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1966 Atlanta Falcons Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 3-11-0, 7th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norb Hecker (3-11-0)

Points For: 204 (14.6/g) 15th of 15

Points Against: 437 (31.2/g) 14th of 15

Expected W-L: 2.0-12.0

SRS: -15.53 (14th of 15), SOS: 1.11

Offensive Coordinator: Tom Fears

Defensive Coordinator: Hal Herring

Other Notable Asst.: George Dickson (Offensive Backs)

Stadium: Atlanta Stadium

Principal Owner: Rankin Smith

General Manager: Frank Wall

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly (Black Mountain, North Carolina)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	204	3536	824	4.3	44	17	211	175	381	2017	14	27	4.8	104	405	1519	11	3.8	85	79	753	22
Opp. Stats	437	5272	902	5.8	32	13	295	227	396	3100	26	19	7.2	151	472	2172	20	4.6	126	66	588	18
Lg Rank Offense	15	14			13	10	13		12	12	10	12	13		11	11	11	10
Lg Rank Defense	14	15			10	10	15		5	15	13	10	14		13	15	14	15

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 11		boxscore	L		0-1		Los Angeles Rams	14	19	10	237	116	121	2	23	421	275	146	2
2	Sun	September 18		boxscore	L		0-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	10	23	16	298	202	96	3	20	340	135	205	2
3	Sun	September 25		boxscore	L		0-3	@	Detroit Lions	10	28	13	259	104	155	3	18	344	208	136	3
4	Sun	October 2		boxscore	L		0-4		Dallas Cowboys	14	47	20	276	170	106	5	22	363	220	143	2
5	Sun	October 9		boxscore	L		0-5	@	Washington Redskins	20	33	19	268	146	122	2	26	432	286	146
6	Sun	October 16		boxscore	L		0-6		San Francisco 49ers	7	44	14	215	156	59	4	29	504	328	176	1
7	Sun	October 23		boxscore	L		0-7	@	Green Bay Packers	3	56	15	216	76	140	4	19	357	231	126
8	Sun	October 30		boxscore	L		0-8		Cleveland Browns	17	49	23	321	117	204	3	22	508	295	213	1
10	Sun	November 13		boxscore	L		0-9		Baltimore Colts	7	19	17	241	152	89	7	13	200	105	95	3
11	Sun	November 20		boxscore	W		1-9	@	New York Giants	27	16	19	289	167	122	1	21	303	152	151	4
12	Sun	November 27		boxscore	L		1-10	@	Chicago Bears	6	23	6	167	101	66	3	23	476	177	299	4
13	Sun	December 4		boxscore	W		2-10	@	Minnesota Vikings	20	13	10	187	114	73		16	270	161	109	6
14	Sun	December 11		boxscore	W		3-10		St. Louis Cardinals	16	10	11	192	105	87	2	16	296	195	101	3
15	Sun	December 18		boxscore	L		3-11		Pittsburgh Steelers	33	57	18	370	291	79	5	27	458	332	126	1

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Randy Johnson	22	QB	14	11	3-8-0	129	295	43.7	1795	12	4.1	21	7.1	53	6.1	3.69	13.9	128.2	47.8	26	236	8.10	4.86	2.66	0	0
2	Dennis Claridge	25	QB	7	3	0-3-0	40	70	57.1	471	2	2.9	2	2.9	62	6.7	6.01	11.8	67.3	75.4	9	77	11.39	4.99	4.35	0	0
3	Steve Sloan	22	QB	3	0		6	13	46.2	96	0	0.0	2	15.4	32	7.4	0.46	16.0	32.0	31.7	3	32	18.75	4.00	-1.63	0	0
4	Perry Lee Dunn	25	RB	14	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0
5	Billy Lothridge	24	P	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	3-11-0	175	381	45.9	2017	14	3.7	27	7.1	62	6.2	2.84	13.5	144.1	48.9	38	345	9.07	4.81	2.58

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Junior Coffey	24	HB	14	14	199	722	4	37	3.6	51.6	14.2	15	182	12.1	1	46	1.1	13.0	214	4.2	904	5	4
2	Alex Hawkins	29	FL	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	44	661	15.0	2	42	3.7	55.1	44	15.0	661	2	1
3	Ernie Wheelwright	27	FB	14	14	121	458	3	65	3.8	32.7	8.6	15	137	9.1	3	35	1.1	9.8	136	4.4	595	6	2
4	Vern Burke	25	LE	14	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	348	12.4	1	45	2.0	24.9	28	12.4	348	1	0
5	Bill Martin	24	TE	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	330	11.4	0	35	2.1	23.6	29	11.4	330	0	0
6	Taz Anderson	28	TE	8	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	195	19.5	3	62	1.3	24.4	10	19.5	195	3	0
7	Gary Barnes	27	WR	9	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	173	14.4	1	53	1.3	19.2	12	14.4	173	1	1
8	Randy Johnson	22	QB	14	11	35	142	4	21	4.1	10.1	2.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	35	4.1	142	4	13
9	Preston Ridlehuber	23	RB	3	0	4	23	0	12	5.8	7.7	1.3	4	84	21.0	2	53	1.3	28.0	8	13.4	107	2	0
10	Perry Lee Dunn	25	RB	14	0	22	52	0	10	2.4	3.7	1.6	5	45	9.0	0	16	0.4	3.2	27	3.6	97	0	2
11	Angelo Coia	28	SE	6	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	93	23.3	0	39	0.7	15.5	4	23.3	93	0	1
12	Charlie Scales	28	HB	5	0	10	38	0	10	3.8	7.6	2.0	3	16	5.3	0	15	0.6	3.2	13	4.2	54	0	0
13	Bob Sherlag	23	WR	9	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	53	13.3	1	30	0.4	5.9	4	13.3	53	1	0
14	Ron Rector	22	RB	4	0	4	32	0	20	8.0	8.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	8.0	32	0	0
15	Tom Hutchinson	25	FL	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	28	28.0	0	28	0.2	5.6	1	28.0	28	0	0
16	Jimmy Sidle	23	RB	6	0	1	12	0	12	12.0	2.0	0.2	1	16	16.0	0	16	0.2	2.7	2	14.0	28	0	1
17	Billy Lothridge	24	P	14	0	1	22	0	22	22.0	1.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	22.0	22	0	0
18	Dennis Claridge	25	QB	7	3	5	15	0	12	3.0	2.1	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.0	15	0	1
19	Rudy Johnson	25	HB	1	0	3	3	0	3	1.0	3.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	1.0	3	0	0
20	Frank Marchlewski	23	C	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0	1		0	1	0.0	0.1	0		1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	405	1519	11	65	3.8	108.5	28.9	175	2362	13.5	14	62	12.5	168.7	580	6.7	3881	25	30

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Lee Calland	25	RCB	14	14	3	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
2	Junior Coffey	24	HB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Bill Jobko	31	RLB	14	14	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
4	Errol Linden	29	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Frank Marchlewski	23	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Tommy Nobis	23	MLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0	PB
7	Jerry Richardson	25	SS	14	14	5	68	0	20	0	1	5	0	1.0	0
8	Bob Riggle	22	FS	14	14	3	71	1	62	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Marion Rushing	30	LLB	14	14	3	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
10	Chuck Sieminski	26	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
11	Ron Smith	23	LCB	14	14	2	6	0	4	2	2	-1	0	0.0	0
12	Ernie Wheelwright	27	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bill Martin	24	TE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Bobby Richards	28	LDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
15	Sam Williams	35	RDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
16	Alex Hawkins	29	FL	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0.0	0
17	Don Talbert	27	LT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Randy Johnson	22	QB	14	11	0	0	0	0	13	3	-6	0	0.0	0
19	Vern Burke	25	LE	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Karl Rubke	31	LDT	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
21	Joe Szczecko	24	LDT	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
22	Gary Barnes	27	WR	9	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Dennis Claridge	25	QB	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Angelo Coia	28	SE	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Guy Reese	27	DT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
26	Perry Lee Dunn	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-5	0	0.0	0
27	Ralph Heck	25	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Jerry Jones	22	DT	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
29	Nick Rassas	22	DB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Ken Reaves	22	DB	14	0	1	16	0	16	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
31	Charlie Scales	28	HB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Jimmy Sidle	23	RB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
33	Tommy Tolleson	23	WR	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	0	1		30	13	0	0	34	0

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