| Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1961 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 38594 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 86 F Humidty: 15% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams | Jon Arnett 3 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams | Ollie Matson 15 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Gordon Smith 29 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Danny Villanueva 16 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Mike Mercer 34 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Fran Tarkenton 52 run (Mike Mercer kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | Tommy Wilson 14 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | Joe Marconi 7 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 11 | 99 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| MIN | Ray Hayes | 13 | 79 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
| MIN | Jerry Reichow | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Mel Triplett | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Dave Middleton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| LARM | Ollie Matson | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 27 | 1 |
| LARM | Tommy Wilson | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| LARM | Jon Arnett | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| LARM | Joe Marconi | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 1 | |
| LARM | Frank Ryan | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| LARM | Dick Bass | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 17 | 0 |
| LARM | Pervis Atkins | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 19 | 12 | 63.2 | 1 | 156 | 8.2 | 1 | 84.5 | |||
| MIN | Jerry Reichow | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| LARM | Frank Ryan | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 1 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 | 22.7 | |||
| LARM | Zeke Bratkowski | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 31 | 3.1 | 0 | 40.0 | |||
| LARM | Jon Arnett | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | 58.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | A.D. Williams | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Gordon Smith | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 1 | |
| MIN | Will Sherman | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 32 | 0 |
| MIN | Ray Hayes | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| MIN | Mel Triplett | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| LARM | Jon Arnett | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| LARM | Jim Phillips | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| LARM | Ollie Matson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
| LARM | Carroll Dale | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| LARM | Pervis Atkins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| LARM | Joe Marconi | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| LARM | Joe Scibelli | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Clancy Osborne | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| LARM | Bill Jobko | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| LARM | Bob Long | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| LARM | Alvin Hall | 0 | 10 | 10L | 0 | |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Mike Mercer | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 0 | |
| LARM | Danny Villanueva | 5 | 171 | 34.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| LARM | Jon Arnett | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Jamie Caleb | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| LARM | Dick Bass | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | |
| LARM | Jon Arnett | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
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