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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.
Simple Rating System: Total -4.9, Offense: -4.7, Defense: -0.3, SoS: 3.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Harry Gilmer (4-9-1)
Training Camp: Cranbrook Educational Community (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Karl Sweetan | 24 | Rook | 8 | 157 for 309, 1,809 yards, 4 td, 14 int, & 34 rushes for 219 yards and 1 td | Detroit Lions / 18th / 249th pick / 1965 |
| QB | Milt Plum | 31 | 9 | 6 | 82 for 146, 943 yards, 4 td, 13 int, & 12 rushes for 59 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| HB | Amos Marsh | 27 | 5 | 0 | 134 rushes for 433 yards, 3 td, & 12 catches for 111 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Tom Nowatzke | 24 | 1 | 0 | 151 rushes for 512 yards, 6 td, & 54 catches for 316 yards and 1 td | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1965 |
| FL | Pat Studstill*+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 67 catches for 1,266 yards, 5 td, & 2 rushes for 20 yards and 0 td | |
| SE | Gail Cogdill | 29 | 6 | 0 | 47 catches for 411 yards, 1 td | Detroit Lions / 6th / 63rd pick / 1960 |
| TE | Ron Kramer | 31 | 9 | 0 | 37 catches for 432 yards, 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1957 |
| LT | Daryl Sanders | 25 | 3 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 32nd pick / 1963 |
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| LG | Bob Kowalkowski | 23 | Rook | 0 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 95th pick / 1965 | |
| C | Ed Flanagan | 22 | 1 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 | |
| RG | John Gordy | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 24th pick / 1957 |
| RT | J.D. Smith | 30 | 7 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 15th pick / 1959 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Darris McCord | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 36th pick / 1955 |
| LDT | Alex Karras | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1958 |
| RDT | Roger Brown* | 29 | 6 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 42nd pick / 1960 | |
| RDE | Larry Hand | 26 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 New York Jets / 21st / 163rd pick / 1964 |
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| LLB | Mike Lucci | 27 | 4 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| MLB | Ernie Clark | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 13th / 180th pick / 1963 |
| RLB | Wally Hilgenberg | 24 | 2 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1964 Denver Broncos / 8th / 57th pick / 1964 |
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| RLB | Wayne H. Walker | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| LCB | Dick LeBeau* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 58th pick / 1959 |
| RCB | Bobby Smith | 28 | 4 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 26th / 205th pick / 1961 |
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| LS | Bruce Maher | 29 | 6 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 15th / 173rd pick / 1959 |
| RS | Bobby Thompson | 27 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1962 Dallas Texans / 12th / 91st pick / 1962 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Garo Yepremian | 22 | Rook | 0 | 13 of 22 field goals & 11 of 11 extra points | |
| P | Pat Studstill*+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 72 punts for a 41.1 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Tom Vaughn | 23 | 1 | 0 | 18 punt returns for a 9.9 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 5th / 57th pick / 1965 Denver Broncos / 11th / 81st pick / 1965 |
| KR | Tom Vaughn | 23 | 1 | 0 | 23 kick returns for a 25.9 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 5th / 57th pick / 1965 Denver Broncos / 11th / 81st pick / 1965 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Mike Alford | 23 | C | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Auburn | 6/19/1943 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 19th / 149th pick / 1965 St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 194th pick / 1965 |
| 76 | Roger Brown* | 29 | DT | 14 | 0 | 300 | 6-5 | Md-Eastern Shore | 5/1/1937 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 42nd pick / 1960 |
| 59 | Ernie Clark | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 8/11/1937 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 13th / 180th pick / 1963 |
| 52 | Bill Cody | 22 | LB | 1 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Auburn | 8/2/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 5th / 67th pick / 1966 New York Jets / 15th / 132nd pick / 1966 |
| 89 | Gail Cogdill | 29 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Washington St. | 4/7/1937 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 6th / 63rd pick / 1960 |
| 45 | Bobby Felts | 24 | HB | 10 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 6/26/1942 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 71st pick / 1965 Houston Oilers / 13th / 98th pick / 1965 |
| 54 | Ed Flanagan | 22 | C | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-3 | Purdue | 2/23/1944 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 64th pick / 1965 |
| 80 | Jim Gibbons | 30 | E-TE | 7 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Iowa | 9/26/1936 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 61st pick / 1958 |
| 75 | John Gordy | 31 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 6/17/1935 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 24th pick / 1957 |
| 74 | Larry Hand | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Appalachian St. | 7/10/1940 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 132nd pick / 1964 New York Jets / 21st / 163rd pick / 1964 |
| 87 | John Henderson | 23 | WR-FL | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Michigan | 3/21/1943 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 63rd pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 17th / 136th pick / 1965 |
| 67 | Wally Hilgenberg | 24 | LB-G | 14 | 6 | 229 | 6-3 | Iowa | 9/19/1942 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1964 Denver Broncos / 8th / 57th pick / 1964 |
| 71 | Alex Karras | 31 | DT | 14 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/15/1935 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 10th pick / 1958 |
| 46 | Jim Kearney | 23 | DB | 6 | 0 | 206 | 6-2 | Prairie View | 1/21/1943 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 151st pick / 1965 |
| 66 | Bob Kowalkowski | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Virginia | 11/5/1943 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 95th pick / 1965 |
| 88 | Ron Kramer | 31 | E-TE | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-3 | Michigan | 6/24/1935 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 4th pick / 1957 |
| 44 | Dick LeBeau* | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Ohio St. | 9/9/1937 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 58th pick / 1959 |
| 32 | Joe Don Looney | 24 | HB-FB | 3 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Cameron,Texas,TCU,Oklahoma | 10/10/1942 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 44th pick / 1964 |
| 53 | Mike Lucci | 27 | LB | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh,Tennessee | 12/29/1939 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 69th pick / 1961 |
| 21 | Bruce Maher | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Detroit Mercy | 7/25/1937 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 15th / 173rd pick / 1959 |
| 81 | Bill Malinchak | 22 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Indiana | 4/2/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 39th pick / 1966 |
| 31 | Amos Marsh | 27 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Oregon St. | 5/7/1939 | 5 | |
| 83 | Jerry Mazzanti | 26 | DE | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 7/13/1940 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 25th / 194th pick / 1963 Philadelphia Eagles / 16th / 223rd pick / 1962 |
| 78 | Darris McCord | 33 | DE-DT-T | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 1/4/1933 | 11 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 36th pick / 1955 |
| 24 | Bruce McLenna | 25 | HB | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Michigan,Hillsdale | 12/23/1941 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 9th / 123rd pick / 1965 |
| 18 | Tom Myers | 23 | QB | 1 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 8/13/1943 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 46th pick / 1965 Denver Broncos / 12th / 89th pick / 1965 |
| 35 | Tom Nowatzke | 24 | FB-LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Indiana | 9/30/1942 | 1 | New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 Detroit Lions / 1st / 11th pick / 1965 |
| 16 | Milt Plum | 31 | QB | 6 | 6 | 205 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 1/20/1935 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 17th pick / 1957 |
| 47 | Wayne Rasmussen | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 175 | 6-2 | South Dakota St. | 6/7/1942 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 117th pick / 1964 |
| 49 | Johnnie Robinson | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Tennessee St. | 11/6/1944 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 103rd pick / 1966 |
| 82 | Jerry Rush | 24 | DT | 11 | 0 | 265 | 6-4 | Michigan St. | 8/7/1942 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 7th pick / 1965 Detroit Lions / 2nd / 25th pick / 1965 |
| 70 | Daryl Sanders | 25 | T | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-5 | Ohio St. | 4/24/1941 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 12th pick / 1963 Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 32nd pick / 1963 |
| 73 | Roger Shoals | 28 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Maryland | 12/13/1938 | 3 | Dallas Texans / 34th / 267th pick / 1962 Cleveland Browns / 16th / 223rd pick / 1961 |
| 51 | Lou Slaby | 25 | LB | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 12/13/1941 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 4th / 29th pick / 1963 New York Giants / 5th / 69th pick / 1963 |
| 43 | Bobby Smith | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | UCLA | 7/5/1938 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 88th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 26th / 205th pick / 1961 |
| 72 | J.D. Smith | 30 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Rice | 5/27/1936 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 15th pick / 1959 |
| 25 | Pat Studstill*+ | 28 | FL-HB-WR-P | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Houston | 6/4/1938 | 5 | |
| 14 | Karl Sweetan | 24 | QB | 10 | 8 | 203 | 6-1 | Texas A&M,Wake Forest | 10/2/1942 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 18th / 249th pick / 1965 |
| 27 | Bobby Thompson | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 5-11 | Arizona | 3/30/1939 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 38th pick / 1962 Dallas Texans / 12th / 91st pick / 1962 |
| 34 | Jim Todd | 23 | HB | 10 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Ball St. | 3/2/1943 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 129th pick / 1966 |
| 60 | Doug Van Horn | 22 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 6/24/1944 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 39th pick / 1966 Detroit Lions / 4th / 55th pick / 1966 |
| 48 | Tom Vaughn | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Iowa St. | 2/28/1943 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 57th pick / 1965 Denver Broncos / 11th / 81st pick / 1965 |
| 55 | Wayne H. Walker | 30 | LB | 13 | 5 | 225 | 6-2 | Idaho | 9/30/1936 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 45th pick / 1958 |
| 40 | Willie Walker | 24 | WR | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Tennessee St. | 9/15/1942 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 4th / 59th pick / 1966 |
| 1 | Garo Yepremian | 22 | K | 9 | 0 | 175 | 5-8 | none | 6/2/1944 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 220.6 | 6-1.9 | 3.2 |