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1966 Buffalo Bills
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Record: 9-4-1, Finished 1st in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 358 points (25.6/g), 2nd of 9 in the AFL.
Allowed 255 points (18.2/g), 1st.
Differential of 103 points (7.4/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 9.7-4.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 5th.
Coached by Joe Collier (9-4-1)
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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 | Jack Kemp* | 31 | 9 | 14 | 166 for 389, 2,451 yards, 11 td, 16 int, & 40 rushes for 130 yards and 5 td | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| HB | Bobby Burnett* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 187 rushes for 766 yards, 4 td, & 34 catches for 419 yards and 4 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 33rd pick / 1966 |
| FB | Wray Carlton* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 156 rushes for 696 yards, 6 td, & 21 catches for 280 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959 |
| FL | Elbert Dubenion | 33 | 6 | 0 | 50 catches for 747 yards, 2 td, & 3 rushes for 16 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| SE | Bobby Crockett | 23 | Rook | 12 | 31 catches for 533 yards, 3 td | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 91st pick / 1966 |
| TE | Paul Costa* | 25 | 1 | 14 | 27 catches for 400 yards, 3 td | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 |
| LT | Stew Barber* | 27 | 5 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Billy Shaw*+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
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| C | Al Bemiller | 28 | 5 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
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| RG | Joe O'Donnell | 25 | 2 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 |
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| RT | Dick Hudson | 26 | 4 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ron McDole+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Jim Dunaway*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
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| RDT | Tom Sestak | 30 | 4 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
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| RDE | Tom Day | 31 | 6 | 0 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
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| LLB | John Tracey* | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| MLB | Harry Jacobs | 29 | 6 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| RLB | Mike Stratton*+ | 25 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| LCB | Tom Janik | 26 | 3 | 0 | 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963 |
| RCB | Butch Byrd*+ | 25 | 2 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| LS | Hagood Clarke | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 |
| RS | George Saimes* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Booth Lusteg | 27 | Rook | 0 | 19 of 38 field goals & 41 of 42 extra points | |
| P | Paul Maguire | 28 | 6 | 0 | 69 punts for a 41.2 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Butch Byrd*+ | 25 | 2 | 14 | 23 punt returns for a 8.1 average and 1 td | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| KR | Charley Warner | 26 | 3 | 0 | 33 kick returns for a 25.6 average and 1 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Stew Barber* | 27 | T-LB-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Penn State | 6/14/1939 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 27th pick / 1961 |
| Glenn Bass | 27 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | East Carolina | 4/12/1939 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 64th pick / 1961 |
| Al Bemiller | 28 | C-G-T | 14 | 14 | 243 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 4/18/1938 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 51st pick / 1961 |
| Bobby Burnett* | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 1/4/1943 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 33rd pick / 1966 |
| Butch Byrd*+ | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 211 | 6-0 | Boston University | 9/20/1941 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 25th pick / 1964 |
| Wray Carlton* | 29 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Duke | 6/18/1937 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 26th pick / 1959 |
| Hagood Clarke | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Florida | 6/14/1942 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 85th pick / 1964 |
| Dave Costa | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 10/27/1941 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 29th pick / 1963 |
| Paul Costa* | 25 | TE-T | 14 | 14 | 268 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 12/7/1941 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 55th pick / 1964 |
| Bobby Crockett | 23 | SE-WR | 14 | 12 | 200 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 4/3/1943 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 91st pick / 1966 |
| Tom Day | 31 | DE-G-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-2 | North Carolina A&T | 8/20/1935 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 20th / 229th pick / 1960 |
| Wayne DeSutter | 22 | T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Illinois,Western Illinois | 5/17/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 6th / 87th pick / 1966 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 33 | FL-WR-HB | 14 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Bluffton | 2/16/1933 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 14th / 167th pick / 1959 |
| Jim Dunaway*+ | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 277 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/3/1941 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 3rd pick / 1963 |
| Booker Edgerson | 27 | DB | 7 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Western Illinois | 7/5/1939 | 4 | |
| Charley Ferguson | 27 | WR-TE | 14 | 0 | 217 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 11/13/1939 | 5 | |
| Doug Goodwin | 24 | RB | 3 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | Md-Eastern Shore | 3/11/1942 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 66th pick / 1965 |
| Paul Guidry | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | LSU,McNeese State | 1/14/1944 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 8th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| Dick Hudson | 26 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 272 | 6-3 | Memphis | 7/30/1940 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1962 |
| Harry Jacobs | 29 | LB-DE | 14 | 14 | 226 | 6-1 | Bradley | 2/4/1937 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 125th pick / 1959 |
| Tom Janik | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Texas A&M,Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9/6/1940 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 21st pick / 1963 |
| Jack Kemp* | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 201 | 6-1 | Occidental | 7/13/1935 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 17th / 203rd pick / 1957 |
| Charlie King | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | Purdue | 1/7/1943 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 18th / 252nd pick / 1965 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 25 | QB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 7/17/1941 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 12th / 168th pick / 1963 |
| Booth Lusteg | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Connecticut | 5/8/1939 | Rook | |
| Paul Maguire | 28 | LB-P | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | The Citadel | 8/22/1938 | 6 | |
| Ron McDole+ | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 9/9/1939 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 25th pick / 1961 |
| Dudley Meredith | 31 | DT | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Florida,Lamar,Midwestern State | 1/16/1935 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 21st / 251st pick / 1957 |
| Pete Mills | 24 | WR | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Wichita State | 5/29/1942 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 96th pick / 1965 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 25 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-2 | Michigan | 8/31/1941 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 40th pick / 1964 |
| Remi Prudhomme | 24 | C-DE-G-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | LSU | 4/24/1942 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 37th pick / 1964 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 25 | QB-HB-SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 3/21/1941 | 3 | |
| George Saimes* | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 9/1/1941 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 48th pick / 1963 |
| Bob Schmidt | 30 | C-T-G | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 7/9/1936 | 7 | Chicago Cardinals / 14th / 159th pick / 1958 |
| Marty Schottenheimer | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 9/23/1943 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 4th / 49th pick / 1965 |
| Tom Sestak | 30 | DT | 14 | 0 | 267 | 6-5 | Baylor,McNeese State | 3/9/1936 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 17th / 132nd pick / 1962 |
| Billy Shaw*+ | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/15/1938 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 11th pick / 1961 |
| Allen Smith | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 5-11 | Fort Valley State | 11/20/1942 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 15th / 136th pick / 1966 |
| Jack Spikes | 29 | FB-HB-K | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | TCU | 2/5/1937 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 6th pick / 1960 |
| Mike Stratton*+ | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 4/10/1941 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 13th / 100th pick / 1962 |
| John Tracey* | 33 | LB-E-DE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 6/27/1933 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 44th pick / 1959 |
| Charley Warner | 26 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 176 | 6-0 | Prairie View | 4/14/1940 | 3 | |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 225.0 | 6-2.0 | 3.3 |