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1966 Kansas City Chiefs

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Record: 11-2-1, Finished 1st in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

1966 Champions

Scored 448 points (32.0/g), 1st of 9 in the AFL.
 Allowed 276 points (19.7/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 172 points (12.3/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 10.6-3.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.7/g), 2nd.

Coached by Hank Stram (11-2-1)

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 Sun September 11 W 1-0 @ Buffalo Bills 42 20 17 388 223 165 1 15 195 116 79 1
2 Sun September 18 W 2-0 @ Oakland Raiders 32 10 11 224 85 139 1 17 341 245 96 3
3 Sun September 25 W 3-0 @ Boston Patriots 43 24 22 395 319 76 2 17 308 164 144 4
4 Sun October 2 L 3-1 Buffalo Bills 14 29 11 265 214 51 3 20 361 214 147 1
5 Sat October 8 W 4-1 Denver Broncos 37 10 21 379 145 234 1 11 212 133 79 2
6 Sun October 16 L 4-2 Oakland Raiders 13 34 15 209 133 76 3 14 371 288 83 2
7 Sun October 23 W 5-2 @ Denver Broncos 56 10 26 614 234 380 1 12 211 183 28 7
8 Sun October 30 W 6-2 Houston Oilers 48 23 15 441 290 151 3 22 268 174 94 4
9 Sun November 6 W 7-2 San Diego Chargers 24 14 24 302 143 159 2 14 287 203 84 2
10 Sun November 13 W 8-2 Miami Dolphins 34 16 17 396 236 160 5 11 160 79 81 6
11 Sun November 20 T 8-2-1 Boston Patriots 27 27 21 359 286 73 4 19 361 245 116 2
12 Sun November 27 W 9-2-1 @ New York Jets 32 24 27 439 311 128 1 15 283 252 31 1
13 Sun December 11 W 10-2-1 @ Miami Dolphins 19 18 17 316 128 188 2 14 286 123 163 4
14 Sun December 18 W 11-2-1 @ San Diego Chargers 27 17 22 387 93 294 2 19 326 195 131 2
Playoffs
ConfChamp January 1 W 12-2-1 @ Buffalo Bills 31 7
SuperBowl January 15 L 12-3-1 N Green Bay Packers 10 35

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 448 5114 846 6.0 266 199 377 2840 31 15 7.0 140 439 2274 19 5.2 106 31 16 20
Team Defense 276 3970 873 4.5 369 226 494 2614 18 33 5.0 125 353 1356 10 3.8 222 41 8 22
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 9 6 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 8
Lg Rank Defense 2 2 3 8 4 3 1 2 2 3 3 4 2 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Len Dawson*+ 31 QB 14 14 159 284 56.0 2527 26 9.2 10 3.5 89 8.9 8.2 15.9 180.5 101.7
Pete Beathard 24 14 0 39 90 43.3 578 4 4.4 4 4.4 77 6.4 4.9 14.8 41.3 61.3
Bert Coan 26 14 0 1 1 100.0 18 1 100.0 0 0.0 18 18.0 28.0 18.0 1.3 158.3
Mike Garrett* 22 HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Otis Taylor*+ 24 FL 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.4 14 199 377 52.8 3123 31 8.2 15 4.0 89 8.3 7.3 15.7 223.1 91.4
Opp Total 14 226 494 45.7 2614 18 3.6 33 6.7 5.3 2.6 11.6 186.7 46.6 26 262 5.0 2.0

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
Mike Garrett* 22 HB 14 0 147 801 6 77 5.4 57.2 10.5 15 175 11.7 1 36 1.1 12.5 976 7 5
Curtis McClinton* 27 FB 14 0 140 540 4 49 3.9 38.6 10.0 19 285 15.0 5 68 1.4 20.4 825 9 2
Bert Coan 26 14 0 96 521 7 57 5.4 37.2 6.9 18 131 7.3 2 20 1.3 9.4 652 9 3
Len Dawson*+ 31 QB 14 14 24 167 0 18 7.0 11.9 1.7 167 0 5
Pete Beathard 24 14 0 20 152 1 52 7.6 10.9 1.4 152 1 3
Gene Thomas 24 14 0 7 53 1 28 7.6 3.8 0.5 53 1 1
Jerrel Wilson 25 P 14 0 3 7 0 5 2.3 0.5 0.2 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.5 14 0 0
Otis Taylor*+ 24 FL 14 0 2 33 0 19 16.5 2.4 0.1 58 1297 22.4 8 89 4.1 92.6 1330 8 0
Chris Burford 28 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 58 758 13.1 8 38 4.1 54.1 758 8 1
Fred Arbanas+ 27 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 305 13.9 4 36 1.6 21.8 305 4 0
Reggie Carolan 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 154 22.0 3 45 0.5 11.0 154 3 0
Frank Pitts 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 0.8 11 0 0
Team Total 26.4 14 439 2274 19 77 5.2 162.4 31.4 199 3123 15.7 31 89 14.2 223.1 5397 50 21
Opp Total 14 353 1356 10 3.8 96.9 25.2 226 2614 11.6 18 16.1 186.7 3970 28 21

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Emmitt Thomas 23 RET 14 3 9 56 0 19 6.2 29 673 0 63 23.2 729
Mike Garrett* 22 HB 14 0 17 139 1 79 8.2 14 323 0 62 23.1 1438
Smokey Stover 28 14 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0
Gene Thomas 24 14 0 3 62 0 27 20.7 115
Aaron Brown 23 14 0 1 43 0 43 43.0 1 6 0 6 6.0 49
Otis Taylor*+ 24 FL 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 1330
Solomon Brannan 24 3 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 24
Bert Coan 26 14 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 674
Willie Mitchell 26 RCB 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 7
Bobby Ply 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Fred Williamson 29 LCB 12 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Team Total 26.4 14 30 255 1 79 8.5 54 1148 0 63 21.3 6800
Opp Total 14 36 1 84 2045 1 24.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Kicking Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Jerrel Wilson 25 P 14 0 62 2715 69 1 43.8
Mike Mercer 31 K 10 0 26 20 76.9% 35 33 94.3%
Tommy Brooker 27 4 0 2 2 100.0% 13 13 100.0%
Fletcher Smith 23 11 0 4 2 50.0%
Team Total 26.4 14 28 22 78.6% 52 48 92.3% 62 2715 69 1 43.8
Opp Total 14 28 18 64.3% 28 28 100.0% 69 2850 41.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Pete Beathard 24 14 0 3 0 0 0
Bobby Bell*+ 26 LLB 14 0 2 14 0 13
Chris Burford 28 SE 14 0 1 0 0 0
Bert Coan 26 14 0 3 0 0 0
Len Dawson*+ 31 QB 14 14 5 0 0 0
Mike Garrett* 22 HB 14 0 5 0 0 0
Sherrill Headrick* 29 MLB 14 0 2 22 0 15
Bobby Hunt 26 LS 14 0 10 113 0 33
Curtis McClinton* 27 FB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Willie Mitchell 26 RCB 14 0 3 97 1 60
Bobby Ply 26 14 0 1 0 0 0
Al Reynolds 28 14 0 1 0 0 0
Johnny Robinson*+ 28 RS 14 0 10 136 1 29
Smokey Stover 28 14 0 1 6 0 6
Gene Thomas 24 14 0 1 0 0 0
Fred Williamson 29 LCB 12 0 4 20 0 19
Team Total 26.4 14 33 408 2 60 21 0 0 1
Opp Total 14 30 21 13

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Mike Mercer 31 K 10 0 33 20 93
Bert Coan 26 14 0 7 2 54
Curtis McClinton* 27 FB 14 0 4 5 54
Chris Burford 28 SE 14 0 8 48
Mike Garrett* 22 HB 14 0 6 1 1 48
Otis Taylor*+ 24 FL 14 0 8 48
Fred Arbanas+ 27 TE 14 0 4 1 26
Tommy Brooker 27 4 0 13 2 19
Reggie Carolan 27 14 0 3 18
Pete Beathard 24 14 0 1 6
Bobby Bell*+ 26 LLB 14 0 1 6
Willie Mitchell 26 RCB 14 0 1 6
Frank Pitts 23 14 0 1 6
Johnny Robinson*+ 28 RS 14 0 1 6
Gene Thomas 24 14 0 1 6
Fletcher Smith 23 11 0 2 2
Jerrel Wilson 25 P 14 0 1 2
Team Total 26.4 14 19 31 1 1 2 1 2 48 22 448
Opp Total 14 10 18 1 1 28 18 276