| Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1965 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 36755 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 79 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dick Bass 49 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Terry Baker 38 pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Gordon Smith 3 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Lonnie Warwick 10 blocked punt recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Tommy Mason 7 run (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Jim Phillips 3 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Marlin McKeever 5 pass from Bill Munson (Bruce Gossett kick) | 28 | 21 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 35 | 21 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dick Bass 28 pass from Bill Munson (Bruce Gossett kick) | 35 | 28 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jack Snow 9 pass from Bill Munson (Bruce Gossett kick) | 35 | 35 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 14 FG | 38 | 35 |
| 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 |
| 87 | TE | Gordon Smith |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 20 | HB | Tommy Mason |
| 82 | FL | Jim Phillips |
| 24 | FB | Phil King |
| 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 |
| 57 | RLB | Bill Jobko |
| 44 | LCB | George Rose |
| 25 | LS | Larry Vargo |
| 22 | RS | Jeff Jordan |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Jack Snow |
| 63 | LOT | Joe Carollo |
| 72 | LOG | Roger Pillath |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 73 | ROT | Charlie Cowan |
| 86 | TE | Marlin McKeever |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 11 | HB | Terry Baker |
| 29 | FL | Tommy McDonald |
| 22 | FB | Dick Bass |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 78 | RDT | Frank Molden |
| 64 | RDE | Tim Powell |
| 58 | LLB | Dan Currie |
| 88 | MLB | Tony Guillory |
| 89 | RLB | Cliff Livingston |
| 43 | LCB | Jerry Richardson |
| 23 | LS | Bobby Smith |
| 21 | RS | Eddie Meador |
| 42 | RCB | Aaron Martin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tommy Mason | 18 | 77 | 4.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Phil King | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dick Bass | 9 | 89 | 9.9 | 49t | 1 |
| Terry Baker | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Ben Wilson | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Clancy Williams | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 1 | 249 | 10.0 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 110.2 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 1 | 161 | 8.9 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 116.0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 87 | 8.7 | 38t | 1 | 1 | 8 | 113.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Jim Phillips | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 43 | 1 |
| Gordon Smith | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Paul Flatley | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Marlin McKeever | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 21 | 1 |
| Terry Baker | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 38t | 1 |
| Jack Snow | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Dick Bass | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Tommy McDonald | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rip Hawkins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Frank Molden | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 36 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lonnie Warwick | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | BP10t | 1 |
| Dick James | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Bobby Smith | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Dick James | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 92 | 92.0 | 92 | 0 | |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Bobby Smith | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 56 | 0 | |
| Willie Brown | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 45 | 0 | |
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