Moore Yards Propel Packers in Inaugural Meeting with Vikings

Oct. 22, 1961 – Paul Hornung scores 15 points and Tom Moore rushes for 159 yards in the first-ever meeting between the Packers and the Vikings, a game won by Green Bay 33-7. Hornung kicks four field goals and tacks on extra points after TDs by Boyd Dowler, Jim Taylor and Dan Currie. “You could tell they were out to stop Taylor,” Packers coach Vince Lombardi says. “And they did a pretty good job.” While Taylor is held to 46 yards rushing on 14 attempts, Moore rips off five runs of 10 or more yards including a 69-yarder that sets up Taylor’s 3-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. In assessing Moore’s performance, Vikings coach Norm Van Brocklin says: “He’s just as big (as Hornung) and just as strong.”