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1966 Atlanta Falcons
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.
Simple Rating System: Total -15.5, Offense: -6.5, Defense: -9.0, SoS: 1.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Norb Hecker
Training Camp: YMCA Camp (Black Mountain, North Carolina)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Randy Johnson | 22 | Rook | 11 | 129 for 295, 1,795 yards, 12 td, 21 int, & 35 rushes for 142 yards and 4 td | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 16th pick / 1966 Denver Broncos / 4th / 27th pick / 1966 |
| HB | Junior Coffey | 24 | 1 | 0 | 199 rushes for 722 yards, 4 td, & 15 catches for 182 yards and 1 td | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 94th pick / 1965 Houston Oilers / 16th / 122nd pick / 1965 |
| FB | Ernie Wheelwright | 27 | 2 | 0 | 121 rushes for 458 yards, 3 td, & 15 catches for 137 yards and 3 td | |
| FL | Alex Hawkins | 29 | 7 | 0 | 44 catches for 661 yards, 2 td | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1959 |
| SE | Vern Burke | 25 | 1 | 0 | 28 catches for 348 yards, 1 td | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 64th pick / 1963 Oakland Raiders / 15th / 113th pick / 1963 |
| TE | Bill Martin | 24 | 2 | 0 | 29 catches for 330 yards, 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 10th pick / 1964 Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1964 |
| LT | Don Talbert | 27 | 4 | 12 | 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 34th / 271st pick / 1962 Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 100th pick / 1961 |
| LG | Ed Cook | 34 | 8 | 14 | ||
| C | Frank Marchlewski | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 19th / 152nd pick / 1965 |
| RG | Dan Grimm | 25 | 3 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 70th pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 20th / 157th pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Errol Linden | 29 | 5 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 10th / 135th pick / 1961 Houston Oilers / 29th / 232nd pick / 1961 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bobby Richards | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 32nd / 249th pick / 1962 Philadelphia Eagles / 15th / 210th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Karl Rubke | 31 | 9 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 56th pick / 1957 |
| RDT | Chuck Sieminski | 26 | 3 | 14 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1962 Boston Patriots / 14th / 110th pick / 1962 |
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| RDE | Sam Williams | 35 | 7 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 24th / 288th pick / 1956 | |
| LLB | Marion Rushing | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| MLB | Tommy Nobis* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1966 Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1966 |
| RLB | Bill Jobko | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1958 |
| KR | Ron Smith | 23 | 1 | 14 | 43 kick returns for a 23.6 average and 0 td | |
| RCB | Lee Calland | 25 | 3 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LS | Jerry Richardson | 25 | 2 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 35th pick / 1964 Denver Broncos / 7th / 54th pick / 1964 |
| RS | Bob Riggle | 22 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 20th / 291st pick / 1966 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Lou Kirouac | 26 | 3 | 0 | 9 of 18 field goals & 19 of 24 extra points | |
| P | Billy Lothridge | 24 | 2 | 0 | 73 punts for a 40.7 average, 0 blocked | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 73rd pick / 1964 Oakland Raiders / 12th / 95th pick / 1964 |
| KR | Ron Smith | 23 | 1 | 14 | 43 kick returns for a 23.6 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Ron Smith | 23 | 1 | 14 | 43 kick returns for a 23.6 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | Taz Anderson | 28 | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 11/15/1938 | 5 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 80th pick / 1960 | |
| 80 | Gary Barnes | 27 | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | Clemson | 9/13/1939 | 4 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 41st pick / 1962 New York Titans / 9th / 69th pick / 1962 |
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| 84 | Vern Burke | 25 | SE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Oregon St. | 4/30/1941 | 1 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 64th pick / 1963 Oakland Raiders / 15th / 113th pick / 1963 |
| 22 | Lee Calland | 25 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Louisville | 9/14/1941 | 3 | 4 | |
| 10 | Dennis Claridge | 25 | qb | 7 | 3 | 220 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 8/18/1941 | 1 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 39th pick / 1963 Oakland Raiders / 26th / 201st pick / 1963 |
| 34 | Junior Coffey | 24 | HB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/21/1942 | 1 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 94th pick / 1965 Houston Oilers / 16th / 122nd pick / 1965 |
| 48 | Angelo Coia | 28 | 6 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Citadel,USC | 4/21/1938 | 6 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 20th / 237th pick / 1960 | |
| 75 | Ed Cook | 34 | LG | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/29/1932 | 8 | 6 | |
| 37 | Perry Lee Dunn | 25 | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 1/20/1941 | 2 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1964 Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 45th pick / 1964 |
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| 49 | Glenn Glass | 26 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 2/16/1940 | 4 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 12th pick / 1962 Chicago Bears / 17th / 231st pick / 1962 |
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| 67 | Dan Grimm | 25 | RG | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Colorado | 2/7/1941 | 3 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 70th pick / 1963 Denver Broncos / 20th / 157th pick / 1963 |
| 25 | Alex Hawkins | 29 | FL | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 7/2/1937 | 7 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1959 |
| 55 | Ralph Heck | 25 | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Colorado | 11/6/1941 | 3 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 144th pick / 1963 | |
| 83 | Tom Hutchinson | 25 | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 6/15/1941 | 3 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1963 Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 12th pick / 1963 |
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| 57 | Bill Jobko | 31 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Ohio St. | 10/7/1935 | 8 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1958 |
| 11 | Randy Johnson | 22 | QB | 14 | 11 | 205 | 6-3 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 6/17/1944 | Rook | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 16th pick / 1966 Denver Broncos / 4th / 27th pick / 1966 |
| 32 | Rudy Johnson | 25 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 8/12/1941 | 2 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 57th pick / 1964 New York Jets / 12th / 91st pick / 1964 |
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| 50 | Jerry Jones | 22 | 7 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Bowling Green | 2/14/1944 | Rook | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1966 Denver Broncos / 7th / 53rd pick / 1966 |
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| 65 | Lou Kirouac | 26 | K | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston Col. | 5/17/1940 | 3 | 1 | |
| 78 | Dick Koeper | 23 | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Oregon St. | 7/23/1943 | Rook | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 74th pick / 1965 | |
| 73 | Errol Linden | 29 | RT | 14 | 14 | 258 | 6-5 | Houston | 10/21/1937 | 5 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 135th pick / 1961 Houston Oilers / 29th / 232nd pick / 1961 |
| 26 | Billy Lothridge | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 1/1/1942 | 2 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 73rd pick / 1964 Oakland Raiders / 12th / 95th pick / 1964 |
| 27 | Red Mack | 29 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 6/19/1937 | 5 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 131st pick / 1961 Buffalo Bills / 23rd / 179th pick / 1961 |
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| 53 | Frank Marchlewski | 23 | C | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 10/14/1943 | 1 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 19th / 152nd pick / 1965 |
| 70 | Bud Marshall | 25 | 6 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Baylor,S.F. Austin | 9/12/1941 | 1 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 136th pick / 1965 | |
| 85 | Bill Martin | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 10/27/1942 | 2 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 10th pick / 1964 Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1964 |
| 33 | Larry Morris | 33 | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/10/1933 | 11 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1955 | |
| 60 | Tommy Nobis* | 23 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Texas | 9/20/1943 | Rook | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1966 Houston Oilers / 1st / 5th pick / 1966 |
| 47 | Nick Rassas | 22 | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 1/13/1944 | Rook | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1966 Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 17th pick / 1966 |
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| 36 | Ken Reaves | 22 | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Norfolk St. | 10/29/1944 | Rook | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 49th pick / 1966 | |
| 29 | Ron Rector | 22 | 4 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 5/29/1944 | Rook | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 138th pick / 1966 | |
| 76 | Guy Reese | 27 | 2 | 0 | 258 | 6-5 | SMU | 9/22/1939 | 4 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 11th / 83rd pick / 1962 Dallas Cowboys / 15th / 200th pick / 1962 |
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| 68 | Bobby Richards | 28 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | LSU | 10/2/1938 | 4 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 32nd / 249th pick / 1962 Philadelphia Eagles / 15th / 210th pick / 1961 |
| 43 | Jerry Richardson | 25 | LS | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-3 | West Texas A&M | 11/13/1941 | 2 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 35th pick / 1964 Denver Broncos / 7th / 54th pick / 1964 |
| 32 | Preston Ridlehuber | 23 | 3 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Georgia | 11/2/1943 | Rook | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 166th pick / 1966 New York Jets / 19th / 168th pick / 1966 |
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| 20 | Bob Riggle | 22 | RS | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 2/5/1944 | Rook | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 20th / 291st pick / 1966 |
| 74 | Karl Rubke | 31 | LDT | 14 | 12 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 12/6/1935 | 9 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 56th pick / 1957 |
| 52 | Marion Rushing | 30 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Southern Illinois | 9/3/1936 | 7 | 5 | |
| 31 | Charlie Scales | 28 | 5 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Indiana | 1/11/1938 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 82 | Bob Sherlag | 23 | 9 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Memphis | 4/19/1943 | Rook | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 41st pick / 1966 Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 84th pick / 1966 |
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| 24 | Jimmy Sidle | 23 | 6 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Auburn | 2/7/1943 | Rook | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 47th pick / 1965 New York Jets / 9th / 68th pick / 1965 |
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| 77 | Chuck Sieminski | 26 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Penn St. | 7/3/1940 | 3 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1962 Boston Patriots / 14th / 110th pick / 1962 |
| 45 | Carl Silvestri | 23 | 3 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 3/27/1943 | 1 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 222nd pick / 1965 | |
| 66 | Jim Simon | 26 | g | 14 | 2 | 240 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 3/22/1940 | 3 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 71st pick / 1963 Detroit Lions / 15th / 208th pick / 1963 |
| 14 | Steve Sloan | 22 | 3 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Alabama | 8/19/1944 | Rook | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 156th pick / 1966 | |
| 40 | Ron Smith | 23 | KR | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 5/3/1943 | 1 | 4 | |
| 71 | Joe Szczecko | 24 | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 8/25/1942 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 72 | Don Talbert | 27 | LT | 12 | 12 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas | 3/1/1939 | 4 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 34th / 271st pick / 1962 Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 100th pick / 1961 |
| 86 | Tommy Tolleson | 23 | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/30/1943 | Rook | 0 | New York Jets / 17th / 150th pick / 1966 Atlanta Falcons / 15th / 216th pick / 1966 |
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| 7 | Wade Traynham | 24 | 2 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | Frederick CC (MD) | 2/3/1942 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 30 | Ernie Wheelwright | 27 | FB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Southern Illinois | 11/28/1939 | 2 | 5 | |
| 51 | Bob Whitlow | 30 | 11 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Indiana,Arizona | 2/15/1936 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 88 | Sam Williams | 35 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-5 | Michigan St. | 3/9/1931 | 7 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 24th / 288th pick / 1956 |
| 44 | Bill Wolski | 22 | 2 | 0 | 203 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 5/23/1944 | Rook | 0 | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 65th pick / 1966 New York Jets / 10th / 87th pick / 1966 |
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| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 220.4 | 6-2.0 | 2.8 |
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