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1965 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 5th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (7-7-0)

Points For: 383 (27.4/g) 4th of 14

Points Against: 403 (28.8/g) 14th of 14

Expected W-L: 6.6-7.4

SRS: 5.11 (5th of 14), SOS: 6.54

Other Notable Asst.: Marion Campbell (Defensive Line), Lew Carpenter (Receivers) and Jack Faulkner (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Co-Owner: Bill Boyer

Co-Owner/President: Max Winter

General Manager: Jim Finks

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Bemidji State (Bemidji, Minnesota)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	383	4824	912	5.3	37	25	277	189	372	2546	21	12	6.3	126	505	2278	19	4.5	130	76	771	21
Opp. Stats	403	4248	788	5.4	30	11	242	187	357	2493	31	19	6.6	120	408	1755	17	4.3	99	66	643	23
Lg Rank Offense	4	4			9	14	2		8	8	9	1	6		1	2	3	3
Lg Rank Defense	14	7			11	12	8		5	6	13	8	10		3	9	10	11

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Baltimore Colts	16	35	16	263	160	103	2	20	310	203	107	2
2	Sun	September 26		boxscore	L		0-2		Detroit Lions	29	31	15	286	129	157	3	18	224	148	76	1
3	Sun	October 3		boxscore	W		1-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	38	35	18	392	241	151	1	20	361	240	121	3
4	Sat	October 9		boxscore	W		2-2		New York Giants	40	14	22	360	187	173	1	13	245	184	61	3
5	Sun	October 17		boxscore	L		2-3		Chicago Bears	37	45	26	413	109	304	5	16	316	134	182	1
6	Sun	October 24		boxscore	W		3-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	42	41	27	549	395	154	4	21	438	259	179	2
7	Sun	October 31		boxscore	W		4-3	@	Cleveland Browns	27	17	25	408	212	196	1	11	167	133	34
8	Sun	November 7		boxscore	W		5-3		Los Angeles Rams	24	13	18	359	187	172	2	26	320	200	120	1
9	Sun	November 14		boxscore	L		5-4		Baltimore Colts	21	41	20	249	85	164	2	20	393	201	192
10	Sun	November 21		boxscore	L		5-5		Green Bay Packers	13	38	19	364	181	183	6	16	339	159	180	3
11	Sun	November 28		boxscore	L		5-6		San Francisco 49ers	24	45	18	287	195	92	3	20	403	209	194	3
12	Sun	December 5		boxscore	L		5-7	@	Green Bay Packers	19	24	21	336	85	251	2	16	266	153	113	4
13	Sun	December 12		boxscore	W		6-7	@	Detroit Lions	29	7	15	274	199	75	2	8	135	106	29	4
14	Sun	December 19		boxscore	W		7-7	@	Chicago Bears	24	17	17	284	181	103	3	17	331	164	167	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Fran Tarkenton	25	QB	14	14	7-7-0	171	329	52.0	2609	19	5.8	11	3.3	72	7.9	7.58	15.3	186.4	83.8	28	250	7.84	6.61	6.29	2	2	PB
2	Ron Vander Kelen	26	QB	4	0		18	40	45.0	252	2	5.0	0	0.0	38	6.3	7.30	14.0	63.0	82.5	7	65	14.89	3.98	4.83	0	0
3	Bob Berry	23	QB	2	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
4	Tommy Mason	26	HB	10	9		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	7-7-0	189	372	50.8	2546	21	5.6	12	3.2	72	7.7	7.37	15.1	181.9	81.8	35	315	8.60	6.26	5.96	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bill Brown	27	FB	14	13	160	699	6	40	4.4	49.9	11.4	41	503	12.3	1	47	2.9	35.9	201	6.0	1202	7	9	PB
2	Tommy Mason	26	HB	10	9	141	597	10	26	4.2	59.7	14.1	22	321	14.6	1	72	2.2	32.1	163	5.6	918	11	9
3	Paul Flatley	24	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	50	896	17.9	7	58	3.6	64.0	50	17.9	896	7	1
4	Phil King	29	HB	14	4	72	356	0	21	4.9	25.4	5.1	12	96	8.0	1	25	0.9	6.9	84	5.4	452	1	3
5	Gordie Smith	26	TE	14	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	431	19.6	5	49	1.6	30.8	22	19.6	431	5	1
6	Fran Tarkenton	25	QB	14	14	56	356	1	36	6.4	25.4	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	56	6.4	356	1	5	PB
7	Tom Hall	25	FL	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	287	19.1	2	69	1.1	20.5	15	19.1	287	2	3
8	Red Phillips	29	FL	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	185	12.3	1	43	1.3	15.4	15	12.3	185	1	0
9	Billy Ray Barnes	30	HB	14	2	48	148	0	18	3.1	10.6	3.4	3	15	5.0	0	7	0.2	1.1	51	3.2	163	0	1
10	Hal Bedsole	24	TE	9	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	123	15.4	3	36	0.9	13.7	8	15.4	123	3	0
11	Dave Osborn	22	RB	14	0	20	106	2	21	5.3	7.6	1.4	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	21	5.2	110	2	2
12	Ron Vander Kelen	26	QB	4	0	4	13	0	20	3.3	3.3	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	3.3	13	0	1
13	Jim Young	22	HB	2	0	3	4	0	4	1.3	2.0	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	1.3	4	0	1
14	Lance Rentzel	22	SE	11	1	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	4
	Team Totals			14	14	505	2278	19	40	4.5	162.7	36.1	189	2861	15.1	21	72	13.5	204.4	694	7.4	5139	40	40

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Larry Bowie	26	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	0	0.0	0
2	Paul Dickson	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
3	Carl Eller	23	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	5.5	1
4	Paul Flatley	24	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Rip Hawkins	26	MLB	14	14	3	68	1	35	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
6	Jim Marshall	28	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.5	0
7	Ed Sharockman	26	RCB/SS	14	14	6	118	1	40	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Milt Sunde	23	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Fran Tarkenton	25	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Grady Alderman	27	LT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
11	Bill Brown	27	FB	14	13	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
12	Larry Vargo	26	FS	13	11	3	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	George Rose	23	LCB	10	10	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Gary Larsen	25	LDT	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
15	Tommy Mason	26	HB	10	9	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Gordie Smith	26	TE	14	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Karl Kassulke	24	SS	14	8	2	31	0	16	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Lonnie Warwick	23	LLB	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Jim Prestel	28	LDT	13	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
20	Tom Hall	25	FL	14	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jeff Jordan	22	DB	12	4	4	45	0	18	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Phil King	29	HB	14	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Billy Ray Barnes	30	HB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	John Kirby	23	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
25	Lance Rentzel	22	SE	11	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Dick James	31	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Dave Osborn	22	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Ron Vander Kelen	26	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jim Young	22	HB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	286	2	40	41	27	24	0	22.0	2

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