1965 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)

5th place Western Conference 7-7-0 .500

Marion Campbell	Defensive Line
Lew Carpenter	Offensive Ends
Jack Faulkner	Defensive Backs
Tom McCormick	Offensive Backs
Walt Yowarsky	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/14/1965	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	31-21	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	39240
Fri	8/20/1965	H	Philadelphia Eagles	35-21	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	43125
Sat	8/28/1965	N	Washington Redskins	20-16	W	Charlotte, NC	Memorial Stadium	20426
Fri	9/3/1965	N	Dallas Cowboys	57-17	W	Birmingham, AL	Legion Field	41500
Sat	9/11/1965	N	New York Giants	24-9	W	Omaha, NE	Rosenblatt Stadium	14250
Sun	9/19/1965	A	Baltimore Colts	16-35	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	56562
Sun	9/26/1965	H	Detroit Lions	29-31	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46826
Sun	10/3/1965	A	Los Angeles Rams	38-35	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	36755
Sat	10/9/1965	H	New York Giants	40-14	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	44283
Sun	10/17/1965	H	Chicago Bears	37-45	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47426
Sun	10/24/1965	A	San Francisco 49ers	42-41	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	42680
Sun	10/31/1965	A	Cleveland Browns	27-17	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83505
Sun	11/7/1965	H	Los Angeles Rams	24-13	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47426
Sun	11/14/1965	H	Baltimore Colts	21-41	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47426
Sun	11/21/1965	H	Green Bay Packers	13-38	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47426
Sun	11/28/1965	H	San Francisco 49ers	24-45	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	40306
Sun	12/5/1965	A	Green Bay Packers	19-24	L	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	50852
Sun	12/12/1965	A	Detroit Lions	29-7	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	45420
Sun	12/19/1965	A	Chicago Bears	24-17	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	46604

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
67	Grady Alderman	LOT	6-2	242	27	Detroit Mercy	13	13
33	Billy Ray Barnes	HB	5-11	201	30	Wake Forest	14	3
86	Hal Bedsole	TE	6-4	230	24	Los Angeles Pierce JC; Southern California	9	6
17	Bob Berry	QB	5-11	185	23	Oregon	2	0
61	Larry Bowie	ROG	6-2	247	26	Purdue	14	14
30	Bill Brown	FB	5-11	225	27	Illinois	14	13
66	Ken Byers	LOG	6-1	240	25	Cincinnati	14	1
23	Lee Calland	RCB	6-0	190	24	Louisville	5	5
14	Fred Cox	K	5-10	200	27	Pittsburgh	14	0
76	Paul Dickson	RDT	6-5	252	28	Baylor	14	14
81	Carl Eller	LDE	6-6	252	23	Minnesota	14	14
85	Paul Flatley	SE	6-1	187	24	Northwestern	14	14
28	Tom Hall	FL	6-2	195	25	Minnesota	14	4
58	Rip Hawkins	MLB	6-3	231	26	North Carolina	14	14
43	Gary Hill	LS	6-0	200	22	Southern California	8	0
47	Dick James	HB	5-9	179	31	Oregon	4	0
57	Bill Jobko	RLB	6-2	224	30	Ohio State	14	11
22	Jeff Jordan	RS	6-4	190	22	Tulsa	12	4
29	Karl Kassulke	LS	6-0	194	24	Marquette; Drake	14	8
24	Phil King	FB-HB	6-4	223	29	Vanderbilt	14	3
36	John Kirby	RLB	6-3	229	23	Nebraska	14	3
77	Gary Larsen	LDT	6-5	256	25	Concordia (Moorhead)	12	9
73	Errol Linden	ROT	6-5	258	28	Houston	14	14
46	Earsell Mackbee	LCB-RCB	6-1	195	24	Solano CC; Utah State	10	4
70	Jim Marshall	RDE	6-3	239	28	Ohio State	14	14
20	Tommy Mason	HB	6-0	195	26	Tulane	10	9
41	Dave Osborn	HB	6-0	204	22	North Dakota	14	0
82	Jim Phillips	FL	6-1	197	29	Auburn	12	9
79	Jim Prestel	LDT	6-5	264	28	Idaho	13	5
19	Lance Rentzel	FL	6-2	203	22	Oklahoma	11	1
44	George Rose	LCB	5-11	190	23	Auburn	10	10
45	Ed Sharockman	RCB-LS	6-0	200	26	Pittsburgh	14	14
87	Gordie Smith	TE	6-2	211	26	Arizona State; Missouri	14	7
64	Milt Sunde	LOG-LOT	6-2	245	23	Minnesota	14	14
72	Archie Sutton	LOT	6-4	263	23	Illinois	14	0
10	Fran Tarkenton	QB	6-1	190	25	Georgia	14	14
53	Mick Tingelhoff	C	6-1	237	25	Nebraska	14	14
15	Ron Vander Kelen	QB	6-1	186	26	Wisconsin	4	0
25	Larry Vargo	RS-LS	6-3	212	26	Detroit Mercy	13	11
39	Bobby Walden	P	6-0	192	27	Georgia	14	0
59	Lonnie Warwick	LLB	6-3	235	23	Tennessee; Tennessee Tech	14	7
60	Roy Winston	LLB	6-1	228	25	Louisiana State	14	7
34	Jim Young	HB	6-0	205	22	Queen's	2	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	8	Jack Snow	E	Notre Dame
2	15	Archie Sutton	T	Illinois
2	23	Lance Rentzel	HB	Oklahoma
4	51	Jim Whalen	E	Boston College
4	55	Jim Harris	T	Utah State
6	79	Jim Grisham	B	Oklahoma
8	100	John Hankinson	QB	Minnesota
8	107	Jeff Jordan	B	Tulsa
9	120	Frankie McClendon	T	Alabama
10	135	Jerry Schweiger	T	Wisconsin-Superior
11	148	John Thomas	E	Southern California
12	163	Mike Tilleman	T	Montana
13	176	Dave Osborn	B	North Dakota
14	191	Max Leetzow	E	Idaho
15	204	Phil Morgan	B	East Tennessee State
16	219	Paul Labinski	T	St. John's (Minnesota)
17	232	Veran Smith	B	Utah State
18	247	Rich Kotite	E	Wagner
19	260	Ellis Johnson	HB	Southeastern Louisiana
20	275	Cosmo Iacavazzi	B	Princeton

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	59	125	104	95
Opponents Totals	87	114	76	126

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	32:03	277	130	126	21	89/184 48.4%	8/12 66.7%	76	771
Opponents Totals	27:57	242	99	120	23	49/153 32.0%	6/8 75.0%	66	643

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Fred Cox	0	44	44	100.0	23	35	65.7	0	113
Tommy Mason	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Bill Brown	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Paul Flatley	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Gordie Smith	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Hal Bedsole	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Tom Hall	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Dave Osborn	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Rip Hawkins	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Phil King	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Phillips	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lance Rentzel	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ed Sharockman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Fran Tarkenton	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lonnie Warwick	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Carl Eller	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Jim Prestel	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	44	44	44	100.0	23	35	65.7	3	383
Opponents Totals	53	52	53	98.1	11	20	55.0	0	403

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fred Cox	23	35	65.7	2/2	10/10	8/12	2/9	1/2
Team Totals	23	35	65.7	2/2	10/10	8/12	2/9	1/2
Opponents Totals	11	20	55.0	2/2	4/5	4/8	1/4	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Brown	160	699	4.4	40	6
Tommy Mason	141	597	4.2	26	10
Fran Tarkenton	56	356	6.4	36	1
Phil King	72	356	4.9	21	0
Billy Ray Barnes	48	148	3.1	18	0
Dave Osborn	20	106	5.3	12	2
Ron Vander Kelen	4	13	3.3	20	0
Jim Young	3	4	1.3	4	0
Lance Rentzel	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	505	2278	4.5	40	19
Opponents Totals	408	1755	4.3	49	17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	329	171	52.0	147	2609	7.9	15.3	72t	19	5.8	11	3.3	28	250	2359	83.8
Ron Vander Kelen	40	18	45.0	22	252	6.3	14.0	38	2	5.0	0	0.0	7	65	187	82.5
Tommy Mason	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Bob Berry	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	372	189	50.8	171	2861	7.7	15.1	72t	21	5.6	12	3.2	35	315	2546	81.8
Opponents Totals	357	187	52.4	151	2692	7.5	14.4	67	31	8.7	19	5.3	23	199	2493	83.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Flatley	50	896	17.9	58t	7
Bill Brown	41	503	12.3	47	1
Gordie Smith	22	431	19.6	49	5
Tommy Mason	22	321	14.6	72t	1
Tom Hall	15	287	19.1	69	2
Jim Phillips	15	185	12.3	43	1
Phil King	12	96	8.0	25	1
Hal Bedsole	8	123	15.4	36t	3
Billy Ray Barnes	3	15	5.0	7	0
Dave Osborn	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	189	2861	15.1	72t	21
Opponents Totals	187	2692	14.4	67	31

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Sharockman	6	118	19.7	40t	1
Jeff Jordan	4	45	11.3	18	0
Rip Hawkins	3	68	22.7	35t	1
Larry Vargo	3	18	6.0	18	0
Karl Kassulke	2	31	15.5	16	0
George Rose	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	19	286	15.1	40t	2
Opponents Totals	12	215	17.9		1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Bobby Walden	51	2146	42.1	61	0	3	5	261	1825	35.8
Team Totals	51	2146	42.1	61	0	3	5	261	1825	35.8
Opponents Totals	64	2445	38.2	55	1	3	9	115	2270	36.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Mason	9	6	63	7.0	17	0
Lance Rentzel	4	9	9	2.3	6	0
Jim Young	4	0	7	1.8	5	0
Tom Hall	3	1	21	7.0	9	0
Lonnie Warwick	1	0	10	10.0	10t	1
Dick James	1	3	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	22	19	115	5.2	17	1
Opponents Totals	29	6	261	9.0	55	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lance Rentzel	23	602	26.2	101t	1
Dave Osborn	18	422	23.4	55	0
Dick James	11	212	19.3	28	0
Tom Hall	4	93	23.3	29	0
Jim Young	4	78	19.5	28	0
Tommy Mason	3	66	22.0	26	0
Billy Ray Barnes	3	37	12.3	18	0
Phil King	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	67	1524	22.7	101t	1
Opponents Totals	62	1557	25.1	96t	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Grady Alderman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Billy Ray Barnes	1		2	0	2	0	0
Larry Bowie	0	0	0	1	1	15	0
Bill Brown	9		3	0	3	0	0
Carl Eller	0	0	0	2	2	9	0
Paul Flatley	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tom Hall	3		1	0	1	0	0
Dick James	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Jordan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Karl Kassulke	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Phil King	3		1	0	1	0	0
John Kirby	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Gary Larsen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Marshall	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Tommy Mason	9		2	0	2	0	0
Dave Osborn	2		1	0	1	0	0
Lance Rentzel	4		1	0	1	0	0
Gordie Smith	1		0	0	0	0	0
Milt Sunde	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	5		3	0	3	0	0
Ron Vander Kelen	1		0	0	0	0	0
Lonnie Warwick	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Young	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	41	25	16	11	27	24	0
Opponents Totals	25	11	14	25	39		3