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1966 Detroit Lions Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-9-1, 6th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Harry Gilmer (4-9-1)

Points For: 206 (14.7/g) 14th of 15

Points Against: 317 (22.6/g) 9th of 15

Expected W-L: 3.7-10.3

SRS: -4.95 (13th of 15), SOS: 2.98

Other Notable Asst.: Sammy Baugh (Offensive Backfield), John North (Receivers), Lou Rymkus (Offensive Line) and Joe Schmidt (Linebackers)

Stadium: Tiger Stadium

Principal Owner/Chairman: William Clay Ford Sr.

General Manager: Edwin Anderson

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	206	3853	885	4.4	49	21	216	239	456	2424	8	28	4.9	126	394	1429	13	3.6	73	82	931	17
Opp. Stats	317	4414	876	5.0	35	11	240	210	363	2408	19	24	6.1	108	479	2006	16	4.2	109	61	564	23
Lg Rank Offense	14	10			15	15	11		2	10	15	14	11		12	13	6	12
Lg Rank Defense	9	12			8	11	9		2	8	9	4	12		14	13	12	11

Schedule & Game Results

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

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Karl Sweetan	24	QB	10	8	2-5-1	157	309	50.8	1809	4	1.3	14	4.5	99	5.9	4.1	11.5	180.9	54.3	24	225	7.21	4.76	3.1	1	0
2	Milt Plum	31	QB	6	6	2-4-0	82	146	56.2	943	4	2.7	13	8.9	63	6.5	3.0	11.5	157.2	47.8	11	103	7.01	5.35	2.1	0	0
3	Tom Myers	23	QB	1	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-9-1	239	456	52.4	2424	8	1.8	28	6.1	99	6.0	3.6	11.5	173.1	51.2	35	328	7.13	4.94	2.70	1	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Pat Studstill	28	FL	14	13	2	20	0	15	10.0	1.4	0.1	67	1266	18.9	5	99	4.8	90.4	69	18.6	1286	5	3	PB,AP-1
2	Tom Nowatzke	24	FB	14	14	151	512	6	21	3.4	36.6	10.8	54	316	5.9	1	25	3.9	22.6	205	4.0	828	7	6
3	Amos Marsh	27	HB	14	12	134	433	3	27	3.2	30.9	9.6	12	111	9.3	0	20	0.9	7.9	146	3.7	544	3	5
4	Ron Kramer	31	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	37	432	11.7	0	68	2.6	30.9	37	11.7	432	0	0
5	Gail Cogdill	29	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	47	411	8.7	1	21	3.4	29.4	47	8.7	411	1	0
6	Karl Sweetan	24	QB	10	8	34	219	1	34	6.4	21.9	3.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	34	6.4	219	1	6
7	John Henderson	23	FL	13	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	121	20.2	0	53	0.5	9.3	6	20.2	121	0	0
8	Bobby Felts	24	HB	10	2	34	83	2	14	2.4	8.3	3.4	2	1	0.5	0	1	0.2	0.1	36	2.3	84	2	2
9	Joe Don Looney	24	HB	3	1	8	42	1	24	5.3	14.0	2.7	4	24	6.0	0	18	1.3	8.0	12	5.5	66	1	0
10	Bruce McLenna	25	HB	9	0	16	51	0	19	3.2	5.7	1.8	3	13	4.3	0	8	0.3	1.4	19	3.4	64	0	0
11	Milt Plum	31	QB	6	6	12	59	0	15	4.9	9.8	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	4.9	59	0	2
12	Bill Malinchak	22	SE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	34	6.8	0	13	0.4	2.4	5	6.8	34	0	0
13	Willie Walker	24	WR	9	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0.1	1	21	21.0	0	21	0.1	2.3	2	12.5	25	0	0
14	Jim Todd	23	HB	10	0	2	6	0	3	3.0	0.6	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	3.0	6	0	2
15	Jim Gibbons	30	TE	7	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	1	2	0.1	0.3	1	2.0	2	1	0
	Team Totals			14	14	394	1429	13	34	3.6	102.1	28.1	239	2752	11.5	8	99	17.1	196.6	633	6.6	4181	21	26

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Roger Brown	29	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0	PB
2	Gail Cogdill	29	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
3	John Gordy	31	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
4	Larry Hand	26	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
5	Alex Karras	31	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	9.0	0	AP-2
6	Dick LeBeau	29	RCB	14	14	4	66	0	37	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Tom Nowatzke	24	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Wayne Rasmussen	24	FS	14	14	3	14	0	8	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bobby Thompson	27	LCB	14	14	4	52	0	26	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Ernie Clark	29	LLB	14	13	1	7	0	7	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
11	Mike Lucci	27	MLB	13	13	5	118	1	63	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
12	Bruce Maher	29	SS	14	13	5	90	0	56	0	1	21	0	0.0	0
13	Darris McCord	33	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
14	Pat Studstill	28	FL	14	13	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
15	Wayne Walker	30	RLB	13	13	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	AP-2
16	Amos Marsh	27	HB	14	12	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Karl Sweetan	24	QB	10	8	0	0	0	0	6	5	-8	0	0.0	0
18	Milt Plum	31	QB	6	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Wally Hilgenberg	24	RLB	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
20	Bobby Felts	24	HB	10	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jerry Mazzanti	26	DE	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
22	Doug Van Horn	22	G	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
23	Tom Vaughn	23	DB	13	1	1	16	0	16	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	Mike Alford	23	C	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Johnnie Robinson	22	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Jerry Rush	24	DT	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	0
27	Jim Todd	23	HB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	24	366	1	63	33	23	17	0	33.0	0

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