03-12-2005 Temp:64 Wind:0-10 MVP:Mason 1962 62 Minnesota Vikings (1-0) 0 10 7 7 24 1964 64 Denver Broncos (0-1) 3 0 0 0 3 1 64 Denver FG Guesman 35 (11-52-5:32) 4:37 0-3 2 62 Minnesota FG Christophe 18 (12-60-6:54) 12:28 3-3 2 62 Minnesota TD Tarkenton 24 pass to Ferguson (Christophe) (9-80-6:17) 10-3 3 62 Minnesota TD Tarkenton 13 run (Christophe) (2-20-1:02) 6:26 17-3 4 62 Minnesota TD Tarkenton 12 pass to Mason (Christophe) (18-83-11:35) 24-3 MIN DEN First Downs 24 13 Rushes 39-184 29-203 Passes 17-13-172 17-8-83 Sacked 0-0 4-45 Fumble 3 3 Penalties 5-45 7-46 Turnovers 3 2 Time 34:12 25:48 Third Down 6-8 8-12 Fourth Down 1-1 0-0 Net Offense 356 241 Injuries: 1962 62 Minnesota Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Mason 14 86 6.1 3 5 14 0 Mason 4 0 39 9.8 0 3 13 1 Tarkenton 5 38 7.6 2 2 13 1 Mayberry 2 0 16 8.0 0 2 11 0 Mayberry 8 27 3.4 0 1 6 0 Reichow 2 0 37 18.5 1 2 25 0 McElhenny 4 16 4.0 0 1 6 0 Reed 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 Brown 5 9 1.8 0 0 4 0 McElhenny 1 0 20 20.0 0 1 20 0 Triplett 2 4 2.0 0 0 3 0 Donahue 1 0 14 14.0 0 1 14 0 Reed 1 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Ferguson 1 0 24 24.0 0 1 24 1 39 184 4.7 5 10 14 1 Smith 1 0 9 9.0 0 1 9 0 13 0 172 13.2 1 12 25 2 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Tarkenton 17 13 76.5 172 13.2 25 0 1 2 11.8 0 2 11.8 107.6 17 13 76.5 172 13.2 25 0 1 2 11.8 0 2 11.8 107.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Christophe 3 3 100.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 18 6 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross McCormick 1 42 42 0 0 0 1 -3 45.0 42.0 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Butler 1 30 30.0 30 0 Butler 2 0 49 24.5 28 0 Reed 1 20 20.0 20 0 2 0 49 24.5 28 0 2 50 25.0 30 0 Fumbles Tarkento 1 Brown 1 Reed 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Marshall 2 Marshall 1 Hawkins 2 Denton 1 Marshall 1 Alderman 1 Dickson 2 Dickson 1 Dickson 1 Franckha 1 Hawkins 1 Derby 1 Butler 1 Donahue 1 Tackles Hawkins 8 Marshall 4 Prestel 3 Livingst 2 Christop 1 Derby 8 Franckha 4 Osborne 3 Sharockm 1 Dickson 6 Butler 3 Donahue 3 Sumner 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Butler 1 26 26.0 26 0 1 26 26.0 26 0 1964 64 Denver Broncos Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Mitchell 15 104 6.9 2 5 33 0 Dixon 2 0 38 19.0 1 2 29 0 Joe 12 97 8.1 2 4 51 0 Taylor 2 0 16 8.0 0 1 11 0 Lee 2 2 1.0 0 0 5 0 Joe 1 0 7 7.0 0 1 7 0 29 203 7.0 4 9 51 0 Mitchell 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Scarpitto 1 1 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 Denson 1 0 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 8 1 83 10.4 1 4 29 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Lee 17 8 47.1 83 10.4 29 1 1 1 5.9 4 0 0.0 37.1 17 8 47.1 83 10.4 29 1 1 1 5.9 4 0 0.0 37.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Guesman 0 0 0.0 3 1 33.3 0.0 0.0 35 3 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Fraser 3 139 54 1 0 0 2 49 23.3 46.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Barry 5 115 23.0 37 0 Barry 1 0 -3 -3.0 0 0 5 115 23.0 37 0 1 0 -3 -3.0 0 0 Fumbles Joe 1 Lee 1 Mitchell 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Cooke 2 Janerett 2 Gonsouli 1 Matuszak 2 Joe 1 Fraser 1 Griffin 1 Gonsouli 1 Lee 1 McGeever 1 Tackles Matuszak 8 Cooke 5 Moore 4 McMillin 2 Price 2 Janik Fraser 7 Janerett 4 Hopkins 3 Griffin 2 West 1 Brown 5 Gonsouli 4 Jordan 3 McGeever 2 Bass 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Fraser 1 0 0.0 0 0 McGeever 1 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
1st Quarter KO 15:00 MIN Reed return of 20 KO-deep 1 10 own26 14:49 MIN Mayberry 1 offtackleR bas-M 2 9 own27 14:09 MIN Tarkenton to Smith 9 M-slant bas-M 1 10 own36 13:40 MIN Tarkenton to Reichow 25 M-slant bas-Z 1 10 opp39 12:56 MIN Tarkenton to Mayberry 11 S-hitch bas-Z 1 10 opp28 12:08 MIN Mason 4 sweepL bas-Z 2 6 opp24 11:19 MIN Tarkenton to Mason 7 S-hitch bas-M 1 10 opp17 10:30 MIN Tarkenton to Reichow X M-fade key-Z 2 10 opp17 10:23 MIN Mason 7 sweepL bas-Z dlO 1 5 opp5 10:16 MIN Tarkenton to Mason INT Fras M-slant goa-tZ 1 10 own20 10:09 trapL pas-Z 1 5 own25 10:00 DEN Mitchell 6 trapR bas-Z 1 10 own31 9:24 DEN Joe 14 offtackleR pas-Z 1 10 own45 8:46 DEN Mitchell 5 trapL bas-tZ 2 5 50 8:11 DEN Lee to Taylor X M-out bas-sM 3 5 50 8:03 DEN Mitchell 13 sweepL dou-sM 1 10 opp37 7:26 DEN Lee to Scarpitto 8 M-cross pas-M 2 2 opp29 6:53 DEN Lee to Dixon 9 S-flat run-sM 1 10 opp20 6:18 DEN Joe 3 offtackleL pas-sM 2 7 opp17 5:42 DEN Mitchell 2 trapR key-sMo 3 5 opp15 5:07 DEN Lee sacked by Marshall L-slant bas-sM dlI 4 18 opp28 4:37 DEN FG Guesman 35 good FG 0-3 KO 4:31 MIN Butler return of 30 KO-deep 1 10 own29 4:22 MIN Pen-MIN10 offtackleR bas-M 1 20 own19 4:14 MIN Tarkenton 13 Fmb L-hitch bas-Zi/Bz3 2 7 own32 3:20 MIN Mason 4 sweepL bas-M 3 3 own36 2:34 MIN Pen-DEN5 M-slant bas-tZi dlR 1 10 own41 2:34 MIN Tarkenton to Mason 7 M-hitch bas-Z 2 3 own48 1:53 MIN Mason 10 sweepL bas-Z 1 10 opp42 1:05 MIN Tarkenton to Donahue 14 M-slant bas-Z dlO 1 10 opp28 0:16 MIN Mayberry 3 trapL bas-Z dlL 2nd Quarter 2 7 opp25 15:00 MIN Mason 2 sweepR bas-M dlO 3 5 opp23 14:21 MIN Tarkenton 8 bootleg bas-sZ 1 10 opp15 13:42 MIN Mayberry 6 offtackleR bas-Z 2 4 opp9 13:09 MIN Tarkenton to Mason X M-hitch goa-tM 3 4 opp9 13:06 MIN Mason -2 offtackleL goa-tM 4 6 opp11 12:28 MIN FG Christopherson 18 good FG 3-3 KO 12:23 DEN Barry return of 21 KO-deep 1 10 own33 12:14 DEN Lee to Mitchell 6 M-straight bas-Z 2 4 own39 11:43 DEN Lee -3 Fmb M-slant bas-tZ 3 7 own36 11:05 DEN Lee to Joe 7 M-seam pas-Z con 1 10 own43 10:37 DEN Mitchell 3 offtackleR dou-M 2 7 own46 10:04 DEN Lee to Taylor X M-slant bas-tM 3 7 own46 9:57 DEN Lee to Scarpitto X M-out pas-M con dl 4 7 own46 9:48 DEN Punt Fraser 54,Butler 0 Pt-deep 1 10 own20 9:43 MIN Tarkenton to McElhenny 20 M-slant bas-Z dlO 1 10 own40 9:14 MIN McElhenny 4 offtackleR bas-Z 2 6 own44 8:39 MIN McElhenny 6 sweepR key-Z 1 10 50 7:50 MIN McElhenny 4 trapL bas-Z 2 6 opp46 7:06 MIN Mason 13 sweepL key-Z 1 10 opp33 6:07 MIN Tarkenton 1 S-hitch bas-M 2 9 opp32 5:13 MIN Brown -1 sweepL bas-Mi/Bz3 d 3 10 opp33 4:27 MIN Mason 9 draw pas-M/Bz2 4 1 opp24 3:39 MIN Tarkenton to Ferguson 24 TD L-slant goa-tZ 10-3 KO 3:26 DEN Barry return of 33 KO-deep 1 10 own48 3:14 DEN Pen-DEN10 B-post pas-Z 1 20 own38 3:00 DEN Lee to Dixon X B-post dou-M 2 20 own38 2:55 DEN Lee to Taylor X B-post pas-dM 3 20 own38 2:45 DEN Lee to Taylor 5 B-fly pre-vZ 4 15 own43 2:05 DEN Punt Fraser 41,Butler 21 Pt-deep 1 10 own37 2:00 MIN Tarkenton 3 M-out run-Z 2 7 own40 1:33 MIN Mason 14 sweepL bas-Z/Bz2 1 10 opp46 1:21 MIN Tarkenton to Ferguson INT M L-slant pas-Z 1 10 own24 1:13 DEN Mitchell 5 offtackleL pas-dZ dlO 2 5 own29 1:03 DEN Lee to Dixon X M-hitch pas-dZ dlO 3 5 own29 0:56 DEN Mitchell 5 draw pas-Z dlI own29 0:38 Lee spikes the ball! Spike Ball 2 10 own34 0:38 DEN Lee to Denson 8 M-out pre-vZ 3 2 own42 0:33 DEN Mitchell 33 draw pas-dZ/Bz1 d 1 10 opp25 0:16 DEN Lee to Taylor 11 M-hitch bas-dZ/Bz1 1 10 opp14 0:03 DEN PenDEN5 FG 1 15 opp19 0:03 DEN FG Guesman 26 no good FG 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 DEN Barry return of 18 KO-deep 1 10 own31 14:49 DEN Joe 51 sweepR bas-Z 1 10 opp18 13:58 DEN Pen-DEN5 sweepR pas-Zo 1 15 opp23 13:50 DEN Lee sacked by Dickson M-cross dou-M 2 27 opp35 13:16 DEN Lee to Dixon 29 L-slant key-dM 1 6 opp6 12:40 DEN Lee sacked by Marshall M-fade goa-tZ 2 17 opp17 12:30 DEN Mitchell 9 draw bas-Zo 3 8 opp8 11:51 DEN Joe -2 draw goa-tZ 4 10 opp10 11:18 DEN FG Guesman 17 no good FG 1 10 own20 11:12 MIN Mayberry 4 offtackleL bas-Z 2 6 own24 10:38 MIN Mason -1 sweepL bas-sZ 3 7 own23 9:50 MIN Mason 5 pitchR bas-Mi/Bz3 d 4 2 own28 9:06 MIN Punt McCormick 42,Barry-3 Pt-deep 1 10 own27 9:00 DEN Lee sacked by Dickson M-cross pas-Z 2 19 own18 8:22 DEN Lee 5 M-straight pas-Z con 3 14 own23 7:43 DEN Lee to Dixon INT Butler L-hitch pas-Z/Bz1 co 1 10 opp20 7:28 MIN Tarkenton to Reichow 12 S-hitch bas-Z 1 8 opp8 6:37 MIN Pen-MIN5 offtackleL goa-tZ 1 13 opp13 6:37 MIN Tarkenton 13 TD M-hitch goa-tZ 17-3 KO 6:26 DEN Barry return of 37 KO-deep 1 10 own49 6:13 DEN Lee to Scarpitto X M-cross bas-Z 2 10 own49 6:06 DEN Mitchell 5 pitchL dou-M 3 5 opp46 5:30 DEN Joe -2 pitchR dou-sM 4 7 opp48 4:50 Penalty Pt-deep 1 10 own17 4:46 MIN Tarkenton to Reed 13 Fmb M-out bas-Z 1 10 own30 3:54 MIN Reed 4 trapL bas-Z 2 6 own34 2:59 MIN Triplett 3 trapL run-M 3 3 own37 2:06 MIN Mason 8 offtackleL run-M dlO 1 10 own45 1:17 MIN Triplett 1 offtackleR bas-M 2 9 own46 0:30 MIN Tarkenton to Mason 13 M-hitch bas-M 4th Quarter 1 10 opp41 15:00 MIN McElhenny 2 offtackleL bas-Z 2 8 opp39 14:23 MIN Mayberry 4 offtackleR bas-Z 3 4 opp35 13:53 MIN Tarkenton to Mayberry 5 M-hitch bas-Z 1 10 opp30 13:22 MIN Mayberry 3 dive bas-Z 2 7 opp27 12:47 MIN Mason 4 trapL bas-Z 3 3 opp23 12:12 MIN Mason 9 offtackleL bas-Z 1 10 opp14 11:39 MIN Brown 4 dive bas-Z 2 6 opp10 11:04 MIN Mayberry 5 offtackleL bas-Z 3 1 opp5 10:17 MIN Mayberry 1 overtop bas-Z 1 4 opp4 9:23 MIN Pen-MIN10 trapL bas-Z 1 14 opp14 9:14 MIN Brown 2 trapL bas-Z 2 12 opp12 8:22 MIN Tarkenton to Mason 12 TD S-hitch bas-Z 24-3 KO 8:11 DEN Barry return of 6 KO-deep 1 10 own16 8:06 DEN Joe 5 dive pas-Z 2 5 own21 7:14 DEN Mitchell 3 offtackleL bas-Z 3 2 own24 6:20 DEN Mitchell 3 offtackleR bas-Z 1 10 own27 5:35 DEN Pen-DEN10 sweepL pas-Z 1 20 own17 5:26 DEN Joe 4 sweepR bas-dZ 2 16 own21 4:38 DEN Joe 8 Fmb sweepL pas-Z 1 10 own43 3:48 DEN Mitchell 4 sweepR bas-Z 2 6 own47 2:56 DEN Joe 5 sweepL bas-Z 3 1 opp48 2:19 DEN Mitchell 4 Fmb trapR bas-Z 1 10 own48 2:10 MIN Brown 3 dive bas-Z 2 7 opp49 1:59 MIN Brown 1 Fmb dive bas-Z 1 10 own48 1:52 DEN Joe 4 dive bas-Z 2 6 opp48 1:15 DEN Joe 7 sweepR bas-vZ 1 10 opp41 0:35 DEN Mitchell 4 offtackleR bas-vZo 2 6 opp37 0:27 DEN Joe 0 offtackleL run-tZ