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1966 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 4th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 213 points (15.2/g), 8th of 9 in the AFL.
 Allowed 362 points (25.9/g), 7th.
 Differential of -149 points (-10.6/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 3.1-10.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.3/g), 3rd.

Coached by George Wilson (3-11-0)

1966 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Fri September 2 box L 0-1 Oakland Raiders 14 23 12 182 88 94 5 16 257 241 16 6
2 Fri September 9 box L 0-2 New York Jets 14 19 9 111 61 50 3 14 247 151 96 3
3 Sun September 18 box L 0-3 @ Buffalo Bills 24 58 17 313 202 111 4 25 508 329 179 3
4 Sun October 2 box L 0-4 @ San Diego Chargers 10 44 16 276 89 187 2 14 361 321 40 2
5 Sun October 9 box L 0-5 @ Oakland Raiders 10 21 12 192 115 77 2 19 357 251 106 3
6 Sun October 16 box W 1-5 Denver Broncos 24 7 10 217 146 71 4 11 118 53 65 6
7 Sun October 23 box W 2-5 @ Houston Oilers 20 13 13 340 139 201 13 301 201 100 5
8 Sun November 6 box L 2-6 Buffalo Bills 0 29 11 171 123 48 4 18 385 271 114 5
9 Sun November 13 box L 2-7 @ Kansas City Chiefs 16 34 11 160 79 81 6 17 396 236 160 5
10 Sun November 20 box L 2-8 @ New York Jets 13 30 12 204 141 63 1 18 314 236 78
11 Sun November 27 box L 2-9 Boston Patriots 14 20 19 334 266 68 4 18 391 232 159 2
12 Sun December 4 box L 2-10 @ Denver Broncos 7 17 19 255 207 48 1 17 353 262 91 2
13 Sun December 11 box L 2-11 Kansas City Chiefs 18 19 14 286 123 163 4 17 316 128 188 2
14 Sun December 18 box W 3-11 Houston Oilers 29 28 25 417 269 148 2 20 307 189 118 2

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 213 3458 884 3.9 200 179 454 2048 16 32 4.2 103 394 1410 5 3.6 75 42 10 22
Team Defense 362 4611 857 5.4 391 198 425 3101 25 31 7.0 140 416 1510 15 3.6 237 46 15 14
Lg Rank Offense 8 8 8 4 8 7 9 9 5 8 9 8 8 3
Lg Rank Defense 7 8 5 4 7 6 2 9 5 4 6 3 1 3

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%
Dick Wood 30 QB 14 4 83 230 36.1 993 4 1.7 14 6.1 71 4.3 1.8 12.0 70.9 30.6
George Wilson 23 qb 14 7 46 112 41.1 764 5 4.5 10 8.9 80 6.8 3.3 16.6 54.6 42.4
John Stofa 24 7 1 29 57 50.9 425 4 7.0 2 3.5 48 7.5 6.6 14.7 60.7 84.3
Rick Norton 23 7 2 21 55 38.2 192 3 5.5 6 10.9 43 3.5 -0.9 9.1 27.4 27.0
Team Total 25.6 14 179 454 39.4 2374 16 3.5 32 7.0 80 5.2 2.4 13.3 169.6 39.1
Opp Total 14 198 425 46.6 3101 25 5.9 31 7.3 7.3 4.6 15.7 221.5 60.5 16 180 7.0 4.0

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
Joe Auer 25 HB 14 14 121 416 4 41 3.4 29.7 8.6 22 263 12.0 4 27 1.6 18.8 679 8 7
Cookie Gilchrist 31 fb 8 5 72 262 0 22 3.6 32.8 9.0 13 110 8.5 1 22 1.6 13.8 372 1 1
Billy Joe 26 FB 14 7 71 232 0 14 3.3 16.6 5.1 13 116 8.9 1 67 0.9 8.3 348 1 3
Rick Casares 35 6 0 43 135 0 10 3.1 22.5 7.2 8 45 5.6 1 20 1.3 7.5 180 1 0
Sammy Price 23 14 0 31 107 0 14 3.5 7.6 2.2 2 14 7.0 0 9 0.1 1.0 121 0 0
George Wilson 23 qb 14 7 27 137 0 37 5.1 9.8 1.9 137 0 3
George Chesser 24 14 0 16 74 0 19 4.6 5.3 1.1 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.3 78 0 0
Dick Wood 30 QB 14 4 5 6 1 7 1.2 0.4 0.4 6 1 2
Rick Norton 23 7 2 3 2 0 3 0.7 0.3 0.4 2 0 3
John Stofa 24 7 1 3 17 0 14 5.7 2.4 0.4 17 0 1
Frank Jackson 27 SE 10 7 2 22 0 24 11.0 2.2 0.2 16 317 19.8 2 48 1.6 31.7 339 2 0
Dave Kocourek 29 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 320 11.9 2 43 1.9 22.9 320 2 0
Bo Roberson 31 FL 11 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 519 20.0 2 80 2.4 47.2 519 2 0
Karl Noonan 22 se 14 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 224 13.2 1 35 1.2 16.0 224 1 0
John Roderick 22 6 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 156 14.2 1 64 1.8 26.0 156 1 0
Howard Twilley 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 128 12.8 0 20 1.7 21.3 128 0 0
Bill Cronin 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 83 11.9 1 25 0.5 5.9 83 1 0
Gene Mingo 28 K 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 40 13.3 0 21 0.2 2.9 40 0 0
Doug Moreau 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 15 7.5 0 9 0.7 5.0 15 0 0
Wes Matthews 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.3 5.0 20 0 1
Team Total 25.6 14 394 1410 5 41 3.6 100.7 28.1 179 2374 13.3 16 80 12.8 169.6 3784 21 29
Opp Total 14 416 1510 15 3.6 107.9 29.7 198 3101 15.7 25 14.1 221.5 4611 40 25

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
Joe Auer 25 HB 14 14 5 99 0 56 19.8 28 698 1 95 24.9 1476
Bob Neff 22 RET 14 0 10 60 0 15 6.0 15 376 0 90 25.1 436
Wes Matthews 23 4 0 4 38 0 19 9.5 5 109 0 29 21.8 167
Frank Jackson 27 SE 10 7 2 7 0 7 3.5 4 105 0 34 26.3 451
Billy Hunter 24 3 0 5 84 0 29 16.8 84
Pete Jaquess 26 LS 14 9 5 77 0 23 15.4 77
Mel Branch 29 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Bob Bruggers 22 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
John Roderick 22 6 4 1 17 0 17 17.0 173
Team Total 25.6 14 21 204 0 56 9.7 65 1507 1 95 23.2 5495
Opp Total 14 40 1 46 939 1 20.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Gene Mingo 28 K 14 0 4 7 5 3 2 7 3 1 22 10 45.5% 23 23 100.0%
George Wilson 23 qb 14 7 42 1772 63 0 42.2
Wahoo McDaniel 28 RLB 12 8 33 1222 54 1 37.0
George Chesser 24 14 0 7 233 39 0 33.3
Team Total 25.6 14 4 7 5 3 2 7 3 1 22 10 45.5% 23 23 100.0% 82 3227 63 1 39.4
Opp Total 14 36 18 50.0% 42 38 90.5% 64 2810 43.9

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
Joe Auer 25 HB 14 14 7 0 0 0
Frank Emanuel 24 MLB 14 11 1 14 0 14
Tom Erlandson* 26 LLB 14 14 3 31 1 26
Earl Faison 27 6 0 1 26 0 26 1 0 0 1
Cookie Gilchrist 31 fb 8 5 1 0 0 0
Billy Hunter 24 3 0 1 0 0 0
Pete Jaquess 26 LS 14 9 3 27 1 27 2 0 0 0
Billy Joe 26 FB 14 7 3 0 0 0
Wes Matthews 23 4 0 1 0 0 0
Wahoo McDaniel 28 RLB 12 8 2 20 0 20
John McGeever 27 12 0 2 15 0 15
Bob Neff 22 RET 14 0 1 22 0 22 3 0 0 0
Rick Norton 23 7 2 3 0 0 0
Jack Rudolph 28 11 4 1 3 0 3
John Stofa 24 7 1 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Warren* 27 LCB 14 14 5 198 1 70 1 0 0 0
Willie West* 28 RS 14 14 8 62 0 31
Dick Westmoreland 25 RCB 14 14 4 104 1 42
George Wilson 23 qb 14 7 3 0 0 0
Dick Wood 30 QB 14 4 2 0 0 0
Team Total 25.6 14 31 522 4 70 29 0 0 1
Opp Total 14 36 25 10 2

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
Joe Auer 25 HB 14 14 4 4 1 54
Gene Mingo 28 K 14 0 23 10 53
Frank Jackson 27 SE 10 7 2 12
Dave Kocourek 29 TE 14 14 2 12
Bo Roberson 31 FL 11 8 2 12
Billy Joe 26 FB 14 7 1 1 8
Rick Casares 35 6 0 1 6
Bill Cronin 23 14 0 1 6
Tom Erlandson* 26 LLB 14 14 1 6
Cookie Gilchrist 31 fb 8 5 1 6
Pete Jaquess 26 LS 14 9 1 6
Karl Noonan 22 se 14 7 1 6
John Roderick 22 6 4 1 6
Jimmy Warren* 27 LCB 14 14 1 6
Dick Westmoreland 25 RCB 14 14 1 6
Dick Wood 30 QB 14 4 1 6
George Wilson 23 qb 14 7 1 2
Team Total 25.6 14 5 16 1 1 4 -1 2 23 10 213
Opp Total 14 15 25 1 1 38 18 2 362