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1966 Atlanta Falcons

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 7th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 204 points (14.6/g), 15th of 15 in the NFL.
 Allowed 437 points (31.2/g), 14th.
 Differential of -233 points (-16.6/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 2.0-12.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.9/g), 12th.

Coached by Norb Hecker (3-11-0)

1966 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 11 box L 0-1 Los Angeles Rams 14 19 10 237 116 121 2 23 421 275 146 2
2 Sun September 18 box L 0-2 @ Philadelphia Eagles 10 23 16 298 202 96 3 20 340 135 205 2
3 Sun September 25 box L 0-3 @ Detroit Lions 10 28 13 259 104 155 3 18 344 208 136 3
4 Sun October 2 box L 0-4 Dallas Cowboys 14 47 20 276 170 106 5 22 363 220 143 2
5 Sun October 9 box L 0-5 @ Washington Redskins 20 33 19 268 146 122 2 26 432 286 146
6 Sun October 16 box L 0-6 San Francisco 49ers 7 44 14 215 156 59 4 29 504 328 176 1
7 Sun October 23 box L 0-7 @ Green Bay Packers 3 56 15 216 76 140 4 19 357 231 126
8 Sun October 30 box L 0-8 Cleveland Browns 17 49 23 321 117 204 3 22 508 295 213 1
9 Sun November 13 box L 0-9 Baltimore Colts 7 19 17 241 152 89 7 13 200 105 95 3
10 Sun November 20 box W 1-9 @ New York Giants 27 16 19 289 167 122 1 21 303 152 151 4
11 Sun November 27 box L 1-10 @ Chicago Bears 6 23 6 167 101 66 3 23 476 177 299 4
12 Sun December 4 box W 2-10 @ Minnesota Vikings 20 13 10 187 114 73 16 270 161 109 6
13 Sun December 11 box W 3-10 St. Louis Cardinals 16 10 11 192 105 87 2 16 296 195 101 3
14 Sun December 18 box L 3-11 Pittsburgh Steelers 33 57 18 370 291 79 5 27 458 332 126 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 204 3536 824 4.3 211 175 381 2017 14 27 4.8 104 405 1519 11 3.8 85 44 17 22
Team Defense 437 5272 902 5.8 464 227 396 3100 26 19 7.2 151 472 2172 20 4.6 295 32 13 18
Lg Rank Offense 15 14 13 12 12 10 12 12 11 11 11 10 13 10
Lg Rank Defense 14 15 15 5 15 13 10 14 13 15 14 15 10 10

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Randy Johnson 22 QB 14 11 3-8-0 129 295 43.7 1795 12 4.1 21 7.1 53 6.1 3.3 13.9 128.2 47.8
Dennis Claridge 25 7 3 0-3-0 40 70 57.1 471 2 2.9 2 2.9 62 6.7 5.7 11.8 67.3 75.4
Steve Sloan 22 3 0 6 13 46.2 96 0 0.0 2 15.4 32 7.4 0.5 16.0 32.0 31.7
Perry Lee Dunn 25 14 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Billy Lothridge 24 P 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.7 14 3-11-0 175 381 45.9 2362 14 3.7 27 7.1 62 6.2 3.4 13.5 168.7 48.9
Opp Total 14 227 396 57.3 3100 26 6.6 19 4.8 7.8 6.3 13.7 221.4 84.4 34 276 7.2 5.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Junior Coffey 24 HB 14 0 199 722 4 37 3.6 51.6 14.2 15 182 12.1 1 46 1.1 13.0 904 5 4
Ernie Wheelwright 27 FB 14 0 121 458 3 65 3.8 32.7 8.6 15 137 9.1 3 35 1.1 9.8 595 6 2
Randy Johnson 22 QB 14 11 35 142 4 21 4.1 10.1 2.5 142 4 13
Perry Lee Dunn 25 14 0 22 52 0 10 2.4 3.7 1.6 5 45 9.0 0 16 0.4 3.2 97 0 2
Charlie Scales 28 5 0 10 38 0 10 3.8 7.6 2.0 3 16 5.3 0 15 0.6 3.2 54 0 0
Dennis Claridge 25 7 3 5 15 0 12 3.0 2.1 0.7 15 0 1
Preston Ridlehuber 23 3 0 4 23 0 12 5.8 7.7 1.3 4 84 21.0 2 53 1.3 28.0 107 2 0
Ron Rector 22 4 0 4 32 0 20 8.0 8.0 1.0 32 0 0
Rudy Johnson 25 1 0 3 3 0 3 1.0 3.0 3.0 3 0 0
Jimmy Sidle 23 6 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 2.0 0.2 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.2 2.7 28 0 1
Billy Lothridge 24 P 14 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 1.6 0.1 22 0 0
Alex Hawkins 29 FL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 661 15.0 2 42 3.7 55.1 661 2 1
Bill Martin 24 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 330 11.4 0 35 2.1 23.6 330 0 0
Vern Burke 25 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 348 12.4 1 45 2.0 24.9 348 1 0
Gary Barnes 27 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 173 14.4 1 52 1.3 19.2 173 1 1
Taz Anderson 28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 195 19.5 3 62 1.3 24.4 195 3 0
Angelo Coia 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 93 23.3 0 39 0.7 15.5 93 0 1
Bob Sherlag 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 53 13.3 1 30 0.4 5.9 53 1 0
Tom Hutchinson 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 28 28.0 0 28 0.2 5.6 28 0 0
Team Total 25.7 14 405 1519 11 65 3.8 108.5 28.9 175 2362 13.5 14 62 12.5 168.7 3881 25 30
Opp Total 14 472 2172 20 4.6 155.1 33.7 227 3100 13.7 26 16.2 221.4 5272 46 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ron Smith 23 LCB 14 14 11 80 0 23 7.3 43 1013 0 80 23.6 1093
Nick Rassas 22 8 0 4 10 0 6 2.5 8 203 0 32 25.4 213
Jimmy Sidle 23 6 0 6 117 0 24 19.5 145
Larry Morris 33 12 0 5 50 0 20 10.0 50
Ken Reaves 22 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 4 85 0 28 21.3 87
Charlie Scales 28 5 0 5 101 0 32 20.2 155
Bob Sherlag 23 9 0 2 8 0 8 4.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 61
Perry Lee Dunn 25 14 0 2 36 0 22 18.0 133
Marion Rushing 30 LLB 14 0 2 52 0 35 26.0 52
Junior Coffey 24 HB 14 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 922
Glenn Glass 26 3 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Alex Hawkins 29 FL 12 0 1 30 0 30 30.0 691
Ralph Heck 25 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Bill Martin 24 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 330
Bill Wolski 22 2 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Team Total 25.7 14 18 100 0 23 5.6 82 1737 0 80 21.2 5718
Opp Total 14 35 1 44 962 0 21.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Billy Lothridge 24 P 14 0 73 2968 60 0 40.7
Lou Kirouac 26 K 14 0 3 1 8 4 7 4 18 9 50.0% 24 19 79.2%
Wade Traynham 24 2 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 100.0%
Team Total 25.7 14 3 1 8 4 1 7 4 19 9 47.4% 26 21 80.8% 73 2968 60 0 40.7
Opp Total 14 41 25 61.0% 52 48 92.3% 38 1467 38.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Gary Barnes 27 9 0 1 0 0 0
Vern Burke 25 SE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Lee Calland 25 RCB 14 14 3 6 0 6 0 1 0 0
Dennis Claridge 25 7 3 1 1 0 0
Junior Coffey 24 HB 14 0 4 1 0 0
Angelo Coia 28 6 0 1 0 0 0
Perry Lee Dunn 25 14 0 2 0 -5 0
Alex Hawkins 29 FL 12 0 1 1 4 0
Ralph Heck 25 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Jobko 31 RLB 14 0 2 5 0 3
Randy Johnson 22 QB 14 11 13 3 -6 0
Jerry Jones 22 7 0 0 1 3 0
Errol Linden 29 RT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Frank Marchlewski 23 C 14 14 0 1 0 0
Bill Martin 24 TE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Tommy Nobis* 23 MLB 14 0 0 1 0 0
Nick Rassas 22 8 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Reaves 22 14 0 1 16 0 16 1 0 0 0
Bobby Richards 28 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jerry Richardson 25 LS 14 14 5 68 0 20 0 1 5 0
Bob Riggle 22 RS 14 0 3 71 1 62 0 1 0 0
Karl Rubke 31 LDT 14 12 0 1 0 0
Marion Rushing 30 LLB 14 0 3 5 0 5 0 1 0 0
Charlie Scales 28 5 0 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Sidle 23 6 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Smith 23 LCB 14 14 2 6 0 4 2 2 -1 0
Don Talbert 27 LT 12 12 0 2 0 0
Tommy Tolleson 23 8 0 0 1 0 0
Ernie Wheelwright 27 FB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Team Total 25.7 14 19 177 1 62 30 26 0 0
Opp Total 14 38 24 11 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Lou Kirouac 26 K 14 0 19 9 46
Ernie Wheelwright 27 FB 14 0 3 3 36
Junior Coffey 24 HB 14 0 4 1 30
Randy Johnson 22 QB 14 11 4 24
Taz Anderson 28 8 0 3 18
Alex Hawkins 29 FL 12 0 2 12
Preston Ridlehuber 23 3 0 2 12
Gary Barnes 27 9 0 1 6
Vern Burke 25 SE 14 0 1 6
Bob Riggle 22 RS 14 0 1 6
Bob Sherlag 23 9 0 1 6
Wade Traynham 24 2 0 2 2
Team Total 25.7 14 11 14 1 21 9 204
Opp Total 14 20 26 1 48 25 1 437