1963 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
Team Record: 5-8-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (5-8-1)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1963 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
The Vikings ran up 309 points, but the defense allowed 390. Tommy Mason carried the ball for a team-best 763 yards for Minnesota.
Fran Tarkenton tossed for 2,311 yards. Paul Flatley snagged 51 passes for 867 yards, while Tommy Mason contributed to the receiving game, too.
Ed Sharockman intercepted 5 opponent throws.
Norm Van Brocklin coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fran Tarkenton | 297 | 170 | 57.2 | 2311 | 7.8 | 15 | 5.1 | 15 | 5.1 | 67 | 78.0 |
Ron Kelen | 58 | 27 | 46.6 | 376 | 6.5 | 1 | 1.7 | 2 | 3.4 | 53 | 59.3 |
Totals | 355 | 197 | 55.5 | 2687 | 7.6 | 16 | 4.5 | 17 | 4.8 | 67 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Mason | 166 | 763 | 4.6 | 70 | 7 |
Bill Brown | 128 | 445 | 3.5 | 21 | 5 |
Tommy Wilson | 73 | 282 | 3.9 | 30 | 4 |
Fran Tarkenton | 28 | 162 | 5.8 | 24 | 1 |
Bobby Reed | 21 | 88 | 4.2 | 16 | 0 |
Ron Kelen | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 20 | 0 |
Bill Butler | 17 | 48 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
Bob Ferguson | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 |
Jerry Reichow | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
Totals | 445 | 1842 | 4.1 | 70 | 17 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Flatley | 51 | 867 | 17.0 | 62 | 4 |
Tommy Mason | 40 | 365 | 9.1 | 41 | 2 |
Jerry Reichow | 35 | 479 | 13.7 | 57 | 3 |
Bill Brown | 17 | 109 | 6.4 | 30 | 2 |
Ray Poage | 15 | 354 | 23.6 | 67 | 2 |
Bobby Reed | 13 | 137 | 10.5 | 45 | 0 |
Tommy Wilson | 7 | 48 | 6.9 | 21 | 0 |
Gordie Smith | 6 | 177 | 29.5 | 54 | 2 |
Jim Boylan | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 19 | 1 |
Bill Butler | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 19 | 0 |
Leon Clarke | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 14 | 0 |
Totals | 197 | 2687 | 13.6 | 67 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Butler | 21 | 220 | 10.5 | 60 | 1 |
Bobby Reed | 9 | 91 | 10.1 | 26 | 0 |
Tommy Mason | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 23 | 0 |
Karl Kassulke | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 405 | 11.6 | 60 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Butler | 33 | 713 | 21.6 | 35 | 0 |
Bobby Reed | 13 | 367 | 28.2 | 51 | 0 |
Ed Sharockman | 7 | 139 | 19.9 | 28 | 0 |
Bill Brown | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 78 | 1 |
Tom Franckhauser | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 |
Tommy Mason | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 21 | 0 |
Lee Calland | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 25 | 0 |
Gordie Smith | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
John Campbell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Larry Bowie | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 69 | 1556 | 22.6 | 78 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed Sharockman | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 47 | 1 |
Tom Franckhauser | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 32 | 0 |
Don Hultz | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 1 |
Chuck Lamson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Rip Hawkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Roy Winston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 11 | 200 | 18.2 | 47 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Hultz | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | ||
Bill Butler | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jim Marshall | 1 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||
Grady Alderman | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roy Winston | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 0 | |
Bill Brown | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lee Calland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fran Tarkenton | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Chuck Lamson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Sharockman | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Mason | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Paul Dickson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gordie Smith | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Rip Hawkins | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Stonebreaker | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Jobko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Prestel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Franckhauser | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mick Tingelhoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Campbell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Paul Flatley | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Larry Bowie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bobby Reed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Karl Kassulke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 45 | 58 | 49 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Fred Cox | 12 | 39 | 0 | 75 | ||||||||||
Tommy Mason | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
Bill Brown | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Tommy Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Paul Flatley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Jerry Reichow | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Gordie Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Ray Poage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Jim Boylan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jim Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Bill Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Ed Sharockman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Don Hultz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Roy Winston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 309 |