MIN 24 @ SF 20 - 1963 NFL

1963 Week 1

Minnesota VikingsMIN

24-20

San Francisco 49ersSF

Sun, September 15, 1963 · Kezar Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Minnesota Vikings -3.5

MIN: Norm Van Brocklin · SF: Red Hickey

MIN

Team Stats

1st Downs

43-156

Rushing

21-126

20-29-262

Passing

11-23-125

418

Total Yards

246

Scoring

1st Quarter

Abe Woodson 103 yard kickoff return (Tommy Davis kick)

Tommy Mason 41 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)

Tommy Davis 35 yard field goal

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
MIN
Passing
Fran Tarkenton	20/29	262	1	1	0	94.3
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Fran Tarkenton	4	18	0	9	0
Bill Brown	16	77	1	21	0
Tommy Mason	21	68	1	7	0
Bobby Reed	1	0	0	8	0
Bill Butler	1	-7	0	-7	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Bill Brown		3	22	0	14
Tommy Mason		6	94	1	41
Paul Flatley		5	72	0	32
Jerry Reichow		5	61	0	19
Leon Clarke		1	13	0	13
SF
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
John Brodie	11/23	125	1	1	1	61.0
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
John Brodie	4	42	0	24	0
Lloyd Winston	10	81	0	38	0
Don Lisbon	2	4	0	3	0
J.D. Smith	5	-1	0	5	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Lloyd Winston		1	3	0	3
Don Lisbon		1	8	0	8
J.D. Smith		1	40	0	40
Bernie Casey		4	34	1	17
Jimmy Johnson		3	23	0	9
Monty Stickles		1	17	0	17

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
MIN
Ed Sharockman			0	1			0	0
SF
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Abe Woodson			0	1			0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
MIN
Fred Cox	3/3	1/1	3	90	30.0	-
SF
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Tommy Davis	2/2	2/3	4	166	41.5	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
MIN
Bill Butler	2	40	0	3	30	0
SF
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Kermit Alexander Jr.	3	67	0	0	0	0
Abe Woodson	2	120	1	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

MIN

QBFran Tarkenton

HBTommy Mason

FBBill Brown

FLRay Poage

SEPaul Flatley

TEJerry Reichow

LTGrady Alderman

LGJerry Huth

CMick Tingelhoff

RGLarry Bowie

RTErrol Linden

MIN at SF, 1963 NFL game