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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)

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 4 box L 0-1 @ San Diego Chargers 7 27 15 267 150 117 3 15 290 153 137
2 Sun September 11 box L 0-2 Kansas City Chiefs 20 42 15 195 116 79 1 17 388 223 165 1
3 Sun September 18 box W 1-2 Miami Dolphins 58 24 25 508 329 179 3 17 313 202 111 4
4 Sun September 25 box W 2-2 Houston Oilers 27 20 14 276 140 136 3 15 300 276 24 5
5 Sun October 2 box W 3-2 @ Kansas City Chiefs 29 14 20 361 214 147 1 11 265 214 51 3
6 Sat October 8 box L 3-3 Boston Patriots 10 20 15 321 269 52 3 12 286 177 109 1
7 Sun October 16 box T 3-3-1 San Diego Chargers 17 17 22 320 107 213 2 12 219 169 50
8 Sun October 30 box W 4-3-1 @ New York Jets 33 23 17 268 134 134 5 17 328 323 5 6
9 Sun November 6 box W 5-3-1 @ Miami Dolphins 29 0 18 385 271 114 5 11 171 123 48 4
10 Sun November 13 box W 6-3-1 New York Jets 14 3 10 224 132 92 15 329 274 55 1
11 Sun November 20 box W 7-3-1 @ Houston Oilers 42 20 23 508 352 156 11 315 228 87 3
12 Thu November 24 box W 8-3-1 @ Oakland Raiders 31 10 25 465 239 226 2 11 315 257 58 4
13 Sun December 4 box L 8-4-1 @ Boston Patriots 3 14 17 314 274 40 4 12 226 119 107 1
14 Sun December 18 box W 9-4-1 Denver Broncos 38 21 19 336 129 207 4 16 364 320 44 5
Playoffs
ConfChamp January 1 box L 9-5-1 Kansas City Chiefs 7 31

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 358 4748 944 5.0 255 199 473 2856 15 21 5.8 126 455 1892 19 4.2 110 36 15 19
Team Defense 255 4109 842 4.9 335 205 466 3058 22 29 6.1 131 344 1051 6 3.1 192 38 9 12
Lg Rank Offense 2 3 2 3 5 8 3 6 2 3 1 4 4 7
Lg Rank Defense 1 3 1 6 6 5 3 6 1 1 1 1 4 6

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%
Jack Kemp* 31 QB 14 14 9-4-1 166 389 42.7 2451 11 2.8 16 4.1 55 6.3 4.7 14.8 175.1 56.2
Daryle Lamonica 25 14 0 33 84 39.3 549 4 4.8 5 6.0 55 6.5 4.3 16.6 39.2 53.1
Team Total 26.5 14 9-4-1 199 473 42.1 3000 15 3.2 21 4.4 55 6.3 4.7 15.1 214.3 55.6
Opp Total 14 205 466 44.0 3058 22 4.7 29 6.2 6.6 4.2 14.9 218.4 55.9 32 249 6.1 3.5

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
Bobby Burnett* 23 HB 14 0 187 766 4 32 4.1 54.7 13.4 34 419 12.3 4 48 2.4 29.9 1185 8 3
Wray Carlton* 29 FB 14 0 156 696 6 23 4.5 49.7 11.1 21 280 13.3 0 55 1.5 20.0 976 6 4
Jack Kemp* 31 QB 14 14 40 130 5 26 3.3 9.3 2.9 130 5 7
Allen Smith 24 14 0 31 148 0 20 4.8 10.6 2.2 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 149 0 0
Jack Spikes 29 14 0 28 119 3 36 4.3 8.5 2.0 2 45 22.5 1 27 0.1 3.2 164 4 1
Daryle Lamonica 25 14 0 9 6 1 14 0.7 0.4 0.6 6 1 2
Elbert Dubenion 33 FL 14 0 3 16 0 17 5.3 1.1 0.2 50 747 14.9 2 44 3.6 53.4 763 2 0
Ed Rutkowski 25 14 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.7 0.1 6 150 25.0 1 55 0.4 10.7 160 1 1
Bobby Crockett 23 SE 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 533 17.2 3 53 2.2 38.1 533 3 0
Paul Costa* 25 TE 14 14 0 1 0 1 0.1 0.0 27 400 14.8 3 50 1.9 28.6 401 3 0
Charley Ferguson 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 293 18.3 1 32 1.1 20.9 293 1 0
Glenn Bass 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 130 13.0 0 19 0.7 9.3 130 0 1
Joe O'Donnell 25 RG 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 455 1892 19 36 4.2 135.1 32.5 199 3000 15.1 15 55 14.2 214.3 4892 34 27
Opp Total 14 344 1051 6 3.1 75.1 24.6 205 3058 14.9 22 14.6 218.4 4109 28 19

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
Charley Warner 26 RET 14 0 33 846 1 95 25.6 846
Ed Rutkowski 25 14 0 18 209 1 73 11.6 6 121 0 32 20.2 490
Butch Byrd*+ 25 RCB 14 14 23 186 1 72 8.1 186
Pete Mills 24 1 0 4 76 0 26 19.0 76
Hagood Clarke 24 LS 14 0 2 12 0 7 6.0 12
Wayne DeSutter 22 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0
Charley Ferguson 27 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 293
Dave Costa 25 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Paul Maguire 28 P 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Remi Prudhomme 24 14 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Bob Schmidt 30 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Team Total 26.5 14 43 411 2 73 9.6 51 1064 1 95 20.9 6367
Opp Total 14 20 2 65 1329 0 20.4

Kicking & Punting

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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
Booth Lusteg 27 K 14 0 10 8 6 3 8 4 10 4 4 38 19 50.0% 42 41 97.6%
Paul Maguire 28 P 14 0 69 2841 61 0 41.2
Team Total 26.5 14 10 8 6 3 8 4 10 4 4 38 19 50.0% 42 41 97.6% 69 2841 61 0 41.2
Opp Total 14 22 13 59.1% 28 28 100.0% 84 3326 39.6

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
Glenn Bass 27 14 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Burnett* 23 HB 14 0 3 0 0 0
Butch Byrd*+ 25 RCB 14 14 6 110 1 60 3 0 0 0
Wray Carlton* 29 FB 14 0 4 0 0 0
Hagood Clarke 24 LS 14 0 5 118 1 66 1 0 0 0
Harry Jacobs 29 MLB 14 14 2 15 0 15
Tom Janik 26 LCB 14 0 8 136 2 37
Jack Kemp* 31 QB 14 14 7 0 0 0
Charlie King 23 14 0 1 0 0 0
Daryle Lamonica 25 14 0 2 0 0 0
Ron McDole+ 27 LDE 14 0 1 4 0 4
Pete Mills 24 1 0 2 0 0 0
Ed Rutkowski 25 14 0 1 0 0 0
George Saimes* 25 RS 14 0 1 32 0 32
Bob Schmidt 30 14 0 1 0 0 0
Marty Schottenheimer 23 14 0 1 20 0 20
Jack Spikes 29 14 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Stratton*+ 25 RLB 14 0 3 37 0 23
John Tracey* 33 LLB 14 0 1 0 0 0
Charley Warner 26 RET 14 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.5 14 29 472 4 66 27 0 0 1
Opp Total 14 16 19 10

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Booth Lusteg 27 K 14 0 41 19 98
Bobby Burnett* 23 HB 14 0 4 4 48
Wray Carlton* 29 FB 14 0 6 36
Jack Kemp* 31 QB 14 14 5 30
Jack Spikes 29 14 0 3 1 24
Paul Costa* 25 TE 14 14 3 18
Bobby Crockett 23 SE 14 12 3 18
Butch Byrd*+ 25 RCB 14 14 1 1 12
Elbert Dubenion 33 FL 14 0 2 12
Tom Janik 26 LCB 14 0 2 12
Ed Rutkowski 25 14 0 1 1 12
Hagood Clarke 24 LS 14 0 1 6
Jim Dunaway*+ 25 LDT 14 0 1 6
Charley Ferguson 27 14 0 1 6
Daryle Lamonica 25 14 0 1 6
Mike Stratton*+ 25 RLB 14 0 1 6
Charley Warner 26 RET 14 0 1 6
Team Total 26.5 14 19 15 2 1 1 4 1 41 19 356
Opp Total 14 6 22 2 28 13 255