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Sunday, December 3, 1961
Scoring
| RAM | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Hugh McElhenny 17 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Vikings | Tommy Mason 1 yard rush (Mike Mercer kick) | 0 | 14 |
| Rams | Ollie Matson 69 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| Vikings | Jerry Reichow 51 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 7 | 21 | |
| Rams | Red Phillips 10 yard pass from Zeke Bratkowski (Danny Villanueva kick) | 14 | 21 | |
| 3rd | Rams | Dick Bass 73 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 21 | 21 |
| Vikings | Jerry Reichow 9 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 21 | 28 | |
| Vikings | Ray Hayes 2 yard rush (Mike Mercer kick) | 21 | 35 | |
| 4th | Vikings | Gordie Smith 12 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 21 | 42 |
Team Stats
| RAM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 27 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 20-200-2 | 44-210-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-27-165-1-3 | 21-31-252-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 2-21 |
| Net pass yards | 148 | 231 |
| Total yards | 348 | 441 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-20 | 6-69 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Ollie Matson | RAM | 3 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dick Bass | RAM | 8 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | RAM | 12 | 23 | 153 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jon Arnett | RAM | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Red Phillips | RAM | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | RAM | 1 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Joe Marconi | RAM | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pervis Atkins | RAM | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Wilson | RAM | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 21 | 30 | 252 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ray Hayes | MIN | 18 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Reichow | MIN | 6 | 112 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 14 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Middleton | MIN | 5 | 60 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hugh McElhenny | MIN | 6 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Gordie Smith | MIN | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jamie Caleb | MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
Defense & Returns
| 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 | ||
| Jon Arnett | RAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dick Bass | RAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Strugar | RAM | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jamie Caleb | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dean Derby | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ray Hayes | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Clancy Osborne | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Charlie Sumner | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Joe Marconi | RAM | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | ||||
| Danny Villanueva | RAM | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Mercer | MIN | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 0 | ||||
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