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Record: 3 - 11 (pythagorean: 3 - 11, .266) Coaching: Norm Van Brocklin 3 - 11 1961 Pro Bowl Players: HB - Hugh McElhenny E - Jerry Reichow 1961 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-1 (1) - Tommy Mason, Tulane, RB   2-1 (15) - Rip Hawkins, North Carolina, LB   3-1 (29) - Fran Tarkenton, Georgia, QB   4-1 (43) - Chuck Lamson, Wyoming, RB   5-1 (57) - Ed Sharockman, Pittsburgh, RB   6-1 (71) - Jerry Burch, Georgia Tech, E   7-1 (85) - Allan Ferrie, Wagner, E   8-1 (99) - Paul Lidquist, New Hampshire, T   9-1 (113) - Dan Sheehan, Tennessee-Chattanooga, T   10-1 (127) - Doug Mayberry, Utah State, RB   11-1 (141) - Jerry Mays, Southern Methodist, T   12-1 (155) - Steve Stonebreaker, Detroit, E   13-1 (169) - Ray Hayes, Central State (OK), RB   14-1 (183) - Ken Peterson, Utah, T   15-1 (197) - Mike Mercer, Arizona State, E   16-1 (211) - Ted Karpowicz, Detroit, RB   17-1 (225) - Willie Jones, Purdue, B   18-1 (239) - Bob Voight, Cal State-Los Angeles, T   19-1 (253) - Bill Hill, Presbyterian, RB   20-1 (267) - Mike McFarland, Western Illinois, QB
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 CHI 13 at MIN 37 Week 2 MIN 7 at DAL 21 Week 3 MIN 33 at BLC 34 Week 4 DAL 28 at MIN 0 Week 5 SFO 38 at MIN 24 Week 6 GNB 33 at MIN 7 Week 7 MIN 10 at GNB 28 Week 8 MIN 17 at LAM 31 Week 9 BLC 20 at MIN 28 Week 10 DET 37 at MIN 10 Week 11 MIN 28 at SFO 38 Week 12 LAM 21 at MIN 42 Week 13 MIN 7 at DET 13 Week 14 MIN 35 at CHI 52
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 285 3886 37 104 123 9 236   377 203 2527 22 22 0 538   419 1897 14   36 375 36 22 -- DEFENSE 407 5593 52 147 132 12 291   365 194 3051 21 22 0 125   493 2667 29   65 638 31 -- 23     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 23 309 1   OPP: 23 138 0   OWN: 72 1568 0   OPP: 51 1148 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 63 2458 0 2 0   OPP: 46 1906   OWN: 36 37 9 21   OPP: 50 52 15 26
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Fran Tarkenton 14 280 157 56.1 1997 7.13 18 17 44 416 74.7   56 308 5.5 5 52t   0 0 0.0 0 0 George Shaw 8 91 46 50.5 530 5.82 4 4 14 122 64.8   10 39 3.9 0 19   0 0 0.0 0 0 Jerry Reichow 14 3 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0.0   3 9 3.0 0 21   50 859 17.2 11 51t Hugh Mcelhenny 13 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   120 570 4.8 3 41   37 283 7.6 3 26 Tommy Mason 13 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   60 226 3.8 3 21   20 122 6.1 0 18 Jamie Caleb 10 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   3 11 3.7 0 4   2 -8 -4.0 0 5 Mel Triplett 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   80 407 5.1 1 37   10 41 4.1 0 15 Ray Hayes 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   73 319 4.4 2 22   16 121 7.6 0 22 Doug Mayberry 4 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   13 40 3.1 0 13   2 18 9.0 0 13 Mike Mercer 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -32 -32.0 0 -32   0 0 0.0 0 0 Dave Middleton 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   30 444 14.8 2 57t A.D. Williams 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   13 174 13.4 1 49 Gordon Smith 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   12 320 26.7 4 71t Bob Schnelker 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 70 11.7 1 20 Dick Haley 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 43 14.3 0 22 Will Sherman 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 40 20.0 0 32   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Tommy Mason 13 14 146 10.4 4 23 0   25 603 24.1 42 0 Hugh Mcelhenny 13 8 155 19.4 6 81t 1   2 59 29.5 35 0 Jamie Caleb 10 1 8 8.0 0 8 0   22 504 22.9 38 0 Justin Rowland 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   8 175 21.9 30 0 Dick Pesonen 11 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   6 136 22.7 60 0 Jim Leo 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 9 3.0 9 0 Mel Triplett 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 41 13.7 18 0 Billy Gault 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 41 20.5 21 0 Ray Hayes 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Mike Mercer 14 63 2458 59 2 0 0 0.0 39.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 9 21 36 37   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Rip Hawkins 14 0.0 0   5 70 34 0 Jack Morris 14 0.0 0   2 90 65 0 Clancy Osborne 14 0.0 0   4 35 10 0 Karl Rubke 13 0.0 0   1 12 12 0 Charlie Sumner 13 0.0 0   2 6 6 0 Dick Grecni 12 0.0 0   1 16 16 0 Rich Mostardi 11 0.0 0   2 22 21 0 Dick Pesonen 11 0.0 0   1 28 28 0 Dean Derby 8 0.0 0   3 73 30 0 Justin Rowland 5 0.0 0   1 4 4 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Grady Alderman 14 0 3 0 15 0 Bill Bishop 10 0 0 0 0 0 Jamie Caleb 10 0 0 0 0 0 Ed Culpepper 14 0 0 2 0 0 Bob Denton 14 0 0 0 0 0 Dean Derby 8 0 0 2 0 0 Paul Dickson 7 0 0 0 0 0 Billy Gault 4 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Grecni 12 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Haley 8 1 1 0 0 0 Rip Hawkins 14 0 0 0 0 0 Ray Hayes 13 5 0 0 0 0 Gerry Huth 14 0 0 1 0 0 Gene Johnson 4 0 0 0 0 0 Don Joyce 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Lapham 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Leo 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Marshall 14 0 0 4 0 0 Tommy Mason 13 7 2 0 0 0 Doug Mayberry 4 0 0 0 0 0 Hugh Mcelhenny 13 8 2 0 2 0 Mike Mercer 14 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Middleton 12 0 1 0 0 0 Jack Morris 14 0 0 2 0 0 Rich Mostardi 11 0 0 3 18 0 Fred Murphy 13 0 0 2 0 0 Clancy Osborne 14 0 0 2 0 0 Dick Pesonen 11 1 0 0 0 0 Ken Petersen 12 0 0 1 0 0 Jim Prestel 14 0 0 1 0 0 Mike Rabold 14 0 0 0 0 0 Jerry Reichow 14 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Rowland 5 0 0 0 0 0 Karl Rubke 13 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Schnelker 6 0 0 0 0 0 George Shaw 8 1 0 0 0 0 Will Sherman 8 0 0 0 0 0 Lebron Shields 6 0 0 0 0 0 Gordon Smith 9 1 0 0 0 0 Charlie Sumner 13 0 0 3 2 0 Fran Tarkenton 14 8 5 0 0 0 Mel Triplett 14 4 0 0 0 0 A.D. Williams 13 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Youso 14 0 0 0 0 0

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