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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)

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 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

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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 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

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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 Sk%
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(+), · 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
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

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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(+), · CSV · PRE
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

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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

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty 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