MIN 16 @ BAL 35 - 1965 NFL

1965 Week 1

Minnesota VikingsMIN

16-35

Baltimore ColtsBAL

Sun, September 19, 1965 · Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

Surface: grassLine: Baltimore Colts -6.5

MIN: Norm Van Brocklin · BAL: Don Shula

MIN

Team Stats

BAL

1st Downs

28-103

Rushing

32-107

11-27-213

Passing

14-22-224

263

Total Yards

310

Scoring

1st Quarter

Hal Bedsole 36 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)

Fred Cox 35 yard field goal

10-

2nd Quarter

Lenny Moore 1 yard rush (Lou Michaels kick)

10-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
MIN
Passing
Fran Tarkenton	10/24	201	1	2	4	50.9
Ron Vander Kelen	1/3	12	0	0	1	46.5
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Fran Tarkenton	3	47	0	27	0
Tommy Mason	15	33	0	15	0
Bill Brown	7	12	0	8	0
Dave Osborn	2	12	0	10	0
Lance Rentzel	1	-1	0	-1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Tommy Mason		3	55	0	29
Bill Brown		3	60	0	39
Hal Bedsole		1	36	1	36
Paul Flatley		2	28	0	16
Tom Hall		1	19	0	19
Gordie Smith		1	15	0	15
BAL

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
MIN
Larry Vargo			0	2			0	0
BAL
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
MIN
Fred Cox	1/1	3/4	0	0	-	-
Bobby Walden	-	-	3	124	41.3	-
BAL
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
MIN
Tommy Mason	0	0	0	1	6	0
Lance Rentzel	5	100	0	0	0	0
BAL
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD

Starting Lineups

MIN

QBFran Tarkenton

HBTommy Mason

FBBill Brown

FLRed Phillips

SEPaul Flatley

TEHal Bedsole

LTMilt Sunde

LGKen Byers

CMick Tingelhoff

RGLarry Bowie

RTErrol Linden

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