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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.
Coached by Norb Hecker (3-11-0)
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1966 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| TE | Bill Martin | 24 | 2 | 0 | 29 catches for 330 yards, 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 10th pick / 1964 |
| LT | Don Talbert | 27 | 4 | 12 | 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 34th / 271st pick / 1962 |
| LG | Ed Cook | 34 | 8 | 14 | ||
| C | Frank Marchlewski | 23 | 1 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1965 |
| RG | Dan Grimm | 25 | 3 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 70th pick / 1963 |
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| RT | Errol Linden | 29 | 5 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 10th / 135th pick / 1961 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bobby Richards | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 32nd / 249th pick / 1962 |
| 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 |
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| RDE | Sam Williams | 35 | 7 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 24th / 288th pick / 1956 |
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| 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 |
| RLB | Bill Jobko | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1958 |
| LCB | Ron Smith | 23 | 1 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| PR | Ron Smith | 23 | 1 | 14 | 11 punt returns for a 7.3 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Ron Smith | 23 | 1 | 14 | 43 kick returns for a 23.6 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Taz Anderson | 28 | TE | 8 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 11/15/1938 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 7th / 80th pick / 1960 |
| Gary Barnes | 27 | WR | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | Clemson | 9/13/1939 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 41st pick / 1962 |
| Vern Burke | 25 | SE-TE | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Oregon State | 4/30/1941 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 64th pick / 1963 |
| Lee Calland | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Louisville | 9/14/1941 | 3 | |
| Dennis Claridge | 25 | QB | 7 | 3 | 220 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 8/18/1941 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 39th pick / 1963 |
| Junior Coffey | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Washington | 3/21/1942 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 94th pick / 1965 |
| Angelo Coia | 28 | SE-WR | 6 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Citadel,USC | 4/21/1938 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 20th / 237th pick / 1960 |
| Ed Cook | 34 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/29/1932 | 8 | |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 1/20/1941 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 24th pick / 1964 |
| Glenn Glass | 26 | DB-WR | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 2/16/1940 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 12th pick / 1962 |
| Dan Grimm | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Colorado | 2/7/1941 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 70th pick / 1963 |
| Alex Hawkins | 29 | HB-FL-WR | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | South Carolina | 7/2/1937 | 7 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 13th pick / 1959 |
| Ralph Heck | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Colorado | 11/6/1941 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 144th pick / 1963 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 25 | TE-WR | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 6/15/1941 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 9th pick / 1963 |
| Bill Jobko | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 10/7/1935 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 80th pick / 1958 |
| Randy Johnson | 22 | QB | 14 | 11 | 205 | 6-3 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 6/17/1944 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 16th pick / 1966 |
| Rudy Johnson | 25 | HB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 8/12/1941 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 57th pick / 1964 |
| Jerry Jones | 22 | T-DE-DT | 7 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Bowling Green | 2/14/1944 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1966 |
| Lou Kirouac | 26 | G-T-K | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Boston College | 5/17/1940 | 3 | |
| Dick Koeper | 23 | T | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Oregon State | 7/23/1943 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 74th pick / 1965 |
| Errol Linden | 29 | T | 14 | 14 | 258 | 6-5 | Houston | 10/21/1937 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 135th pick / 1961 |
| Billy Lothridge | 24 | DB-P | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 1/1/1942 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 73rd pick / 1964 |
| Red Mack | 29 | TE-WR-HB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 6/19/1937 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 131st pick / 1961 |
| Frank Marchlewski | 23 | C | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 10/14/1943 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1965 |
| Bud Marshall | 25 | DT-DE | 6 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Baylor,Stephen F. Austin | 9/12/1941 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 136th pick / 1965 |
| Bill Martin | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Georgia Tech | 10/27/1942 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 10th pick / 1964 |
| Larry Morris | 33 | LB-FB-HB | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/10/1933 | 11 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1955 |
| Tommy Nobis* | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Texas | 9/20/1943 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 1st / 1st pick / 1966 |
| Nick Rassas | 22 | DB | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 1/13/1944 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1966 |
| Ken Reaves | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Norfolk State | 10/29/1944 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 49th pick / 1966 |
| Ron Rector | 22 | RB | 4 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 5/29/1944 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 9th / 138th pick / 1966 |
| Guy Reese | 27 | DT | 2 | 0 | 258 | 6-5 | SMU | 9/22/1939 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 11th / 83rd pick / 1962 |
| Bobby Richards | 28 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | LSU | 10/2/1938 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 32nd / 249th pick / 1962 |
| Jerry Richardson | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-3 | West Texas A&M | 11/13/1941 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 35th pick / 1964 |
| Preston Ridlehuber | 23 | RB | 3 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Georgia | 11/2/1943 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 11th / 166th pick / 1966 |
| Bob Riggle | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Penn State | 2/5/1944 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 20th / 291st pick / 1966 |
| Karl Rubke | 31 | LB-C-DT-DE | 14 | 12 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 12/6/1935 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 56th pick / 1957 |
| Marion Rushing | 30 | LB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Southern Illinois | 9/3/1936 | 7 | |
| Charlie Scales | 28 | HB-FB | 5 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Indiana | 1/11/1938 | 6 | |
| Bob Sherlag | 23 | WR | 9 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Memphis | 4/19/1943 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 41st pick / 1966 |
| Jimmy Sidle | 23 | RB | 6 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Auburn | 2/7/1943 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 47th pick / 1965 |
| Chuck Sieminski | 26 | DT | 14 | 14 | 270 | 6-5 | Penn State | 7/3/1940 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1962 |
| Carl Silvestri | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Wisconsin | 3/27/1943 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 16th / 222nd pick / 1965 |
| Jim Simon | 26 | G-T | 14 | 2 | 240 | 6-4 | Miami (FL) | 3/22/1940 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 71st pick / 1963 |
| Steve Sloan | 22 | QB | 3 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Alabama | 8/19/1944 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 11th / 156th pick / 1966 |
| Ron Smith | 23 | DB-WR | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 5/3/1943 | 1 | |
| Joe Szczecko | 24 | DT | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-0 | Northwestern | 8/25/1942 | Rook | |
| Don Talbert | 27 | T-LB | 12 | 12 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas | 3/1/1939 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 34th / 271st pick / 1962 |
| Tommy Tolleson | 23 | WR | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/30/1943 | Rook | New York Jets / 17th / 150th pick / 1966 |
| Wade Traynham | 24 | K | 2 | 0 | 218 | 6-2 | Frederick Community College (MD) | 2/3/1942 | Rook | |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 27 | RB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Southern Illinois | 11/28/1939 | 2 | |
| Bob Whitlow | 30 | C | 11 | 0 | 236 | 6-2 | Arizona,Indiana | 2/15/1936 | 6 | |
| Sam Williams | 35 | DE-E-LB | 14 | 14 | 235 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 3/9/1931 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 24th / 288th pick / 1956 |
| Bill Wolski | 22 | FB | 2 | 0 | 203 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 5/23/1944 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 5th / 65th pick / 1966 |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 220.4 | 6-2.0 | 2.8 |