| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1966 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 43023 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 29 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Jim Phillips 30 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Garo Yepremian 44 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Paul Flatley 22 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Garo Yepremian 30 FG | 21 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Garo Yepremian 17 FG | 21 | 9 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Preston Carpenter 11 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 28 | 9 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Karl Sweetan 15 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 28 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Paul Flatley |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 64 | LOG | Milt Sunde |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Larry Bowie |
| 72 | ROT | Archie Sutton |
| 40 | TE | Preston Carpenter |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 41 | HB | Dave Osborn |
| 82 | FL | Jim Phillips |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Dickson |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 55 | MLB | Don Hansen |
| 36 | RLB | John Kirby |
| 46 | LCB | Earsell Mackbee |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 49 | RS | Dale Hackbart |
| 44 | RCB | George Rose |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 70 | LOT | Daryl Sanders |
| 66 | LOG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 72 | ROT | J.D. Smith |
| 88 | TE | Ron Kramer |
| 14 | QB | Karl Sweetan |
| 31 | HB | Amos Marsh |
| 87 | FL | John Henderson |
| 35 | FB | Tom Nowatzke |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jerry Mazzanti |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 59 | LLB | Ernie Clark |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 67 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 27 | LCB | Bobby Thompson |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 47 | RS | Wayne Rasmussen |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 18 | 32 | 1.8 | 5 | 1 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Phil King | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Karl Sweetan | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Felts | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Todd | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 2 | 211 | 10.6 | 30t | 3 | 1 | 5 | 96.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Karl Sweetan | 32 | 18 | 56.3 | 2 | 201 | 6.3 | 53 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 49.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Flatley | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 28 | 1 |
| Tom Hall | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Phillips | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Preston Carpenter | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ron Kramer | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Malinchak | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| John Henderson | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Karl Kassulke | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| George Rose | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bruce Maher | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 218 | 43.6 | 55 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jeff Williams | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 0 | 70 | 35.0 | 63 | 0 |
| Johnnie Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Mike FitzGerald | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Jeff Williams | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Phil King | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Felts | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 33 | 0 | |
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