| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1962 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 42256 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 22 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 |
| Detroit Lions | 10 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Gordon Smith 13 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Jim Christopherson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Milt Plum 22 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Dick LeBeau 26 opponents fumble recovery (Wayne Walker kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Ed Sharockman 88 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Christopherson kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Danny Lewis 20 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Gail Cogdill 11 pass from Milt Plum (Wayne Walker kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Gail Cogdill 7 own fumble recovery (Wayne Walker kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Dick LeBeau 31 interception return (run failed) | 14 | 37 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Safety, Ken Webb tackled in end zone by Jim Leo | 16 | 37 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Mel Triplett 3 run (Jim Christopherson kick) | 23 | 37 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tommy Mason | 16 | 138 | 8.6 | 0 | |
| Doug Mayberry | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | |
| Bill Brown | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ken Webb | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Earl Morrall | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Danny Lewis | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Tommy Watkins | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Nick Pietrosante | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Milt Plum | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 25 | 8 | 32.0 | 4 | 185 | 7.4 | 1 | 33.3 | |||
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Milt Plum | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 2 | 218 | 9.1 | 2 | 71.2 | |||
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tommy Mason | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| Oscar Donahue | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| Tom Adams | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Gordon Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gail Cogdill | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | |
| Ken Webb | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Pat Studstill | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Charlie Sumner | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Rip Hawkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick LeBeau | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 1 | |
| Yale Lary | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John McCormick | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bill Butler | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bill Butler | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Denton | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Watkins | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
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