1966 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (4-9-1)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1966 Minnesota Vikings RosterTeam Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (4-9-1)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1966 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing sixth in the NFL's West Division.
Minnesota scored 292 points, while the defense surrendered 304. Bill Brown carried the ball for a team-best 829 yards for the Vikings.
Fran Tarkenton tossed for 2,561 yards. Paul Flatley paced all receivers, snagging 50 passes for 777 yards.
Dale Hackbart 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 | 358 | 192 | 53.6 | 2561 | 7.2 | 17 | 4.7 | 16 | 4.5 | 68 | 73.8 | Bob Berry | 37 | 13 | 35.1 | 215 | 5.8 | 1 | 2.7 | 5 | 13.5 | 52 | 25.0 | Ron Kelen | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 147 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 43 | 53.5 | Phil King | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 104.2 | Bill Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 417 | 216 | 51.8 | 2932 | 7.0 | 18 | 4.3 | 22 | 5.3 | 68 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bill Brown | 251 | 829 | 3.3 | 33 | 6 | Fran Tarkenton | 62 | 376 | 6.1 | 28 | 4 | Dave Osborn | 87 | 344 | 4.0 | 25 | 1 | Tommy Mason | 58 | 235 | 4.1 | 52 | 2 | Jim Lindsey | 57 | 146 | 2.6 | 14 | 1 | Bobby Walden | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 45 | 0 | Phil King | 17 | 40 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 | Ron Kelen | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 | Billy Ray Barnes | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 4 | 1 | Bob Berry | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | Jeff Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Preston Carpenter | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 551 | 2091 | 3.8 | 52 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Paul Flatley | 50 | 777 | 15.5 | 41 | 3 | Bill Brown | 37 | 359 | 9.7 | 56 | 0 | Red Phillips | 32 | 554 | 17.3 | 68 | 3 | Preston Carpenter | 27 | 487 | 18.0 | 52 | 4 | Tom Hall | 23 | 271 | 11.8 | 30 | 2 | Jim Lindsey | 20 | 250 | 12.5 | 46 | 2 | Dave Osborn | 15 | 141 | 9.4 | 38 | 2 | Tommy Mason | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 17 | 1 | Phil King | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 1 | Lance Rentzel | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 216 | 2932 | 13.6 | 68 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bobby Walden | 60 | 2463 | 41.0 | 70 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 60 | 2463 | 41.0 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ed Sharockman | 9 | 95 | 10.6 | 76 | 0 | Lance Rentzel | 11 | 16 | 1.5 | 14 | 0 | Tommy Mason | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | Jim Young | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | Jim Lindsey | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | Jeff Williams | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 31 | 129 | 4.2 | 76 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Fitzgerald | 14 | 301 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 | Lance Rentzel | 9 | 181 | 20.1 | 28 | 0 | Tom Hall | 7 | 141 | 20.1 | 27 | 0 | Jim Young | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | Jim Lindsey | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 22 | 0 | Phil King | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 | Jeff Williams | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 26 | 0 | George Rose | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Dave Osborn | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Roy Winston | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Milt Sunde | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 52 | 987 | 19.0 | 30 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dale Hackbart | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 41 | 1 | Karl Kassulke | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 | Earsell Mackbee | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 17 | 0 | Lonnie Warwick | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 23 | 0 | Ed Sharockman | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | Mike Fitzgerald | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | George Rose | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
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| Totals | 14 | 230 | 16.4 | 41 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Fran Tarkenton | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Eller | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grady Alderman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Sharockman | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Karl Kassulke | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Lindsey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Kelen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Osborn | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Walden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lonnie Warwick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Rose | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Winston | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Tom Hall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Brown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Berry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Mason | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lance Rentzel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mick Tingelhoff | 1 | 0 | -24 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 27 | -14 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 34 | 0 | 88 | Bill Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Fran Tarkenton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Preston Carpenter | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jim Lindsey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Paul Flatley | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Red Phillips | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Dave Osborn | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tommy Mason | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tom Hall | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Phil King | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Billy Ray Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dale Hackbart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 292 |
