1962 Minnesota Vikings season
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1962 Minnesota Vikings season
| 1962 Minnesota Vikings season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Norm Van Brocklin | ||||||
| Home field | Metropolitan Stadium | ||||||
| Results | |||||||
| Record | 2-11-1 | ||||||
| Division Place | 6th NFL Western | ||||||
| Playoff finish | did not qualify | ||||||
| Timeline | |||||||
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The 1962 Minnesota Vikings season was the second year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 43rd regular season of the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of two wins, 11 losses, and one tie under head coach Norm Van Brocklin.
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Offseason
1962 NFL Draft
| Round | Overall Pick |
Name | Position | College |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pick traded to Los Angeles Rams | |||
| 2 | Pick traded to Cleveland Browns | |||
| 3 | 30 | Bill Miller | Wide receiver | Miami (Florida) |
| 4 | 45 | Roy Winston | Guard | LSU |
| 5 | Pick traded to New York Giants | |||
| 6 | 73 | Larry Bowie | Offensive tackle | Purdue |
| 7 | Pick traded to Philadelphia Eagles | |||
| 8 | 101 | Paul White | Running back | Florida |
| 9 | 114 | Marshall Shirk | Offensive tackle | UCLA |
| 10 | Pick traded to Cleveland Browns | |||
| 11 | Pick traded to Cleveland Browns | |||
| 12 | 157 | Gary Fallon | Running back | Syracuse |
| 13 | 170 | Roger Van Cleef | Offensive tackle | Southwestern Oklahoma |
| 14 | 185 | Patrick Russ | Offensive tackle | Purdue |
| 15 | 198 | Larry Guilford | Offensive lineman | Pacific |
| 16 | 213 | John Contoulis | Offensive tackle | Connecticut |
| 17 | 226 | Ron Staley | Offensive lineman | Wisconsin |
| 18 | 241 | Junior Hawthorne | Offensive tackle | Kentucky |
| 19 | 254 | Tommy Minter | Running back | Baylor |
| 20 | 269 | Terry Cagaanan | Running back | Utah State |
Regular season
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
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| 1 | 1962-09-16 | at Green Bay Packers | L 34-7 | City Stadium | 38,669 | 0-1 |
| 2 | 1962-09-23 | Baltimore Colts | L 34-7 | Metropolitan Stadium | 30,787 | 0-2 |
| 3 | 1962-09-30 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 21-7 | Kezar Stadium | 38,407 | 0-3 |
| 4 | 1962-10-07 | Chicago Bears | L 13-0 | Metropolitan Stadium | 33,141 | 0-4 |
| 5 | 1962-10-14 | Green Bay Packers | L 48-21 | Metropolitan Stadium | 41,475 | 0-5 |
| 6 | 1962-10-21 | at Los Angeles Rams | W 38-14 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 33,071 | 1-5 |
| 7 | 1962-10-28 | Philadelphia Eagles | W 31-21 | Metropolitan Stadium | 30,071 | 2-5 |
| 8 | 1962-11-04 | at Pittsburgh Steelers | L 39-31 | Forbes Field | 14,462 | 2-6 |
| 9 | 1962-11-11 | at Chicago Bears | L 31-30 | Wrigley Field | 46,984 | 2-7 |
| 10 | 1962-11-18 | Detroit Lions | L 17-6 | Metropolitan Stadium | 31,257 | 2-8 |
| 11 | 1962-11-25 | Los Angeles Rams | T 24-24 | Metropolitan Stadium | 26,728 | 2-8-1 |
| 12 | 1962-12-02 | San Francisco 49ers | L 35-12 | Metropolitan Stadium | 33,076 | 2-9-1 |
| 13 | 1962-12-09 | at Detroit Lions | L 37-23 | Tiger Stadium | 42,256 | 2-10-1 |
| 14 | 1962-12-16 | at Baltimore Colts | L 42-17 | Memorial Stadium | 53,645 | 2-11-1 |
Standings
| NFL Western | |||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |
| Green Bay Packers | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 415 | 148 | W-3 |
| Detroit Lions | 11 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 315 | 177 | L-1 |
| Chicago Bears | 9 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 321 | 287 | W-2 |
| Baltimore Colts | 7 | 7 | 0 | .500 | 293 | 288 | W-2 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 8 | 0 | .429 | 282 | 331 | L-2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 11 | 1 | .154 | 254 | 410 | L-3 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 12 | 1 | .077 | 220 | 334 | L-3 |
See also
References
- "1962 Draft". Pro Football Hall of Fame. http://www.profootballhof.com/history/release.jsp?release_id=1452. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- "1962 National Football League". NFLHistory.net. Archived from the original on 7 May 2007. http://nflhistory.net/linescores/pdf/1962n.pdf. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- "1962 Minnesota Vikings". DatabaseFootball. Archived from the original on 10 April 2007. http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=MIN&lg=nfl&yr=1962. Retrieved 2007-04-10.
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| Eastern Conference | Western Conference |
| Cleveland | Baltimore |
| Dallas | Chicago |
| NY Giants | Detroit |
| Philadelphia | Green Bay |
| Pittsburgh | Los Angeles |
| St. Louis | Minnesota |
| Washington | San Francisco |
| 1962 NFL Draft • NFL Championship • Pro Bowl Related: 1962 AFL Season |
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