1966 Denver Broncos

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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 4th in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 196 points (14.0/g), 9th of 9 in the AFL.
Allowed 381 points (27.2/g), 8th.
Differential of -185 points (-13.2/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 2.4-11.6.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -16 (-1.1/g), 9th.

Coached by Mac Speedie (0-2-0) and Ray Malavasi (4-8-0)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sat	September 3	box	L	0-1	@	Houston Oilers	7	45		26	-7	33	3	28	472	259	213	1
2	Sun	September 18	box	L	0-2		Boston Patriots	10	24	12	173	72	101	3	16	261	116	145	3
3	Sun	September 25	box	L	0-3		New York Jets	7	16	7	182	105	77	2	20	359	206	153	3
4	Sun	October 2	box	W	1-3		Houston Oilers	40	38	17	362	212	150	2	20	384	289	95	3
5	Sat	October 8	box	L	1-4	@	Kansas City Chiefs	10	37	11	212	133	79	2	21	379	145	234	1
6	Sun	October 16	box	L	1-5	@	Miami Dolphins	7	24	11	118	53	65	6	10	217	146	71	4
7	Sun	October 23	box	L	1-6		Kansas City Chiefs	10	56	12	211	183	28	7	26	614	234	380	1
8	Sun	October 30	box	L	1-7	@	San Diego Chargers	17	24	15	280	155	125		21	334	180	154	2
9	Sun	November 6	box	W	2-7	@	Boston Patriots	17	10	16	240	143	97	7	11	110	67	43	5
10	Sun	November 20	box	L	2-8		Oakland Raiders	3	17	10	102	31	71	3	8	160	94	66
11	Sun	November 27	box	W	3-8		San Diego Chargers	20	17	16	343	173	170	3	16	286	200	86	2
12	Sun	December 4	box	W	4-8		Miami Dolphins	17	7	17	353	262	91	2	19	255	207	48	1
13	Sun	December 11	box	L	4-9	@	Oakland Raiders	10	28	11	202	160	42	2	18	377	243	134	1
14	Sun	December 18	box	L	4-10	@	Buffalo Bills	21	38	16	364	320	44	5	19	336	129	207	4

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	196	3168	815	3.9	171	166	402	1995	12	30	4.5	95	376	1173	6	3.1	61	47	17	15
Team Defense	381	4544	870	5.2	401	192	396	2515	26	13	5.9	122	441	2029	17	4.6	251	31	18	28
Lg Rank Offense	9	9			9		7	9	9	8	8		6	9	8	9		9	9
Lg Rank Defense	8	6			8		2	3	7	9	5		8	8	8	8		7	1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A
John McCormick	29	QB	14	5	68	193	35.2	993	6	3.1	15	7.8	64	5.1	2.0	14.6	70.9	30.9
Max Choboian	24	qb	14	7	82	163	50.3	1110	4	2.5	12	7.4	79	6.8	3.7	13.5	79.3	49.9
Mickey Slaughter	25		3	1	7	25	28.0	124	1	4.0	0	0.0	67	5.0	5.4	17.7	41.3	61.1
Scotty Glacken	22		8	1	6	11	54.5	84	1	9.1	0	0.0	22	7.6	8.5	14.0	10.5	109.7
Tobin Rote	38		3	0	3	8	37.5	40	0	0.0	1	12.5	20	5.0	-0.6	13.3	13.3	14.6
Abner Haynes	29	HB	14	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
Team Total	25.4		14		166	402	41.3	2351	12	3.0	30	7.5	79	5.8	2.8	14.2	167.9	39.7
Opp Total			14		192	396	48.5	2515	26	6.6	13	3.3		6.4	5.5	13.1	179.6	77.2	33	304	5.9	4.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Abner Haynes	29	HB	14	0	129	304	2	20	2.4	21.7	9.2	46	480	10.4	1	52	3.3	34.3	784	3	11
Wendell Hayes	26	FB	11	0	105	417	1	56	4.0	37.9	9.5	8	49	6.1	0	29	0.7	4.5	466	1	0
Charley Mitchell	26	hb	13	0	70	199	0	21	2.8	15.3	5.4	14	239	17.1	2	79	1.1	18.4	438	2	3
Darrell Lester	26		11	0	34	84	0	10	2.5	7.6	3.1	2	26	13.0	1	21	0.2	2.4	110	1	3
Max Choboian	24	qb	14	7	21	45	2	12	2.1	3.2	1.5								45	2	4
Mike Kellogg	24		8	0	6	3	0	5	0.5	0.4	0.8	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.6	8	0	1
Bob Scarpitto*	27	FL	14	0	4	110	1	63	27.5	7.9	0.3	21	335	16.0	4	62	1.5	23.9	445	5	1
John McCormick	29	QB	14	5	4	2	0	3	0.5	0.1	0.3								2	0	3
Scotty Glacken	22		8	1	2	-1	0	5	-0.5	-0.1	0.3								-1	0	0
Mickey Slaughter	25		3	1	1	10	0	10	10.0	3.3	0.3								10	0	1
Al Denson	24	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	36	725	20.1	3	65	2.6	51.8	725	3	0
Lionel Taylor	31	SE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	35	448	12.8	1	29	2.5	32.0	448	1	0
Eric Crabtree	22		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	38	38.0	0	38	0.1	2.7	38	0	1
Jason Franci	23		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.8	8	0	0
Lonnie Wright	21	LS	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	25.4		14		376	1173	6	63	3.1	83.8	26.9	166	2351	14.2	12	79	11.9	167.9	3524	18	36
Opp Total			14		441	2029	17		4.6	144.9	31.5	192	2515	13.1	26		13.7	179.6	4544	43	35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Goldie Sellers	24	lcb	14	0	6	49	0	17	8.2	19	541	2	100	28.5	590
Abner Haynes	29	HB	14	0	10	119	0	42	11.9	9	229	0	43	25.4	1132
Lew Scott	23		13	0	7	56	0	21	8.0	9	282	0	77	31.3	338
Nemiah Wilson	23	RCB	14	0	2	10	0	10	5.0	10	309	1	100	30.9	319
Eric Crabtree	22		14	0						5	129	0	32	25.8	167
Charley Mitchell	26	hb	13	0						3	55	0	26	18.3	493
Darrell Lester	26		11	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	1	11	0	11	11.0	122
Jerry Inman	26		14	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Jerry Sturm*	30	LG	14	0						1	2	0	2	2.0	2
Team Total	25.4		14		26	235	0	42	9.0	58	1558	3	100	26.9	5317
Opp Total			14		38		0			43	1000	0		23.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Bob Scarpitto*	27	FL	14	0																	77	3480	70	1	45.2
Gary Kroner	26	K	14	0	2	2	8	5	4	4	10	3	1		25	14	56.0%	20	20	100.0%
Team Total	25.4		14		2	2	8	5	4	4	10	3	1		25	14	56.0%	20	20	100.0%	77	3480	70	1	45.2
Opp Total			14												40	17	42.5%	46	46	100.0%	60	2562			42.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
John Bramlett*	25	RLB	14	0		1	12	0	12
Willie Brown	26	LCB	14	0		3	37	0	31
Max Choboian	24	qb	14	7								4	0	0	0
Eric Crabtree	22		14	0								1	0	0	0
Abner Haynes	29	HB	14	0								11	0	0	0
Jerry Hopkins	25	MLB	14	0		2	9	0	9
Mike Kellogg	24		8	0								1	0	0	0
Darrell Lester	26		11	0								3	0	0	0
Archie Matsos	32		4	0		2	10	0	5
John McCormick	29	QB	14	5								3	0	0	0
Charley Mitchell	26	hb	13	0								3	0	0	0
Bob Scarpitto*	27	FL	14	0								1	0	0	0
Goldie Sellers	24	lcb	14	0		3	24	0	24			4	0	0	0
Mickey Slaughter	25		3	1								1	0	0	0
Jerry Sturm*	30	LG	14	0								1	0	0	0
Nemiah Wilson	23	RCB	14	0		1	2	0	2			3	0	0	0
Lonnie Wright	21	LS	14	0		1	15	0	15
Team Total	25.4		14			13	109	0	31			36	0	0	0
Opp Total			14		37							35	17

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	OthTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Pts
Gary Kroner	26	K	14	0						20	14	62
Bob Scarpitto*	27	FL	14	0	1	4			1			32
Al Denson	24	TE	14	0		3						18
Abner Haynes	29	HB	14	0	2	1						18
Max Choboian	24	qb	14	7	2							12
Charley Mitchell	26	hb	13	0		2						12
Goldie Sellers	24	lcb	14	0			2					12
John Bramlett*	25	RLB	14	0				1				6
Wendell Hayes	26	FB	11	0	1							6
Darrell Lester	26		11	0		1						6
Lionel Taylor	31	SE	14	0		1						6
Nemiah Wilson	23	RCB	14	0			1					6
Team Total	25.4		14		6	12	3	1	1	20	14	196
Opp Total			14		17	26				46	17	381

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