| Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1961 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 42007 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 54 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | 10 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 33 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay Packers | Boyd Dowler 78 pass from Bart Starr (Paul Hornung kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Green Bay Packers | Paul Hornung 14 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fran Tarkenton 1 run (Mike Mercer kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers | Paul Hornung 18 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers | Paul Hornung 13 FG | 16 | 7 |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers | Paul Hornung 16 FG | 19 | 7 |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers | Jim Taylor 3 run (Paul Hornung kick) | 26 | 7 |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers | Dan Currie 21 interception return (Paul Hornung kick) | 33 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| GB | Tom Moore | 16 | 159 | 9.9 | 0 | |
| GB | Jim Taylor | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 25 | 1 |
| GB | Paul Hornung | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| GB | Ron Kramer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| GB | Elijah Pitts | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 41 | 0 |
| MIN | Ray Hayes | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| MIN | George Shaw | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| MIN | Doug Mayberry | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| GB | Bart Starr | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 206 | 10.8 | 1 | 82.3 | |||
| GB | Tom Moore | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 3 | 130 | 5.4 | 0 | 37.2 | |||
| MIN | George Shaw | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 1 | 49 | 4.5 | 0 | 13.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| GB | Ron Kramer | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| GB | Max McGee | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| GB | Boyd Dowler | 2 | 100 | 50.0 | 1 | |
| GB | Tom Moore | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 11 | 0 |
| MIN | Jerry Reichow | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ray Hayes | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Gordon Smith | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| MIN | Dick Haley | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| MIN | Bob Schnelker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| GB | Dan Currie | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 |
| GB | Ray Nitschke | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| GB | Hank Gremminger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| GB | Willie Wood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Rip Hawkins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| GB | Boyd Dowler | 3 | 169 | 56.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Mike Mercer | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| GB | Tom Moore | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Mel Triplett | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
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