Sunday, October 3, 1965
| MIN | RAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rams | Dick Bass 49 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Rams | Terry Baker 38 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| Vikings | Gordie Smith 3 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Vikings | Lonnie Warwick 10 yard blocked punt return (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 14 |
| Vikings | Tommy Mason 7 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 14 | |
| Vikings | Red Phillips 3 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 28 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Rams | Marlin McKeever 5 yard pass from Bill Munson (Bruce Gossett kick) | 28 | 21 |
| Vikings | Bill Brown 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 35 | 21 | |
| Rams | Dick Bass 28 yard pass from Bill Munson (Bruce Gossett kick) | 35 | 28 | |
| 4th | Rams | Jack Snow 9 yard pass from Bill Munson (Bruce Gossett kick) | 35 | 35 |
| Vikings | Fred Cox 14 yard field goal | 38 | 35 |
| MIN | RAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-151-2 | 23-121-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-25-249-2-1 | 18-28-248-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 241 | 240 |
| Total yards | 392 | 361 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-61 | 5-38 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 17 | 25 | 249 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 85 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tommy Mason | MIN | 18 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Red Phillips | MIN | 3 | 58 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Phil King | MIN | 6 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gordie Smith | MIN | 3 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Flatley | MIN | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Bass | RAM | 9 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Terry Baker | RAM | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Munson | RAM | 13 | 18 | 161 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Marlin McKeever | RAM | 6 | 75 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | RAM | 5 | 10 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Snow | RAM | 4 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommy McDonald | RAM | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ben Wilson | RAM | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clancy Williams | RAM | 3 | 3 | 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 | ||
| Billy Ray Barnes | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rip Hawkins | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dick James | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 92.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lonnie Warwick | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willie F. Brown | RAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Frank Molden | RAM | 0.0 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bobby Smith | RAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Fred Cox | MIN | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | MIN | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Lothridge | RAM | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | ||||