Sunday, September 17, 1961
| CHI | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Mike Mercer 12 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Vikings | Bob Schnelker 14 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 0 | 10 |
| Bears | Rick Casares 3 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 10 | |
| 3rd | 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 | |
| 4th | Vikings | Fran Tarkenton 2 yard rush (Mike Mercer kick) | 6 | 31 |
| Vikings | Dave Middleton 2 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (kick failed) | 6 | 37 | |
| Bears | Willie Galimore 10 yard pass from Billy Wade (Roger LeClerc kick) | 13 | 37 |
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 35-134-1 | 29-79-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-17-146-1-4 | 19-27-272-4-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 2-15 |
| Net pass yards | 136 | 257 |
| Total yards | 270 | 336 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-33 | 5-53 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Johnny Morris | CHI | 4 | 92 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Wade | CHI | 6 | 10 | 109 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Willie Galimore | CHI | 12 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Brown | CHI | 2 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Casares | CHI | 11 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Angelo Coia | CHI | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Ditka | CHI | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | CHI | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Adams | CHI | 4 | -24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 17 | 23 | 250 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Reichow | MIN | 3 | 103 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | MIN | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Middleton | MIN | 4 | 50 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Schnelker | MIN | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Shaw | MIN | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doug Mayberry | MIN | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Charlie Bivins | CHI | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Brown | CHI | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willie Galimore | CHI | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Johnny Morris | CHI | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dick Grecni | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rip Hawkins | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Leo | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jack Morris | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Charlie Sumner | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| John Adams | CHI | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Brown | CHI | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Mercer | MIN | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 138 | 46.0 | 0 |