| Los Angeles Rams at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1961 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 30068 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 44 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Hugh McElhenny 17 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Tommy Mason 1 run (Mike Mercer kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Ollie Matson 69 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Jerry Reichow 51 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Jim Phillips 10 pass from Zeke Bratkowski (Danny Villanueva kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams | Dick Bass 73 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Jerry Reichow 9 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Ray Hayes 2 run (Mike Mercer kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Gordon Smith 12 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Mike Mercer kick) | 21 | 42 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LARM | Dick Bass | 8 | 113 | 14.1 | 73 | 1 |
| LARM | Ollie Matson | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 69 | 1 |
| LARM | Jon Arnett | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| LARM | Joe Marconi | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| LARM | Tommy Wilson | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ray Hayes | 18 | 123 | 6.8 | 1 | |
| MIN | Dave Middleton | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 14 | 33 | 2.4 | 1 | |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| LARM | Zeke Bratkowski | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 3 | 153 | 6.7 | 1 | 48.2 | |||
| LARM | Frank Ryan | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 12 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 1 | 252 | 8.4 | 4 | 121.1 | |||
| MIN | Jamie Caleb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LARM | Ollie Matson | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 41 | 0 |
| LARM | Jim Phillips | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | |
| LARM | Jon Arnett | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| LARM | Dick Bass | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 20 | 0 |
| LARM | Pervis Atkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| LARM | Joe Marconi | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| MIN | Jerry Reichow | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 2 | |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| MIN | Hugh McElhenny | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 1 |
| MIN | Gordon Smith | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| MIN | Ray Hayes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LARM | George Strugar | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| MIN | Dean Derby | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| MIN | Clancy Osborne | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| MIN | Charlie Sumner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| LARM | Joe Marconi | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Mike Mercer | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LARM | Dick Bass | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| MIN | Tommy Mason | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| LARM | Dick Bass | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 0 | |
| LARM | Jon Arnett | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| MIN | Jamie Caleb | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ray Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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