1966 Detroit Lions

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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 206 points (14.7/g), 14th of 15 in the NFL.
Allowed 317 points (22.6/g), 9th.
Differential of -111 points (-7.9/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 3.7-10.3.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 13th.

Coached by Harry Gilmer (4-9-1)

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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	Sun	September 11	box	W	1-0		Chicago Bears	14	3	14	208	85	123	3	17	256	109	147	3
2	Sun	September 18	box	L	1-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	17	9	158	89	69	4	15	256	143	113	1
3	Sun	September 25	box	W	2-1		Atlanta Falcons	28	10	18	344	208	136	3	13	259	104	155	3
4	Sun	October 2	box	L	2-2	@	Green Bay Packers	14	23	17	349	175	174	5	10	251	185	66
5	Sun	October 9	box	L	2-3		Los Angeles Rams	7	14	14	283	194	89	6	21	369	203	166	3
6	Sun	October 16	box	L	2-4	@	Baltimore Colts	14	45	17	293	215	78	4	21	420	283	137	2
7	Sun	October 23	box	L	2-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	24	27	17	314	202	112	2	23	359	188	171	4
8	Sun	October 30	box	L	2-6		Green Bay Packers	7	31	19	317	233	84	5	19	344	170	174	2
9	Sun	November 6	box	T	2-6-1	@	Chicago Bears	10	10	17	255	167	88	1	15	282	106	176
10	Sun	November 13	box	W	3-6-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	32	31	16	268	218	50	4	15	232	83	149	5
11	Sun	November 20	box	W	4-6-1		Baltimore Colts	20	14	16	281	127	154	4	16	289	208	81	6
12	Thu	November 24	box	L	4-7-1		San Francisco 49ers	14	41	10	196	149	47	2	22	487	273	214	3
13	Sun	December 4	box	L	4-8-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	3	23	16	305	212	93	4	14	293	147	146
14	Sun	December 11	box	L	4-9-1		Minnesota Vikings	16	28	16	282	150	132	2	19	317	206	111	3

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	206	3853	885	4.4	216	239	456	2424	8	28	4.9	126	394	1429	13	3.6	73	49	21	17
Team Defense	317	4414	876	5.0	371	210	363	2408	19	24	6.1	108	479	2006	16	4.2	240	35	11	23
Lg Rank Offense	14	10			11		2	10	15	14	9		12	13	6	12		15	15
Lg Rank Defense	9	12			6		2	8	9	4	12		14	13	12	11		8	11

Passing

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

	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
Karl Sweetan	24	QB	10	8	2-5-1	157	309	50.8	1809	4	1.3	14	4.5	99	5.9	3.9	11.5	180.9	54.3
Milt Plum	31	qb	6	6	2-4-0	82	146	56.2	943	4	2.7	13	8.9	63	6.5	2.7	11.5	157.2	47.8
Tom Myers	23		1	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0
Team Total	26.0		14		4-9-1	239	456	52.4	2752	8	1.8	28	6.1	99	6.0	3.4	11.5	196.6	51.2
Opp Total			14			210	363	57.9	2408	19	5.2	24	6.6		6.6	4.2	11.5	172.0	67.8	34	294	6.1	3.1

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
Tom Nowatzke	24	FB	14	0	151	512	6	21	3.4	36.6	10.8	54	316	5.9	1	25	3.9	22.6	828	7	6
Amos Marsh	27	HB	14	0	134	433	3	27	3.2	30.9	9.6	12	111	9.3	0	20	0.9	7.9	544	3	5
Bobby Felts	24		10	0	34	83	2	14	2.4	8.3	3.4	2	1	0.5	0	1	0.2	0.1	84	2	2
Karl Sweetan	24	QB	10	8	34	219	1	34	6.4	21.9	3.4								219	1	6
Bruce McLenna	25		9	0	16	51	0	19	3.2	5.7	1.8	3	13	4.3	0	8	0.3	1.4	64	0	0
Milt Plum	31	qb	6	6	12	59	0	15	4.9	9.8	2.0								59	0	2
Joe Don Looney	24		3	0	8	42	1	24	5.3	14.0	2.7	4	24	6.0	0	18	1.3	8.0	66	1	3
Pat Studstill*+	28	FL	14	0	2	20	0	15	10.0	1.4	0.1	67	1266	18.9	5	99	4.8	90.4	1286	5	3
Jim Todd	23		10	0	2	6	0	3	3.0	0.6	0.2								6	0	2
Willie Walker	24		9	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0.1	1	21	21.0	0	21	0.1	2.3	25	0	0
Gail Cogdill	29	SE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	47	411	8.7	1	21	3.4	29.4	411	1	0
Ron Kramer	31	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	37	432	11.7	0	68	2.6	30.9	432	0	0
John Henderson	23		13	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	121	20.2	0	53	0.5	9.3	121	0	0
Bill Malinchak	22		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	34	6.8	0	13	0.4	2.4	34	0	0
Jim Gibbons	30		7	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	1	2	0.1	0.3	2	1	0
Team Total	26.0		14		394	1429	13	34	3.6	102.1	28.1	239	2752	11.5	8	99	17.1	196.6	4181	21	36
Opp Total			14		479	2006	16		4.2	143.3	34.2	210	2408	11.5	19		15.0	172.0	4414	35	19

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
Tom Vaughn	23	RET	13	0	18	179	0	63	9.9	23	595	0	63	25.9	774
Bobby Felts	24		10	0	2	20	0	16	10.0	20	392	0	32	19.6	496
Johnnie Robinson	22		14	0	13	185	1	79	14.2	6	127	0	33	21.2	312
Jim Todd	23		10	0	5	12	0	10	2.4	3	105	0	49	35.0	123
Joe Don Looney	24		3	0						3	75	0	34	25.0	141
Mike Alford	23		12	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
Jerry Mazzanti	26		13	0						1	8	0	8	8.0	8
Lou Slaby	25		13	0						1	14	0	14	14.0	14
Team Total	26.0		14		38	396	1	79	10.4	58	1316	0	63	22.7	5893
Opp Total			14		27		0			45	1004	0		22.3

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
Pat Studstill*+	28	FL	14	0																	72	2956	66	0	41.1
Garo Yepremian	22	K	9	0	4	3	5	5	5	4	7	1	1		22	13	59.1%	11	11	100.0%
Wayne H. Walker	30	rlb	13	5											8	2	25.0%	11	11	100.0%
Milt Plum	31	qb	6	6														1	1	100.0%
Team Total	26.0		14		4	3	5	5	5	4	7	1	1		30	15	50.0%	23	23	100.0%	72	2956	66	0	41.1
Opp Total			14												31	17	54.8%	38	38	100.0%	71	2918			41.1

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
Mike Alford	23		12	0								1	0	0	0
Ernie Clark	29	MLB	14	0		1	7	0	7			0	1	0	0
Gail Cogdill	29	SE	14	0								0	1	3	0
Bobby Felts	24		10	0								2	0	0	0
John Gordy	31	RG	14	0								0	1	0	0
Alex Karras	31	LDT	14	0								0	4	0	0
Dick LeBeau*	29	LCB	14	0		4	66	0	37
Joe Don Looney	24		3	0								3	0	0	0
Mike Lucci	27	LLB	13	0		5	118	1	63
Bruce Maher	29	LS	14	0		5	90	0	56			0	1	21	0
Amos Marsh	27	HB	14	0								5	1	0	0
Darris McCord	33	LDE	13	0								0	1	0	0
Tom Nowatzke	24	FB	14	0								6	0	0	0
Milt Plum	31	qb	6	6								2	1	0	0
Wayne Rasmussen	24		14	0		3	14	0	8			0	2	0	0
Johnnie Robinson	22		14	0								4	0	0	0
Jerry Rush	24		11	0								0	1	1	0
Pat Studstill*+	28	FL	14	0								3	0	0	0
Karl Sweetan	24	QB	10	8								6	5	-8	0
Bobby Thompson	27	RS	14	0		4	52	0	26
Jim Todd	23		10	0								2	0	0	0
Doug Van Horn	22		14	0								0	2	0	0
Tom Vaughn	23	RET	13	0		1	16	0	16			2	2	0	0
Wayne H. Walker	30	rlb	13	5		1	3	0	3
Team Total	26.0		14			24	366	1	63			36	23	17	0
Opp Total			14		35							19	8

Scoring Summary

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

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Garo Yepremian	22	K	9	0					11	13	50
Tom Nowatzke	24	FB	14	0	6	1					42
Pat Studstill*+	28	FL	14	0		5					30
Amos Marsh	27	HB	14	0	3						18
Wayne H. Walker	30	rlb	13	5					11	2	17
Bobby Felts	24		10	0	2						12
Gail Cogdill	29	SE	14	0		1					6
Jim Gibbons	30		7	0		1					6
Joe Don Looney	24		3	0	1						6
Mike Lucci	27	LLB	13	0				1			6
Johnnie Robinson	22		14	0			1				6
Karl Sweetan	24	QB	10	8	1						6
Milt Plum	31	qb	6	6					1		1
Team Total	26.0		14		13	8	1	1	23	15	206
Opp Total			14		16	19			38	17	317

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