Baltimore 30 Rush 87 97 1-2 21 @San Francisco 16 Pass 106 174 1-3 24 Chicago 38 Pen 8 9 1-4 7 Green Bay 23 Penalties 66 77 1-5 17 @Los Angeles 29 Yards 483 621 1-5 1 34 Philadelphia 34 1-6 1 13 @Pittsburgh 35 Rushing Att 380 508 1-7 1 14 @Chicago 28 Yards 1724 2159 1-8 1 17 Detroit 34 Ave 4.5 4.3 2-8 1 16 Los Angeles 9 TD 7 11 3-8 1 20 San Francisco 13 3-9 1 10 @Detroit 37 Passing Att 336 381 3-101 7 @Baltimore 49 Comp 159 228 % 47.3 59.8 Int 31 13 % 9.2 3.4 TD 13 32 % 3.9 8.4 Yards 2396 3171 Sacked 59 24 Punt Return 39 29 Yards 495 264 Ave 12.7 9.1 Kick Return 85 53 Yards 1911 1135 Ave 22.5 21.4 Punts 62 59 Yards 2528 2498 Ave 40.8 42.3 FG Att 22 35 Made 13 25 % 59.1 71.4 Third Downs 165 184 Made 54 70 % 32.7 38.0 Fourth Downs 20 20 Made 12 14 % 60.0 70.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 38 33 Lost 21 14 Turnovers 52 27 Net Offense 3710 5149 Per Play 4.8 5.6 1962 Minnesota Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Mason 177 866 4.9 26 43 35 1 Reichow 43 9 612 14.2 5 34 42 2 Tarkenton 48 286 6.0 7 10 31 2 Mason 35 7 616 17.6 7 21 76 4 Mayberry 73 247 3.4 3 15 18 2 Donahue 21 2 322 15.3 3 15 48 1 McElhenny 47 208 4.4 7 13 17 0 Mayberry 14 1 143 10.2 1 6 29 1 Triplett 29 97 3.3 1 4 10 2 Ferguson 13 1 297 22.8 5 10 50 4 Brown 5 16 3.2 0 1 5 0 Stonebreak 13 0 149 11.5 1 7 38 1 McCormick 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 McElhenny 8 1 96 12.0 0 6 20 0 380 1724 4.5 44 87 35 7 Smith 5 2 95 19.0 2 3 35 0 Brown 3 0 31 10.3 1 1 29 0 Triplett 2 0 25 12.5 0 2 17 0 Adams 1 2 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 Tinglehoff 1 0 -3 -3.0 0 0 0 0 159 25 2396 15.1 25106 76 13 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Tarkenton 335 159 47.5 2396 15.1 76 37 25 31 9.3 59 13 3.9 45.8 McCormick 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 336 159 47.3 2396 15.1 76 37 25 31 9.2 59 13 3.9 45.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Christophe 21 21 100.0 17 13 76.5 100.0 0.0 47 60 Mercer 5 5 100.0 5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Mercer 16 726 60 3 0 2 7 52 38.4 45.4 McCormick 46 1802 57 3 0 16 22 212 33.3 39.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD McElhenny 8 203 25.4 41 0 Mason 12 0 113 9.4 15 0 Reed 17 420 24.7 38 0 McElhenny 1 0 16 16.0 16 0 Sharockman 6 133 22.2 36 0 Butler 15 5 173 11.5 19 0 Butler 38 835 22.0 36 0 Reed 11 0 193 17.5 83 1 Mason 16 311 19.4 30 0 39 5 495 12.7 83 1 Tinglehoff 1 9 9.0 9 0 85 1911 22.5 41 0 Fumbles Mason 13 Mayberry 6 Butler 3 Triplett 2 Reed 1 Tarkento 6 Sharockm 3 McElhenn 3 Prestel 1 Bukich 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Marshall 9 Marshall 8 Marshall 13 Sharockm 11 Marshall 6 Huth 4 Dickson 6 Denton 6 Christop 9 Butler 10 Christop 6 Tingleho 4 Prestel 5 Dickson 5 Prestel 8 Franckha 7 Prestel 4 Dickson 3 Denton 4 Prestel 2 Dickson 6 Derby 5 Hawkins 4 Christop 3 Hawkins 5 Dickson 4 Dickson 3 Prestel 2 Livingst 5 Prestel 4 Derby 3 Marshall 2 Denton 5 Marshall 3 Sharockm 2 Hawkins 2 Osborne 1 Denton 3 Lamson 1 Youso 1 Butler 1 Hawkins 2 Livingst 1 Rabold 1 Sumner 2 Sumner 1 Livingst 1 Donahue 1 Osborne 1 Adams 1 Butler 1 Franckha 1 Mason 1 Mayberry 1 Reichow 1 Stonebre 1 Smith 1 Tackles Christop 95 Derby 63 Butler 49 Donahue 28 Adams 10 Hawkins 88 Dickson 61 Lamson 44 Livingst 25 Winston 3 Marshall 79 Franckha 58 Denton 40 Sumner 15 Leo 3 Prestel 72 Sharockm 57 Osborne 29 Ferguson 12 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Sharockma 4 69 17.3 40 0 Butler 3 102 34.0 84 1 Derby 2 0 0.0 0 0 Christoph 2 97 48.5 66 2 Franckhau 1 9 9.0 9 0 Hawkins 1 0 0.0 0 0 13 277 21.3 84 3 1962 Minnesota Vikings Coach:Bud Grant Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Tarkenton,Francis 5 B 2 3 QB McCormick,John 4 I 1 1 P Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Mason,Tommy 0 0 5 B 3 4 RET RB Mayberry,Doug Horse 1 0 4 I 4 1 RB McElhenny,Hugh King 0 0 3 B 3 3 RET RB Triplett,Mel 1 0 5 I 4 1 RB Brown,Bill 1 0 5 I 3 1 RB Reed,Bob Breezy 0 0 1 B 3 3 RET WR Reichow,Jerry 0 0 3 O 1 3 WR Donahue,Oscar 0 0 4 O 1 3 WR Ferguson,Charley 0 0 3 O 1 3 WR Adams,Tom 0 0 1 O 1 3 TE Stonebreak,Steve 0 0 5 O 1 3 KR TE Smith,Gordon 1 0 1 O 1 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Bowie,Larry 4 4 5 KR G Huth,Gerry 6 5 5 G Rabold,Mike 5 5 5 T Alderman,Grady 7 6 5 T Linden,Errol 4 4 3 T Youso,Frank 5 4 4 C Tinglehoff,Mick 7 6 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Dickson,Paul 5 4 0 1 5 DT Prestel,Jim 5 4 0 1 5 KR DE Denton,Bob 4 3 0 1 5 KR DE Leo,Jim 4 3 0 1 5 DE Marshall,Jim 7 5 0 2 5 ILB Hawkins,Ross Rip 5 4 1 0 5 ILB Winston,Roy Dirt 3 3 0 0 4 LB Stonebreak,Steve 2 2 0 0 5 KR OLB Christopherson,Jim 4 3 1 0 5 K OLB Livingston,Cliff 3 3 0 0 3 OLB Osborne,Clancy 3 3 0 0 5 CB Butler,Bill 5 0 5 0 5 RET CB Sharockman,Ed 6 0 6 0 5 RET DB Derby,Dean 5 0 5 0 3 DB Lamson,Chuck 4 0 4 0 5 S Franckhauser,Tom 5 0 5 0 5 PR S Sumner,Charlie 5 0 5 0 5 Special Teams K-P Mercer,Mike