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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 292 points (20.9/g), 9th of 15 in the NFL.
Allowed 304 points (21.7/g), 8th.
Differential of -12 points (-0.9/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 6.7-7.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 13th.
Coached by Norm Van Brocklin (4-9-1)
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1966 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 11 | box | T | 0-0-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 20 | 20 | 20 | 298 | 72 | 226 | 1 | 18 | 307 | 203 | 104 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 18 | box | L | 0-1-1 | Baltimore Colts | 23 | 38 | 18 | 337 | 157 | 180 | 3 | 14 | 346 | 237 | 109 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 25 | box | L | 0-2-1 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 28 | 25 | 389 | 247 | 142 | 1 | 18 | 314 | 166 | 148 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 2 | box | L | 0-3-1 | Chicago Bears | 10 | 13 | 16 | 284 | 169 | 115 | 3 | 11 | 283 | 179 | 104 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 16 | box | W | 1-3-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 35 | 7 | 20 | 378 | 313 | 65 | 1 | 13 | 230 | 146 | 84 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 23 | box | L | 1-4-1 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 17 | 20 | 24 | 317 | 181 | 136 | 1 | 20 | 347 | 201 | 146 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun | October 30 | box | W | 2-4-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 28 | 3 | 29 | 559 | 313 | 246 | 2 | 10 | 154 | 105 | 49 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 6 | box | W | 3-4-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 20 | 17 | 20 | 290 | 164 | 126 | 18 | 292 | 134 | 158 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 13 | box | L | 3-5-1 | Detroit Lions | 31 | 32 | 15 | 232 | 83 | 149 | 5 | 16 | 268 | 218 | 50 | 4 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 20 | box | L | 3-6-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 6 | 21 | 10 | 186 | 43 | 143 | 4 | 15 | 228 | 130 | 98 | 1 |
| 11 | Sun | November 27 | box | L | 3-7-1 | Green Bay Packers | 16 | 28 | 18 | 322 | 194 | 128 | 2 | 20 | 304 | 140 | 164 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 4 | box | L | 3-8-1 | Atlanta Falcons | 13 | 20 | 16 | 270 | 161 | 109 | 6 | 10 | 187 | 114 | 73 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 11 | box | W | 4-8-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 28 | 16 | 19 | 317 | 206 | 111 | 3 | 16 | 282 | 150 | 132 | 2 |
| 14 | Sun | December 18 | box | L | 4-9-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 28 | 41 | 29 | 460 | 245 | 215 | 4 | 14 | 380 | 113 | 267 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 292 | 4639 | 1013 | 4.6 | 279 | 216 | 417 | 2548 | 18 | 22 | 5.5 | 132 | 551 | 2091 | 15 | 3.8 | 126 | 36 | 14 | 21 |
| Team Defense | 304 | 3922 | 828 | 4.7 | 341 | 206 | 391 | 2236 | 13 | 14 | 5.4 | 116 | 412 | 1686 | 15 | 4.1 | 213 | 22 | 8 | 12 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 14 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 26 | QB | 14 | 12 | 192 | 358 | 53.6 | 2561 | 17 | 4.7 | 16 | 4.5 | 68 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 13.3 | 182.9 | 73.8 | |||||
| Bob Berry | 24 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 37 | 35.1 | 215 | 1 | 2.7 | 5 | 13.5 | 52 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 16.5 | 71.7 | 25.0 | ||||||
| Ron Vander Kelen | 27 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 43 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 14.7 | 49.0 | 53.5 | ||||||
| Bill Brown | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||
| Phil King | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.6 | 104.2 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 216 | 417 | 51.8 | 2932 | 18 | 4.3 | 22 | 5.3 | 68 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 13.6 | 209.4 | 67.0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 206 | 391 | 52.7 | 2236 | 13 | 3.3 | 14 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 10.9 | 159.7 | 66.0 | 25 | 190 | 5.4 | 3.7 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Bill Brown | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 251 | 829 | 6 | 33 | 3.3 | 59.2 | 17.9 | 37 | 359 | 9.7 | 0 | 56 | 2.6 | 25.6 | 1188 | 6 | 4 |
| Dave Osborn | 23 | 14 | 0 | 87 | 344 | 1 | 25 | 4.0 | 24.6 | 6.2 | 15 | 141 | 9.4 | 2 | 38 | 1.1 | 10.1 | 485 | 3 | 2 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 26 | QB | 14 | 12 | 62 | 376 | 4 | 28 | 6.1 | 26.9 | 4.4 | 376 | 4 | 8 | |||||||
| Tommy Mason | 27 | HB | 7 | 6 | 58 | 235 | 2 | 52 | 4.1 | 33.6 | 8.3 | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 1 | 17 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 274 | 3 | 6 |
| Jim Lindsey | 22 | 14 | 0 | 57 | 146 | 1 | 14 | 2.6 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 20 | 250 | 12.5 | 2 | 46 | 1.4 | 17.9 | 396 | 3 | 3 | |
| Phil King | 30 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 40 | 0 | 12 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 1 | 18 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 64 | 1 | 0 | |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 31 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 10.0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Walden | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 45 | 16.4 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 82 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Ron Vander Kelen | 27 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 1.3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bob Berry | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Preston Carpenter | 32 | TE | 12 | 12 | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | -10.0 | -0.8 | 0.1 | 27 | 487 | 18.0 | 4 | 52 | 2.3 | 40.6 | 477 | 4 | 0 |
| Jeff Williams | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Paul Flatley* | 25 | WR | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 50 | 777 | 15.5 | 3 | 41 | 3.8 | 59.8 | 777 | 3 | 0 | |
| Red Phillips | 30 | WR | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32 | 554 | 17.3 | 3 | 68 | 2.7 | 46.2 | 554 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tom Hall | 26 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 23 | 271 | 11.8 | 2 | 30 | 1.6 | 19.4 | 271 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lance Rentzel | 23 | RET | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 551 | 2091 | 15 | 52 | 3.8 | 149.4 | 39.4 | 216 | 2932 | 13.6 | 18 | 68 | 15.4 | 209.4 | 5023 | 33 | 33 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 412 | 1686 | 15 | 4.1 | 120.4 | 29.4 | 206 | 2236 | 10.9 | 13 | 14.7 | 159.7 | 3922 | 28 | 24 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Lance Rentzel | 23 | RET | 9 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 1.5 | 9 | 181 | 0 | 28 | 20.1 | 207 |
| Mike Fitzgerald | 25 | RET | 9 | 0 | 14 | 301 | 0 | 30 | 21.5 | 301 | |||||
| Ed Sharockman | 27 | RCB | 11 | 10 | 9 | 95 | 0 | 76 | 10.6 | 95 | |||||
| Tom Hall | 26 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 141 | 0 | 27 | 20.1 | 412 | ||||||
| Jeff Williams | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 4 | -0.5 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 26 | 20.3 | 61 | |
| Jim Young | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 | 5 | 105 | 0 | 25 | 21.0 | 112 | |
| Phil King | 30 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 78 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 | 142 | ||||||
| Jim Lindsey | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 22 | 19.8 | 479 | |
| Tommy Mason | 27 | HB | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 283 | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 504 | ||||||
| George Rose | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | ||||||
| Milt Sunde* | 24 | LG | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Roy Winston | 26 | LLB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 31 | 129 | 0 | 76 | 4.2 | 52 | 987 | 0 | 30 | 19.0 | 6139 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 28 | 0 | 50 | 1203 | 1 | 24.1 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Fred Cox | 28 | K | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 54.5% | 34 | 34 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Bobby Walden | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 60 | 2463 | 70 | 0 | 41.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 54.5% | 34 | 34 | 100.0% | 60 | 2463 | 70 | 0 | 41.1 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 41 | 24 | 58.5% | 33 | 32 | 97.0% | 72 | 2923 | 40.6 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Grady Alderman* | 28 | LT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Brown | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Davis | 22 | RT | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Carl Eller | 24 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Fitzgerald | 25 | RET | 9 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Dale Hackbart | 28 | RS | 14 | 13 | 5 | 73 | 1 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Tom Hall | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Karl Kassulke | 25 | LS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Lindsey | 22 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Earsell Mackbee | 25 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Mason | 27 | HB | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Osborn | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 23 | RET | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| George Rose | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ed Sharockman | 27 | RCB | 11 | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 0 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 26 | QB | 14 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mick Tingelhoff*+ | 26 | C | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | -24 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Vander Kelen | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Walden | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Warwick | 24 | MLB | 12 | 12 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jeff Williams | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roy Winston | 26 | LLB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 14 | 230 | 1 | 41 | 33 | 27 | -14 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 45 | 24 | 16 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cox | 28 | K | 14 | 0 | 34 | 18 | 88 | |||||||||
| Bill Brown | 28 | FB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Preston Carpenter | 32 | TE | 12 | 12 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 26 | QB | 14 | 12 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Paul Flatley* | 25 | WR | 13 | 12 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lindsey | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Mason | 27 | HB | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Dave Osborn | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Red Phillips | 30 | WR | 12 | 10 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tom Hall | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Billy Ray Barnes | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dale Hackbart | 28 | RS | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Phil King | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 34 | 18 | 292 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 24 | 1 | 304 |