| Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 6, 1964 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62802 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 30 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 30 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 18 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Clarence Childs 100 kickoff return (Don Chandler kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Hal Bedsole 43 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fran Tarkenton 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Frank Gifford 11 pass from Gary Wood (Don Chandler kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 47 FG | 20 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Aaron Thomas 42 pass from Gary Wood (Don Chandler kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 30 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 27 | 21 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 27 FG | 30 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Paul Flatley |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 64 | LOG | Milt Sunde |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Larry Bowie |
| 73 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 86 | TE | Hal Bedsole |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 20 | HB | Tommy Mason |
| 28 | FL | Tom Hall |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Prestel |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Dickson |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 58 | MLB | Rip Hawkins |
| 52 | RLB | Bill Swain |
| 44 | LCB | George Rose |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 83 | RS | Larry Vargo |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Aaron Thomas |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 62 | LOG | Darrell Dess |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Bookie Bolin |
| 78 | ROT | Lane Howell |
| 89 | TE | Bobby Crespino |
| 19 | QB | Gary Wood |
| 40 | HB | Joe Morrison |
| 16 | FL | Frank Gifford |
| 30 | FB | Ernie Wheelwright |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 72 | LDT | Andy Stynchula |
| 74 | RDT | Jim Moran |
| 81 | RDE | Andy Robustelli |
| 87 | LLB | Jerry Hillebrand |
| 51 | MLB | Lou Slaby |
| 82 | RLB | Tom Scott |
| 49 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 26 | LS | Andy Nelson |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 21 | RCB | Allan Webb |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 18 | 102 | 5.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 13 | 1 |
| Tommy Mason | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Wheelwright | 12 | 50 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Gary Wood | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 0 | 244 | 8.4 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 97.5 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Gary Wood | 31 | 13 | 41.9 | 0 | 188 | 6.1 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83.8 |
| Frank Gifford | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Y.A. Tittle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Hal Bedsole | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 43 | 1 |
| Paul Flatley | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 30 | 1 |
| Tommy Mason | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jerry Reichow | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Aaron Thomas | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 42 | 1 |
| Frank Gifford | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Homer Jones | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 50 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Chandler | 6 | 270 | 45.0 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Tommy Mason | 3 | 0 | 60 | 20.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| George Rose | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Clarence Childs | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 100t | 1 | |
| Homer Jones | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Dick James | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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