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1966 Washington Redskins

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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 351 points (25.1/g), 3rd of 15 in the NFL.
 Allowed 355 points (25.4/g), 13th.
 Differential of -4 points (-0.3/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 6.9-7.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.6/g), 4th.

Coached by Otto Graham (7-7-0)

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 box L 0-1 Cleveland Browns 14 38 17 315 212 103 6 18 307 159 148 3
2 Sun September 18 box L 0-2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 7 23 14 217 190 27 3 21 382 237 145 2
3 Sun September 25 box W 1-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 33 27 17 320 228 92 2 15 278 206 72 6
4 Sun October 2 box W 2-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 10 11 333 249 84 16 249 180 69 4
5 Sun October 9 box W 3-2 Atlanta Falcons 33 20 26 432 286 146 19 268 146 122 2
6 Sun October 16 box L 3-3 @ New York Giants 10 13 9 188 107 81 2 17 325 228 97 1
7 Sun October 23 box W 4-3 St. Louis Cardinals 26 20 15 291 235 56 1 17 251 87 164 5
8 Sun October 30 box W 5-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 27 13 17 260 159 101 3 14 257 152 105 2
9 Sun November 6 box L 5-4 @ Baltimore Colts 10 37 14 272 196 76 4 28 520 394 126 2
10 Sun November 13 box L 5-5 Dallas Cowboys 30 31 19 341 318 23 24 515 383 132 3
11 Sun November 20 box L 5-6 @ Cleveland Browns 3 14 20 327 159 168 4 10 271 112 159 2
12 Sun November 27 box W 6-6 New York Giants 72 41 16 341 132 209 2 25 389 278 111 6
13 Sun December 11 box W 7-6 @ Dallas Cowboys 34 31 13 399 295 104 2 17 370 129 241 1
14 Sun December 18 box L 7-7 Philadelphia Eagles 28 37 17 355 248 107 6 20 310 170 140 4

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 351 4391 826 5.3 225 255 443 3014 28 20 6.4 130 356 1377 9 3.9 78 35 15 17
Team Defense 355 4692 894 5.2 416 224 411 2861 21 23 6.3 134 438 1831 19 4.2 261 43 20 21
Lg Rank Offense 3 6 10 4 2 2 6 5 15 14 13 7 5 9
Lg Rank Defense 13 13 13 10 13 10 6 13 7 11 13 10 3 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
Sonny Jurgensen* 32 QB 14 14 7-7-0 254 436 58.3 3209 28 6.4 19 4.4 86 7.4 6.0 12.6 229.2 84.5
Dick Shiner 24 14 0 0 5 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 20.0 0 0.0 -9.0 0.0 0.0
Tom Barrington 22 6 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Bobby Mitchell 31 FL 14 0 1 1 100.0 21 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 21.0 21.0 21.0 1.5 118.7
Team Total 25.5 14 7-7-0 255 443 57.6 3230 28 6.3 20 4.5 86 7.3 5.9 12.7 230.7 82.7
Opp Total 14 224 411 54.5 2861 21 5.1 23 5.6 7.0 5.0 12.8 204.4 70.2 45 376 6.3 3.6

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
A.D. Whitfield 23 HB 14 0 93 472 2 63 5.1 33.7 6.6 18 101 5.6 1 29 1.3 7.2 573 3 3
Charley Taylor* 25 SE/hb 14 14 87 262 3 24 3.0 18.7 6.2 72 1119 15.5 12 86 5.1 79.9 1381 15 6
Steve Thurlow 24 FB 12 0 79 253 0 20 3.2 21.1 6.6 23 165 7.2 0 22 1.9 13.8 418 0 2
Joe Don Looney 24 10 0 55 178 3 19 3.2 17.8 5.5 8 25 3.1 0 14 0.8 2.5 203 3 0
Bobby Mitchell 31 FL 14 0 13 141 1 48 10.8 10.1 0.9 58 905 15.6 9 70 4.1 64.6 1046 10 0
Sonny Jurgensen* 32 QB 14 14 12 14 0 16 1.2 1.0 0.9 14 0 5
Tom Barrington 22 6 0 10 37 0 21 3.7 6.2 1.7 2 23 11.5 0 12 0.3 3.8 60 0 1
Ron Rector 22 6 0 5 8 0 4 1.6 1.3 0.8 2 9 4.5 0 6 0.3 1.5 17 0 0
Joe Kantor 24 4 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.5 0.3 2 0 0
Dick Shiner 24 14 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 0.7 0.1 10 0 1
Jerry Smith 23 TE/se 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54 686 12.7 6 35 3.9 49.0 686 6 0
Pat Richter 25 te 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 100 14.3 0 20 0.5 7.1 100 0 0
Jake Kupp 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 28 7.0 0 13 0.3 2.0 28 0 0
Preston Carpenter 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 31 10.3 0 17 3.0 31.0 31 0 0
Fred Mazurek 23 RET 12 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 28 14.0 0 15 0.2 2.3 28 0 0
John Burrell 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.3 2.3 9 0 0
Mitch Johnson 24 LT 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Team Total 25.5 14 356 1377 9 63 3.9 98.4 25.4 255 3230 12.7 28 86 18.2 230.7 4607 37 24
Opp Total 14 438 1831 19 4.2 130.8 31.3 224 2861 12.8 21 16.0 204.4 4692 40 36

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Rickie Harris 23 LCB 13 0 18 108 1 52 6.0 20 405 0 53 20.3 513
Fred Mazurek 23 RET 12 2 2 9 0 7 4.5 21 505 0 58 24.0 542
Joe Don Looney 24 10 0 10 190 0 29 19.0 393
Charley Taylor* 25 SE/hb 14 14 5 63 0 58 12.6 3 98 0 40 32.7 1542
Bobby Mitchell 31 FL 14 0 4 21 0 13 5.3 1067
Ron Rector 22 6 0 3 65 0 24 21.7 82
Tom Barrington 22 6 0 2 39 0 21 19.5 99
Don Croftcheck 24 12 0 2 36 0 21 18.0 36
Steve Jackson 24 14 0 2 26 0 25 13.0 26
Mitch Johnson 24 LT 14 14 2 22 0 15 11.0 23
Joe Kantor 24 4 0 2 35 0 18 17.5 37
Walt Barnes 22 LDT 14 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Tom Goosby 27 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.5 14 29 201 1 58 6.9 69 1435 0 58 20.8 6243
Opp Total 14 40 0 70 1488 0 21.3

Kicking & Punting

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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
Charlie Gogolak 22 K 14 0 8 8 6 5 7 4 10 5 3 34 22 64.7% 41 39 95.1%
Pat Richter 25 te 14 0 68 2884 60 0 42.4
Team Total 25.5 14 8 8 6 5 7 4 10 5 3 34 22 64.7% 41 39 95.1% 68 2884 60 0 42.4
Opp Total 14 31 21 67.7% 42 40 95.2% 61 2342 38.4

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
Tom Barrington 22 6 0 1 1 0 0
John Burrell 26 4 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Carroll 23 12 0 1 36 0 36
Billy Clay 22 6 0 1 0 0 0
Don Croftcheck 24 12 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Crossan 26 14 0 1 0 0 0
Chris Hanburger* 25 RLB 13 13 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Rickie Harris 23 LCB 13 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 0 0
Pat Hodgson 22 10 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Huff 32 MLB 14 0 1 17 0 17 0 4 0 0
Steve Jackson 24 14 0 1 0 0 0
Sonny Jurgensen* 32 QB 14 14 5 1 0 0
Carl Kammerer 29 RDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Paul Krause 24 RS 13 0 2 0 0 0
Bobby Mitchell 31 FL 14 0 0 1 0 0
Brig Owens 23 LS 14 14 7 165 1 60 0 4 70 1
John Reger 35 LLB 14 0 3 27 0 13 0 2 5 0
Dick Shiner 24 14 0 1 1 5 0
Jim Shorter 27 RCB 13 0 5 123 0 54 0 2 0 0
Jerry Smith 23 TE/se 14 14 0 1 0 0
Ron Snidow 25 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Snowden 24 RT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Charley Taylor* 25 SE/hb 14 14 6 4 0 0
Steve Thurlow 24 FB 12 0 2 0 0 0
A.D. Whitfield 23 HB 14 0 3 1 0 0
Team Total 25.5 14 23 369 1 60 24 32 80 1
Opp Total 14 27 36 16

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Charlie Gogolak 22 K 14 0 39 22 105
Charley Taylor* 25 SE/hb 14 14 3 12 90
Bobby Mitchell 31 FL 14 0 1 9 60
Jerry Smith 23 TE/se 14 14 6 36
Joe Don Looney 24 10 0 3 18
A.D. Whitfield 23 HB 14 0 2 1 18
Brig Owens 23 LS 14 14 1 1 12
Rickie Harris 23 LCB 13 0 1 6
John Reger 35 LLB 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.5 14 9 28 1 1 1 1 39 22 351
Opp Total 14 19 21 40 21 355