1965 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (7-7)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1965 Minnesota Vikings RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (7-7)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1965 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
The Vikings scored 383 points, but the shaky defensive squad surrendered 403, most in the circuit. Bill Brown carried the ball for a team-best 699 yards for Minnesota, and Tommy Mason also aided the ground game.
Fran Tarkenton threw for 2,609 yards. Paul Flatley paced pass catchers, snagging 50 passes for 896 yards. Bill Brown contributed to the receiving game, too.
Ed Sharockman intercepted 6 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 | 329 | 171 | 52.0 | 2609 | 7.9 | 19 | 5.8 | 11 | 3.3 | 72 | 83.8 |
| Ron Kelen | 40 | 18 | 45.0 | 252 | 6.3 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 82.5 |
| Bob Berry | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 372 | 189 | 50.8 | 2861 | 7.7 | 21 | 5.6 | 12 | 3.2 | 72 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Brown | 160 | 699 | 4.4 | 40 | 6 |
| Tommy Mason | 141 | 597 | 4.2 | 26 | 10 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 56 | 356 | 6.4 | 36 | 1 |
| Phil King | 72 | 356 | 4.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | 48 | 148 | 3.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 20 | 106 | 5.3 | 21 | 2 |
| Ron Kelen | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Young | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 505 | 2278 | 4.5 | 40 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Flatley | 50 | 896 | 17.9 | 58 | 7 |
| Bill Brown | 41 | 503 | 12.3 | 47 | 1 |
| Gordie Smith | 22 | 431 | 19.6 | 49 | 5 |
| Tommy Mason | 22 | 321 | 14.6 | 72 | 1 |
| Tom Hall | 15 | 287 | 19.1 | 69 | 2 |
| Red Phillips | 15 | 185 | 12.3 | 43 | 1 |
| Phil King | 12 | 96 | 8.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Hal Bedsole | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 36 | 3 |
| Billy Barnes | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 189 | 2861 | 15.1 | 72 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Walden | 51 | 2146 | 42.1 | 61 |
| Totals | 51 | 2146 | 42.1 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Mason | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Lance Rentzel | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Young | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick James | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 115 | 5.2 | 17 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Rentzel | 23 | 602 | 26.2 | 101 | 1 |
| Dave Osborn | 18 | 422 | 23.4 | 92 | 0 |
| Dick James | 11 | 212 | 19.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 4 | 93 | 23.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Jim Young | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Barnes | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Phil King | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 1524 | 22.7 | 101 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Sharockman | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Jeff Jordan | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Rip Hawkins | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 35 | 1 |
| Larry Vargo | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Karl Kassulke | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 |
| George Rose | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 286 | 15.1 | 40 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Brown | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Marshall | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Kirby | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Barnes | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Eller | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Mason | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Karl Kassulke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grady Alderman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bowie | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phil King | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tom Hall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lonnie Warwick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Larsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Osborn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Milt Sunde | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Flatley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Kelen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 41 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Fred Cox | 23 | 44 | 0 | 113 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Mason | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||
| Paul Flatley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Bill Brown | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Gordie Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Hal Bedsole | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Dave Osborn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Tom Hall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Lonnie Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Phil King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Red Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rip Hawkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Prestel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Carl Eller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 19 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 381 |
