1962 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (2-11-1)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1962 Minnesota Vikings RosterTeam Record: 2-11-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (2-11-1)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1962 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1962 season with a record of 2 wins and 11 losses and 1 ties, finishing sixth in the NFL's West Division.
The Vikings labored to change the scoreboard with just 254 points, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 410, most in the circuit. Tommy Mason carried the ball for a team-best 740 yards for Minnesota.
Fran Tarkenton passed for 2,595 yards. Jerry Reichow paced pass catchers, snagging 39 passes, while Tommy Mason accumulated 603 receiving yards.
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 | 163 | 49.5 | 2595 | 7.9 | 22 | 6.7 | 25 | 7.6 | 89 | 66.9 |
| John McCormick | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 104 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 27.8 | 53 | 19.0 |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 348 | 170 | 48.9 | 2699 | 7.8 | 22 | 6.3 | 31 | 8.9 | 89 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Mason | 167 | 740 | 4.4 | 71 | 2 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 41 | 361 | 8.8 | 31 | 2 |
| Doug Mayberry | 74 | 274 | 3.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 50 | 200 | 4.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 52 | 160 | 3.1 | 18 | 2 |
| Bill Brown | 34 | 103 | 3.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Reed | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| John McCormick | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 426 | 1864 | 4.4 | 71 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Reichow | 39 | 561 | 14.4 | 41 | 3 |
| Tommy Mason | 36 | 603 | 16.8 | 74 | 6 |
| Oscar Donahue | 16 | 285 | 17.8 | 53 | 1 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 41 | 0 |
| Charley Ferguson | 14 | 364 | 26.0 | 89 | 6 |
| Steve Stonebreaker | 12 | 227 | 18.9 | 56 | 1 |
| Doug Mayberry | 11 | 100 | 9.1 | 21 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 10 | 124 | 12.4 | 29 | 1 |
| Gordie Smith | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Bobby Reed | 4 | 37 | 9.2 | 37 | 1 |
| Tom Adams | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Mel Triplett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Fran Tarkenton | -12 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 170 | 2699 | 15.9 | 89 | 22 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Christopherson | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 61 |
| Mike Mercer | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 64 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McCormick | 46 | 1795 | 39.0 | 53 |
| Mike Mercer | 19 | 827 | 43.5 | 77 |
| Totals | 65 | 2622 | 40.3 | 77 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Butler | 12 | 169 | 14.1 | 46 | 0 |
| Bobby Reed | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Franckhauser | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 374 | 11.0 | 46 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Butler | 26 | 588 | 22.6 | 45 | 0 |
| Bobby Reed | 13 | 337 | 25.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 12 | 301 | 25.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Hugh McElhenny | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 40 | 0 |
| Ed Sharockman | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Jim Prestel | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Denton | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Stonebreaker | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Bowie | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 1522 | 22.7 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Sharockman | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Tom Franckhauser | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Dean Derby | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Sumner | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Christopherson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Rip Hawkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Lamson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 280 | 11.2 | 39 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Mason | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Butler | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Ed Sharockman | 0 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Marshall | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clancy Osborne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Franckhauser | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Lamson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cliff Livingston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Rabold | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Denton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Prestel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Dickson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Sumner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Mayberry | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mick Tingelhoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Huth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gordie Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hugh McElhenny | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Grady Alderman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Reed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John McCormick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Reichow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mel Triplett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rip Hawkins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 32 | 95 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Jim Christopherson | 0 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 61 | |||||||||
| Tommy Mason | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Charley Ferguson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Jerry Reichow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Mel Triplett | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Doug Mayberry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ed Sharockman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Bobby Reed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Gordie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Oscar Donahue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bill Butler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Steve Stonebreaker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bill Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Mike Mercer | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Jim Leo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Rip Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 254 |
