1962 Minnesota Vikings season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Minnesota Vikings 1962 2–11–1 6th NFL Western Norm Van Brocklin Bert Rose Metropolitan Stadium Did not qualify RB Tommy Mason File:Vikings1962-64.png Vikings seasons The 1962 season was the Minnesota Vikings' second in the National Football League. Under head coach Norm Van Brocklin, the team finished with a 2–11–1 record that still stands as the franchise's worst season record in terms of winning percentage, both by today's method of calculation (.179) and the method used at the time (.154), in which ties were not counted as games played. The Vikings have won at least three games in every season since. Offseason 1962 draft 1962 NFL draft 1962 Minnesota Vikings Draft Draft order Player name Position College Round Overall 1 2 Traded to the New York GiantsThe Vikings traded their 1st-round selection (2nd overall) to the Giants in exchange for QB George Shaw. 2 17 Traded to the Cleveland BrownsBrowns The Vikings traded their 2nd-round selection (17th overall) and 11th-round selection (142nd overall) to the Browns in exchange for DT Jim Prestel, DE Jim Marshall, LB Dick Grecni, RB Jamie Caleb, RB Billy Gault and DT Paul Dickson. 3 30 Bill Miller Wide receiver Miami (FL)4 45 Roy Winston Guard LSU 5 58 Traded to the New York GiantsThe Vikings traded their 5th-round selection (58th overall) to the Giants in exchange for RB Mel Triplett, TE Bob Schnelker and OT Bob Schmidt. 6 73 Larry Bowie Offensive tackle Purdue 7 86 Traded to the Philadelphia EaglesThe Vikings traded their 7th-round selection (86th overall) to the Eagles in exchange for TE Jerry Reichow. 8 101 Paul White Running back Florida 9 114 Marshall Shirk Offensive tackle UCLA 10 129 Traded to the Cleveland BrownsThe Vikings traded their 10th-round selection (129th overall) to the Browns in exchange for DE Bob Denton. 11 142 Traded to the Cleveland BrownsBrowns 12 157 Gary Fallon Running back Syracuse 13 170 Roger Van Cleef Offensive tackle Southwestern State 14 185 Patrick Russ Offensive tackle Purdue 15 198 Larry Guilford End Pacific 16 213 John Contoulis Offensive tackle Connecticut 17 226 Ron Staley End Wisconsin 18 241 Junior Hawthorne Offensive tackle Kentucky 19 254 Tommy Minter Running back Baylor 20 269 Terry Cagaanan Running back Utah State Notes Roster 1962 Minnesota Vikings 15 John McCormick American football y P 10 Fran Tarkenton 30 Bill Brown American football 20 Tommy Mason 35 Doug Mayberry 39 Hugh McElhenny 33 Mel Triplett 85 Tom Adams American football y 84 Oscar Donahue y 88 Charley Ferguson 41 Larry Guilford y no 87 Gordon Smith American football 82 Steve Stonebreaker y OLB 67 Grady Alderman T 62 Bob Denton G/T 65 Gerry Huth G 73 Errol Linden T 64 Mike Rabold G 53 Mick Tingelhoff y C 72 Frank Youso T 61 Larry Bowie guard y DE/DT 76 Paul Dickson American football DT 51 Jim Leo DE 70 Jim Marshall defensive end DE 79 Jim Prestel DT 36 Jim Christopherson y K/OLB 58 Rip Hawkins MLB 55 Cliff Livingston OLB 31 Clancy Osborne OLB 60 Roy Winston y MLB 22 Bill Butler safety FS 25 Dean Derby CB 40 Tom Franckhauser CB 21 Chuck Lamson y SS 45 Ed Sharockman CB 26 Charlie Sumner FS 27 Bobby Reed American football y RB IR 89 Jerry Reichow WR IR Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendancehttps://www.profootballarchives.com/1962nflmin.html 1962 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) - Pro Football Archives 1 August 11 at San Francisco 49ers L 24–30 0–1 Husky Stadium (Seattle, WA) 22,500 2 August 18 at Los Angeles Rams L 24–33 0–2 Multnomah Stadium (Portland, OR) 23,544 3 August 25 St. Louis Cardinals L 21–24 0–3 Parade Stadium (Minneapolis) 15,500 4 September 2 Baltimore Colts W 24–13 1–3 Metropolitan Stadium 27,227 5 September 8 Dallas Cowboys W 45–26 2–3 Grady Stadium (Atlanta, GA)http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/252715-part-ii-brutal-vikings-camp-wild-nightlife-and-dallas-cowboys-come-bemidji-1962 Part II: Brutal Vikings camp, wild nightlife and the Dallas Cowboys come to Bemidji in 1962 23 August 2011 12,500 Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 16 at Green Bay Packers L 7–34 0–1 City Stadium 38,669 2 September 23 Baltimore Colts L 7–34 0–2 Metropolitan Stadium 30,787 3 September 30 at San Francisco 49ers L 7–21 0–3 Kezar Stadium 38,407 4 October 7 Chicago Bears L 0–13 0–4 Metropolitan Stadium 33,141 5 October 14 Green Bay Packers L 21–48 0–5 Metropolitan Stadium 41,475 6 October 21 at Los Angeles Rams W 38–14 1–5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 33,071 7 October 28 Philadelphia Eagles W 31–21 2–5 Metropolitan Stadium 30,071 8 November 4 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 31–39 2–6 Forbes Field 14,462 9 November 11 at Chicago Bears L 30–31 2–7 Wrigley Field 46,984 10 November 18 Detroit Lions L 6–17 2–8 Metropolitan Stadium 31,257 11 November 25 Los Angeles Rams T 24–24 2–8–1 Metropolitan Stadium 26,728 12 December 2 San Francisco 49ers L 12–35 2–9–1 Metropolitan Stadium 33,076 13 December 9 at Detroit Lions L 23–37 2–10–1 Tiger Stadium 42,256 14 December 16 at Baltimore Colts L 17–42 2–11–1 Memorial Stadium 53,645 Note: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. Standings Pro Bowl Second-year halfback Tommy Mason was the only Viking voted to the East–West Pro Bowl game, played January 13, 1963, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and won by the East 30–20. Statistics Team leaders Category Player(s) Value Passing yards Fran Tarkenton 2,595 Passing touchdowns Fran Tarkenton 22 Rushing yards Tommy Mason 740 Rushing touchdowns Tommy MasonFran TarkentonMel Triplett 2 Receiving yards Tommy Mason 603 Receiving touchdowns Charley FergusonTommy Mason 6 Points Jim Christopherson 61 Kickoff return yards Bill Butler 588 Punt return yards Bill Butler 169 Interceptions Ed Sharockman 6SacksJim Marshall9 Note that sack totals from 1960 to 1981 are considered unofficial by the NFLPre-1982 Sacks Added To Pro Football Reference https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2021/07/pre-1982-sacks-added-to-pro-football-reference/ 2023-12-18 Sports-Reference.com en League rankings Category Total yards Yards per game NFL rank(out of 14) Passing offense 2,216 158.3 11th Rushing offense 1,864 133.1 6th Total offense 4,080 291.4 12th Passing defense 3,123 223.1 11th Rushing defense 1,978 141.3 10th Total defense 5,101 364.4 12th References 1962 Draft Pro Football Hall of Fame http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=1452 April 10, 2007 1962 Minnesota Vikings DatabaseFootball http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=MIN&lg=nfl&yr=1962 April 10, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070410120847/http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=MIN&lg=nfl&yr=1962 10 April 2007 usurped Category:Minnesota Vikings seasons Minnesota Minnesota Vikings