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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)
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1966 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Len Dawson*+ | 31 | 9 | 14 | 159 for 284, 2,527 yards, 26 td, 10 int, & 24 rushes for 167 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| HB | Mike Garrett* | 22 | Rook | 0 | 147 rushes for 801 yards, 6 td, & 15 catches for 175 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| FB | Curtis McClinton* | 27 | 4 | 0 | 140 rushes for 540 yards, 4 td, & 19 catches for 285 yards and 5 td | Dallas Texans / 14th / 110th pick / 1961 |
| FL | Otis Taylor*+ | 24 | 1 | 0 | 58 catches for 1,297 yards, 8 td, & 2 rushes for 33 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 |
| SE | Chris Burford | 28 | 6 | 0 | 58 catches for 758 yards, 8 td | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 105th pick / 1960 |
| TE | Fred Arbanas+ | 27 | 4 | 0 | 22 catches for 305 yards, 4 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
| LT | Jim Tyrer*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
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| LG | Ed Budde*+ | 26 | 3 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
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| C | Wayne Frazier | 27 | 4 | 0 | San Diego Chargers / 32nd / 256th pick / 1962 |
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| RG | Curt Merz | 28 | 4 | 0 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 31st pick / 1960 |
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| RT | Dave Hill | 25 | 3 | 0 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jerry Mays*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 5th / 38th pick / 1961 |
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| LDT | Andy Rice | 26 | Rook | 0 | ||
| LDT | Ed Lothamer | 24 | 2 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 26th pick / 1964 |
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| RDT | Buck Buchanan*+ | 26 | 3 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
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| RDE | Chuck Hurston | 24 | 1 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 91st pick / 1965 |
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| LLB | Bobby Bell*+ | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| MLB | Sherrill Headrick* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | E.J. Holub* | 28 | 5 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 |
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| LCB | Fred Williamson | 29 | 6 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Willie Mitchell | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Bobby Hunt | 26 | 4 | 0 | 10 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Texans / 11th / 81st pick / 1962 |
| RS | Johnny Robinson*+ | 28 | 6 | 0 | 10 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mike Mercer | 31 | 5 | 0 | 20 of 26 field goals & 33 of 35 extra points | Minnesota Vikings / 15th / 197th pick / 1961 |
| P | Jerrel Wilson | 25 | 3 | 0 | 62 punts for a 43.8 average, 1 blocked | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| PR | Mike Garrett* | 22 | Rook | 0 | 17 punt returns for a 8.2 average and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| KR | Emmitt Thomas | 23 | Rook | 3 | 29 kick returns for a 23.2 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bud Abell | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Missouri | 12/21/1940 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 23rd / 178th pick / 1964 |
| Fred Arbanas+ | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 1/14/1939 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
| Pete Beathard | 24 | QB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | USC | 3/7/1942 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 2nd pick / 1964 |
| Bobby Bell*+ | 26 | LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 6/17/1940 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 16th pick / 1963 |
| Dennis Biodrowski | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-1 | Memphis | 6/27/1940 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 18th / 144th pick / 1962 |
| Solomon Brannan | 24 | DB-HB | 3 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Morris Brown | 9/5/1942 | 1 | |
| Tommy Brooker | 27 | E-K | 4 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Alabama | 10/31/1939 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 17th / 131st pick / 1962 |
| Aaron Brown | 23 | DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Minnesota | 11/16/1943 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 6th pick / 1966 |
| Buck Buchanan*+ | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 270 | 6-7 | Grambling State | 9/10/1940 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 1st pick / 1963 |
| Ed Budde*+ | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 11/2/1940 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 4th pick / 1963 |
| Chris Burford | 28 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Stanford | 1/31/1938 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 9th / 105th pick / 1960 |
| Reggie Carolan | 27 | TE | 14 | 0 | 236 | 6-6 | Idaho | 10/25/1939 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 102nd pick / 1961 |
| Bert Coan | 26 | HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | Kansas,TCU | 7/2/1940 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 7th / 85th pick / 1962 |
| Walt Corey | 28 | LB | 9 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 5/9/1938 | 6 | |
| Len Dawson*+ | 31 | QB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Purdue | 6/20/1935 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 5th pick / 1957 |
| Tony DiMidio | 24 | T-C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | West Chester | 8/20/1942 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 9th / 66th pick / 1964 |
| Wayne Frazier | 27 | C-LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Auburn | 3/5/1939 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 32nd / 256th pick / 1962 |
| Mike Garrett* | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 191 | 5-9 | USC | 4/12/1944 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1966 |
| Jon Gilliam | 28 | C | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Oklahoma State,Texas A&M-Commerce | 10/22/1938 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 14th / 161st pick / 1960 |
| Sherrill Headrick* | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | TCU | 3/13/1937 | 6 | |
| Dave Hill | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Auburn | 2/1/1941 | 3 | New York Giants / 5th / 62nd pick / 1963 |
| Jimmy Hill | 38 | DB | 3 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | Sam Houston State | 6/27/1928 | 11 | |
| E.J. Holub* | 28 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 236 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 1/5/1938 | 5 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 6th pick / 1961 |
| Bobby Hunt | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Auburn | 8/15/1940 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 11th / 81st pick / 1962 |
| Chuck Hurston | 24 | DE-LB | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-6 | Auburn | 11/9/1942 | 1 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 91st pick / 1965 |
| Ed Lothamer | 24 | DT-DE | 7 | 0 | 270 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 5/20/1942 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 26th pick / 1964 |
| Jerry Mays*+ | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | SMU | 11/24/1939 | 5 | Dallas Texans / 5th / 38th pick / 1961 |
| Curtis McClinton* | 27 | FB-TE | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-3 | Kansas | 6/25/1939 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 14th / 110th pick / 1961 |
| Mike Mercer | 31 | K | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Arizona State,Florida State,Hardin-Simmons,Minnesota | 11/21/1935 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 15th / 197th pick / 1961 |
| Curt Merz | 28 | G-DE | 14 | 0 | 267 | 6-4 | Iowa | 4/17/1938 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 31st pick / 1960 |
| Willie Mitchell | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Tennessee State | 8/28/1940 | 2 | |
| Frank Pitts | 23 | WR-SE | 14 | 0 | 199 | 6-3 | Southern | 11/12/1943 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 32nd pick / 1965 |
| Bobby Ply | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Baylor | 8/13/1940 | 4 | New York Titans / 5th / 37th pick / 1962 |
| Al Reynolds | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Tarkio | 2/15/1938 | 6 | |
| Andy Rice | 26 | DT | 14 | 0 | 268 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 9/6/1940 | Rook | |
| Johnny Robinson*+ | 28 | DB-FL-HB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | LSU | 9/9/1938 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 3rd pick / 1960 |
| Hatch Rosdahl | 25 | DE-DT | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Penn State | 8/24/1941 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 46th pick / 1963 |
| Fletcher Smith | 23 | DB-K | 11 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Tennessee State | 10/13/1943 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 69th pick / 1966 |
| Smokey Stover | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | La-Monroe | 8/24/1938 | 6 | |
| Otis Taylor*+ | 24 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Prairie View | 8/11/1942 | 1 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 29th pick / 1965 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 23 | DB | 14 | 3 | 192 | 6-2 | Bishop | 6/3/1943 | Rook | |
| Gene Thomas | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Florida A&M | 9/1/1942 | Rook | |
| Jim Tyrer*+ | 27 | T | 14 | 0 | 280 | 6-6 | Ohio State | 2/25/1939 | 5 | Dallas Texans / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1961 |
| Fred Williamson | 29 | DB | 12 | 0 | 219 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 3/5/1937 | 6 | |
| Jerrel Wilson | 25 | RB-P | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 10/4/1941 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 11th / 88th pick / 1963 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 228.0 | 6-2.7 | 3.4 |