| Minnesota Vikings at Baltimore Colts Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1961 Location: Baltimore, MD |
| Venue: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 54259 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 75 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| Baltimore Colts | 7 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | BAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Mike Mercer 20 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Baltimore Colts | Lenny Moore 72 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | A.D. Williams 7 pass from George Shaw (Mike Mercer kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Baltimore Colts | Lenny Moore 4 run (Steve Myhra kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Mike Mercer 26 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Baltimore Colts | Lenny Moore 17 pass from Lamar McHan (Steve Myhra kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Mike Mercer 10 FG | 16 | 21 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Jerry Reichow 23 pass from George Shaw (Mike Mercer kick) | 23 | 21 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Lenny Moore 23 pass from Johnny Unitas (Steve Myhra kick) | 23 | 28 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Ray Hayes 4 run (Mike Mercer kick) | 30 | 28 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Steve Myhra 37 FG | 30 | 31 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Mike Mercer 29 FG | 33 | 31 |
| 4 | Baltimore Colts | Steve Myhra 52 FG | 33 | 34 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Mel Triplett | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ray Hayes | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| MIN | Dave Middleton | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| MIN | Jamie Caleb | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| MIN | George Shaw | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| BAL | Joe Perry | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 12 | 1 |
| BAL | Mike Sommer | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | George Shaw | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 0 | 208 | 6.9 | 2 | 100.4 | |||
| BAL | Johnny Unitas | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 1 | 284 | 10.5 | 2 | 95.3 | |||
| BAL | Lamar McHan | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 2 | 17 | 2.8 | 17t | 1 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Jerry Reichow | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| MIN | Ray Hayes | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | A.D. Williams | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 1 | |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| MIN | Jamie Caleb | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| MIN | Mel Triplett | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| BAL | Raymond Berry | 6 | 96 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| BAL | Lenny Moore | 5 | 143 | 28.6 | 76 | 3 |
| BAL | Jim Mutscheller | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| BAL | Mike Sommer | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Dick Pesonen | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| MIN | Karl Rubke | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| MIN | Clancy Osborne | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Mike Mercer | 7 | 262 | 37.4 | 1 | |
| BAL | Tom Gilburg | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| BAL | Carl Taseff | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| BAL | Bobby Boyd | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | |
| MIN | Jamie Caleb | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| MIN | Mel Triplett | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| MIN | Dick Pesonen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| BAL | Bob Harrison | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | |
| BAL | Lenny Lyles | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| BAL | Jim Welch | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| BAL | Joe Lewis | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| BAL | Ken Gregory | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
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