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Record: 2 - 11 - 1 (pythagorean: 2 - 12, .203) Coaching: Norm Van Brocklin 2 - 11 - 1  1962 Pro Bowl Players: OHB - Tommy Mason 1962 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 3-2 (30) - Bill Miller, Miami (FL), E   4-3 (45) - Roy Winston, Louisiana State, G   6-3 (73) - Larry Bowie, Purdue, T   8-3 (101) - Paul White, Florida, RB   9-2 (114) - Marshall Shirk, UCLA, T   12-3 (157) - Gary Fallon, Syracuse, RB   13-2 (170) - Roger Van Cleef, Southwestern Oklahoma, T   14-3 (185) - Patrick Russ, Purdue, T   15-2 (198) - Larry Guilford, Pacific, E   16-3 (213) - John Contoulis, Connecticut, T   17-2 (226) - Ron Staley, Wisconsin, E   18-3 (241) - Junior Hawthorne, Kentucky, T   19-2 (254) - Tommy Minteer, Baylor, B   20-3 (269) - Terry Cagaanan, Utah State, B
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 MIN 7 at GNB 34 Week 2 BLC 34 at MIN 7 Week 3 MIN 7 at SFO 21 Week 4 CHI 13 at MIN 0 Week 5 GNB 48 at MIN 21 Week 6 MIN 38 at LAM 14 Week 7 PHI 21 at MIN 31 Week 8 MIN 31 at PIT 39 Week 9 MIN 30 at CHI 31 Week 10 DET 17 at MIN 6 Week 11 LAM 24 at MIN 24 Week 12 SFO 35 at MIN 12 Week 13 MIN 23 at DET 37 Week 14 MIN 17 at BLC 42
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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 254 4080 31 102 107 14 223   348 170 2699 22 31 0 483   426 1864 7   44 447 37 23 -- DEFENSE 410 5101 52 119 139 8 266   397 214 3365 29 25 0 242   463 1978 20   68 633 30 -- 18     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 34 374 0   OPP: 32 261 0   OWN: 67 1522 0   OPP: 52 1149 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 65 2622 0 0 0   OPP: 52 2249   OWN: 31 31 11 25   OPP: 51 52 15 30
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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 14 329 163 49.5 2595 7.89 22 25 45 450 66.9   41 361 8.8 2 31   0 -12 0.0 0 -12L John McCormick 13 18 7 38.9 104 5.78 0 5 3 33 19.0   2 4 2.0 0 4   0 0 0.0 0 0 Tommy Mason 14 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0.0   167 740 4.4 2 71   36 603 16.8 6 74t Doug Mayberry 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   74 274 3.7 1 17   11 100 9.1 1 21 Mel Triplett 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   52 160 3.1 2 18   2 30 15.0 1 27 Hugh Mcelhenny 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   50 200 4.0 0 27   16 191 11.9 0 41 Bill Brown 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   34 103 3.0 0 15   10 124 12.4 1 29 Bob Reed 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   6 22 3.7 0 11   4 37 9.3 1 37t Jerry Reichow 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   39 561 14.4 3 41 Oscar Donahue 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   16 285 17.8 1 53 Charley Ferguson 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   14 364 26.0 6 89t Steve Stonebreaker 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   12 227 18.9 1 56 Gordon Smith 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   7 138 19.7 1 40 Tom Adams 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 51 17.0 0 22   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Bill Butler 14 12 169 14.1 2 46 0   26 588 22.6 45 0 Bob Reed 6 9 82 9.1 0 19 0   13 337 25.9 40 0 Tommy Mason 14 6 52 8.7 0 16 0   12 301 25.1 42 0 Hugh Mcelhenny 11 5 43 8.6 2 14 0   7 160 22.9 40 0 Ed Sharockman 14 1 16 16.0 0 16 0   3 71 23.7 47 0 Tom Franckhauser 14 1 12 12.0 0 12 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Larry Bowie 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 7 3.5 6 0 Jim Prestel 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 29 14.5 17 0 Steve Stonebreaker 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 12 12.0 12 0 Bob Denton 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 17 17.0 17 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 Jim Christopherson 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 11 20 28 28 Mike Mercer 4 19 827 77 0 3 7 0.0 43.5   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 5 3 3 John McCormick 13 46 1795 53 0 2 7 0.0 39.0   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Bill Butler 14 0.0 0   5 80 39t 1 Jim Christopherson 14 0.0 0   1 32 32 0 Tom Franckhauser 14 0.0 0   4 27 24 0 Rip Hawkins 14 0.0 0   1 3 3 0 Chuck Lamson 14 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Ed Sharockman 14 0.0 0   6 92 32 0 Charlie Sumner 14 0.0 0   3 46 32 0 Dean Derby 11 0.0 0   4 0 0 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Tom Adams 6 0 0 0 0 0 Grady Alderman 14 0 1 0 0 0 Larry Bowie 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Brown 14 1 1 0 0 0 Bill Butler 14 3 1 2 7 0 Jim Christopherson 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Denton 14 0 0 1 0 0 Dean Derby 11 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Dickson 14 0 0 1 0 0 Oscar Donahue 13 0 0 0 0 0 Charley Ferguson 10 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Franckhauser 14 0 0 2 0 0 Rip Hawkins 14 1 0 0 0 0 Gerry Huth 14 0 1 0 0 0 Chuck Lamson 14 0 0 2 0 0 Jim Leo 14 0 0 0 0 0 Errol Linden 12 0 0 0 0 0 Cliff Livingston 12 0 0 2 0 0 Jim Marshall 14 0 1 1 0 0 Tommy Mason 14 9 3 0 0 0 Doug Mayberry 13 5 1 0 0 0 John McCormick 13 1 0 0 0 0 Hugh Mcelhenny 11 3 1 0 0 0 Mike Mercer 4 0 0 0 0 0 Clancy Osborne 14 0 0 2 0 0 Jim Prestel 14 1 0 1 0 0 Mike Rabold 14 0 0 1 0 0 Bob Reed 6 3 0 0 0 0 Jerry Reichow 12 1 0 0 0 0 Ed Sharockman 14 2 0 2 88 1 Gordon Smith 5 0 1 0 0 0 Steve Stonebreaker 14 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie Sumner 14 0 1 0 0 0 Fran Tarkenton 14 5 2 0 0 0 Mick Tingelhoff 14 0 0 1 0 0 Mel Triplett 14 2 0 0 0 0 Roy Winston 13 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Youso 13 0 0 0 0 0

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