1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) |
| 6th place • Western Conference • 2-11-1 .154 |
| Head Coach: Norm Van Brocklin |
| Pete Brewster | Offensive Ends |
| Harry Gilmer | Defensive Backs |
| Stan West | Defensive Line |
| Walt Yowarsky | Offensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/11/1962 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 24-30 | L | Seattle, WA | Husky Stadium | 22500 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1962 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 24-33 | L | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 23544 | |
| Sat | 8/25/1962 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 21-24 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Parade Stadium | 15500 | |
| Sun | 9/2/1962 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-13 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 27227 | |
| Sat | 9/8/1962 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 45-26 | W | Atlanta, GA | Grady High School Stadium | 12500 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1962 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-34 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 38669 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1962 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-34 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 30787 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1962 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-21 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 38407 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1962 | H | Chicago Bears | 0-13 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 33141 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1962 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-48 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 41475 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1962 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 38-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 33071 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1962 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-21 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 30071 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1962 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31-39 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 14642 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1962 | A | Chicago Bears | 30-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46984 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1962 | H | Detroit Lions | 6-17 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 31257 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1962 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 24-24 | T | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 26728 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1962 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 12-35 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 33076 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1962 | A | Detroit Lions | 23-37 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 42256 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1962 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-42 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 53645 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Tom Adams | 85 | FL-SE | 6-4 | 215 | 22 | Minnesota-Duluth | 6 | 3 |
| Grady Alderman | 67 | LOT | 6-2 | 242 | 24 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Bowie | 61 | RDT | 6-2 | 247 | 23 | Purdue | 14 | 3 |
| Bill Brown | 30 | FB-HB | 5-11 | 225 | 24 | Illinois | 14 | 2 |
| Bill Butler | 22 | RS-LS | 5-10 | 189 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14 | 12 |
| Jim Christopherson | 36 | RLB-K | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Concordia (Moorhead) | 14 | 2 |
| Bob Denton | 62 | LOG-LOT | 6-4 | 241 | 28 | Stockton JC; Pacific | 14 | 1 |
| Dean Derby | 25 | LCB | 6-0 | 187 | 27 | Washington | 11 | 10 |
| Paul Dickson | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 252 | 25 | Baylor | 14 | 11 |
| Oscar Donahue | 84 | SE-FL | 6-3 | 200 | 25 | San Francisco CC; San Jose State | 13 | 5 |
| Charley Ferguson | 88 | FL | 6-5 | 218 | 23 | Tennessee State | 10 | 8 |
| Tom Franckhauser | 40 | LCB-LS-RS | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Purdue | 14 | 6 |
| Rip Hawkins | 58 | MLB | 6-3 | 231 | 23 | North Carolina | 14 | 12 |
| Gerry Huth | 65 | LOG | 5-11 | 226 | 29 | Wake Forest | 14 | 13 |
| Chuck Lamson | 21 | RS-LS | 6-0 | 189 | 23 | Iowa State; Wyoming | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Leo | 51 | LDE | 6-1 | 222 | 25 | Cincinnati | 14 | 14 |
| Errol Linden | 73 | ROT-LOT | 6-5 | 258 | 25 | Houston | 12 | 1 |
| Cliff Livingston | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 212 | 32 | Orange Coast JC; UCLA | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Marshall | 70 | RDE | 6-3 | 239 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Mason | 20 | HB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Tulane | 14 | 11 |
| Doug Mayberry | 35 | FB | 6-1 | 223 | 25 | California; Yuba JC; Utah State | 13 | 9 |
| John McCormick | 15 | QB-P | 6-1 | 201 | 25 | Boston College; Massachusetts | 13 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 39 | HB-FB | 6-1 | 197 | 34 | Compton JC; Washington | 11 | 4 |
| Mike Mercer | 18 | K-P | 6-0 | 208 | 27 | Minnesota; Florida; Hardin-Simmons; Northern Arizona | 4 | 0 |
| Clancy Osborne | 31 | RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 218 | 28 | Arizona State | 14 | 13 |
| Jim Prestel | 79 | LDT | 6-5 | 264 | 25 | Idaho | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Rabold | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 239 | 24 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Reed | 27 | FL | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Solano CC; Pacific | 6 | 1 |
| Jerry Reichow | 89 | SE-FL-TE | 6-2 | 217 | 28 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Sharockman | 45 | RCB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Gordie Smith | 87 | TE | 6-2 | 211 | 23 | Arizona State; Missouri | 5 | 3 |
| Steve Stonebreaker | 82 | TE-RLB | 6-3 | 223 | 25 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 11 |
| Charlie Sumner | 26 | DB | 6-1 | 194 | 32 | William & Mary | 14 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Mick Tingelhoff | 53 | C | 6-1 | 237 | 22 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Mel Triplett | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 215 | 32 | Toledo | 14 | 2 |
| Roy Winston | 60 | MLB-LOG | 6-1 | 228 | 22 | Louisiana State | 13 | 2 |
| Frank Youso | 72 | ROT | 6-4 | 257 | 26 | Minnesota | 13 | 13 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 3 | 30 | Bill Miller | E | Miami (Florida) |
| 4 | 45 | Roy Winston | G | Louisiana State |
| 6 | 73 | Larry Bowie | T | Purdue |
| 8 | 101 | Paul White | HB | Florida |
| 9 | 114 | Marshall Shirk | T | UCLA |
| 12 | 157 | Gary Fallon | HB | Syracuse |
| 13 | 170 | Roger Van Cleef | T | Southwestern Oklahoma State |
| 14 | 185 | Pat Russ | T | Purdue |
| 15 | 198 | Larry Guilford | E | Pacific |
| 16 | 213 | John Contoulis | T | Connecticut |
| 17 | 226 | Ron Staley | E | Wisconsin |
| 18 | 241 | Junior Hawthorne | T | Kentucky |
| 19 | 254 | Tommy Minter | B | Baylor |
| 20 | 269 | Terry Cagaanan | B | Utah State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 96 | 22 | 85 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 79 | 118 | 134 | 410 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28:49 | 223 | 102 | 107 | 14 | 58/168 34.5% | 5/15 33.3% | 44 | 447 |
| Opponents Totals | 31:11 | 266 | 119 | 139 | 8 | 75/176 42.6% | 8/13 61.5% | 68 | 633 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Christopherson | 0 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 0 | 61 |
| Tommy Mason | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Charley Ferguson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jerry Reichow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mel Triplett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Doug Mayberry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Oscar Donahue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bobby Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gordon Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Steve Stonebreaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Mercer | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rip Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Jim Leo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 2 | 254 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 51 | 52 | 98.1 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 1 | 410 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Christopherson | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 1 | 44 | 4/6 | 1/1 | 4/6 | 2/7 | 0/0 |
| Mike Mercer | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/3 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 11 | 25 | 44.0 | 1 | 42 | 4/6 | 1/3 | 4/6 | 2/10 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 5/6 | 1/3 | 6/11 | 3/9 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Mason | 167 | 740 | 4.4 | 71 | 2 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 41 | 361 | 8.8 | 31 | 2 |
| Doug Mayberry | 74 | 274 | 3.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 50 | 200 | 4.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 52 | 160 | 3.1 | 18 | 2 |
| Bill Brown | 34 | 103 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Reed | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| John McCormick | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 426 | 1864 | 4.4 | 71 | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 463 | 1978 | 4.3 | 60t | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 329 | 163 | 49.5 | 141 | 2595 | 7.9 | 15.9 | 89t | 22 | 6.7 | 25 | 7.6 | 45 | 450 | 2145 | 66.9 |
| John McCormick | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 6 | 104 | 5.8 | 14.9 | 53 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 27.8 | 3 | 33 | 71 | 19.0 |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 348 | 170 | 48.9 | 147 | 2699 | 7.8 | 15.9 | 89t | 22 | 6.3 | 31 | 8.9 | 483 | 2216 | 59.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 397 | 214 | 53.9 | 158 | 3365 | 8.5 | 15.7 | 80t | 29 | 7.3 | 25 | 6.3 | 20 | 242 | 3123 | 80.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Reichow | 39 | 561 | 14.4 | 41 | 3 |
| Tommy Mason | 36 | 603 | 16.8 | 74t | 6 |
| Oscar Donahue | 16 | 285 | 17.8 | 53 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 41 | 0 |
| Charley Ferguson | 14 | 364 | 26.0 | 89t | 6 |
| Steve Stonebreaker | 12 | 227 | 18.9 | 56 | 1 |
| Doug Mayberry | 11 | 100 | 9.1 | 21 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 29 | 1 |
| Gordon Smith | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Bobby Reed | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 37t | 1 |
| Tom Adams | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 0 | -12 | -12L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 170 | 2699 | 15.9 | 89t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 214 | 3365 | 15.7 | 80t | 29 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Sharockman | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Tom Franckhauser | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Dean Derby | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Sumner | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Christopherson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Rip Hawkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Lamson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 280 | 11.2 | 39t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 445 | 14.4 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McCormick | 46 | 1795 | 39.0 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Mike Mercer | 19 | 827 | 43.5 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Team Totals | 65 | 2622 | 40.3 | 77 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 261 | 2261 | 34.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 2249 | 43.3 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 374 | 1855 | 35.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Butler | 12 | 2 | 169 | 14.1 | 46 | 0 |
| Bobby Reed | 9 | 0 | 82 | 9.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 6 | 0 | 52 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 5 | 2 | 43 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Franckhauser | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 5 | 374 | 11.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 15 | 261 | 8.2 | 65 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Butler | 26 | 588 | 22.6 | 45 | 0 | |
| Bobby Reed | 13 | 337 | 25.9 | 40 | 0 | |
| Tommy Mason | 12 | 301 | 25.1 | 42 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 40 | 0 | |
| Ed Sharockman | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 47 | 0 | |
| Jim Prestel | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Larry Bowie | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Bob Denton | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Steve Stonebreaker | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 67 | 1522 | 22.7 | 47 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1149 | 22.1 | 45 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grady Alderman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bob Denton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Dickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Franckhauser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rip Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Huth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Lamson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Mayberry | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| John McCormick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clancy Osborne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Prestel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Rabold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Reed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Reichow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sharockman | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 1 | |
| Gordon Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Sumner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mick Tingelhoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 95 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 2 |
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