1966 NFL Receiving

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League Champion: Green Bay Packers

AP MVP: Bart Starr

AP Rookie of the Year: Johnny Roland

Passing Leader: Sonny Jurgensen, 3209 Yds

Rushing Leader: Gale Sayers, 1231 Yds

Receiving Leader: Pat Studstill, 1266 Yds

Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Receiving Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
1	Charley Taylor*	WAS	25	HB/LE	14	14	72	1119	15.5	12	86		5.1	79.9	6
2	Pat Studstill*+	DET	28	FL	14	13	67	1266	18.9	5	99		4.8	90.4	3
3	Dave Parks*	SFO	25	LE	13	13	66	974	14.8	5	65		5.1	74.9	0
4	Bob Hayes*+	DAL	24	LE	14	14	64	1232	19.3	13	95		4.6	88.0	3
5	Tom Moore	RAM	28	HB	14	14	60	433	7.2	3	30		4.3	30.9	1
6	Bobby Mitchell	WAS	31	FL	14	13	58	905	15.6	9	70		4.1	64.6	0
7	Raymond Berry	BAL	33	LE	14	14	56	786	14.0	7	40		4.0	56.1	0
8	Gary Collins*	CLE	26	FL	14	14	56	946	16.9	12	54		4.0	67.6	0
9	Tommy McDonald	RAM	32	FL	13	12	55	714	13.0	2	62		4.2	54.9	2
10	Tom Nowatzke	DET	24	FB	14	14	54	316	5.9	1	25		3.9	22.6	6
11	Jerry Smith	WAS	23	LE/TE	14	14	54	686	12.7	6	35		3.9	49.0	0
12	Bernie Casey	SFO	27	FL	13	13	50	669	13.4	1	32		3.8	51.5	1
13	Paul Flatley*	MIN	25	LE	13	12	50	777	15.5	3	41		3.8	59.8	0
14	John Mackey*+	BAL	25	TE	14	14	50	829	16.6	9	89		3.6	59.2	0
15	Homer Jones	NYG	25	LE	14	10	48	1044	21.8	8	98		3.4	74.6	1
16	Gail Cogdill	DET	29	LE	14	14	47	411	8.7	1	21		3.4	29.4	0
17	John Hilton	PIT	24	TE	14	14	46	603	13.1	4	32		3.3	43.1	1
18	Joe Morrison	NYG	29	FL/HB	14	14	46	724	15.7	6	49		3.3	51.7	1
19	Ernie Green*	CLE	28	FB	14	14	45	445	9.9	6	31		3.2	31.8	2
20	Jackie Smith*	STL	26	TE	14	14	45	810	18.0	3	69		3.2	57.9	1
21	Alex Hawkins	ATL	29	FL	12	12	44	661	15.0	2	42		3.7	55.1	1
22	Aaron Thomas	NYG	29	TE/FL	14	13	43	683	15.9	4	50		3.1	48.8	0
23	Ken Willard*	SFO	23	FB	14	14	42	351	8.4	2	62		3.0	25.1	7
24	Gary Ballman	PIT	26	LE	13	13	41	663	16.2	5	79		3.2	51.0	2
25	Dan Reeves	DAL	22	HB	14	14	41	557	13.6	8	51		2.9	39.8	6
26	Jim Taylor	GNB	31	FB	14	14	41	331	8.1	2	21		2.9	23.6	4
27	Pete Retzlaff	PHI	35	TE	14	14	40	653	16.3	6	40		2.9	46.6	0
28	Bill Brown	MIN	28	FB	14	14	37	359	9.7	0	56		2.6	25.6	4
29	Carroll Dale	GNB	28	TE/LE	14	13	37	876	23.7	7	83		2.6	62.6	0
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
30	Ron Kramer	DET	31	TE	14	14	37	432	11.7	0	68		2.6	30.9	0
31	Jimmy Orr	BAL	31	FL	13	13	37	618	16.7	3	61		2.8	47.5	0
32	Paul Warfield	CLE	24	LE	14	14	36	741	20.6	5	51		2.6	52.9	0
33	Bobby Joe Conrad	STL	31	FL	14	14	34	388	11.4	2	40		2.4	27.7	1
34	Gale Sayers*+	CHI	23	HB	14	13	34	447	13.1	2	80		2.4	31.9	2
35	Jack Snow	RAM	23	LE	14	14	34	634	18.6	3	84		2.4	45.3	0
36	Timmy Brown	PHI	29	HB	13	12	33	371	11.2	3	39		2.5	28.5	4
37	Mike Ditka	CHI	27	TE	14	14	32	378	11.8	2	30		2.3	27.0	0
38	Roy Jefferson	PIT	23	FL	14	14	32	772	24.1	4	84		2.3	55.1	3
39	Leroy Kelly*+	CLE	24	HB	14	14	32	366	11.4	1	40		2.3	26.1	1
40	Red Phillips	MIN	30	FL	12	11	32	554	17.3	3	68		2.7	46.2	0
41	Dick Bass*	RAM	29	FB	14	14	31	274	8.8	0	40		2.2	19.6	5
42	Marv Fleming	GNB	24	LE/TE	14	14	31	361	11.6	2	53		2.2	25.8	0
43	Preston Carpenter	2TM	32	TE	13	13	30	518	17.3	4	52		2.3	39.8	0
44	John David Crow	SFO	31	HB	14	14	30	341	11.4	3	54		2.1	24.4	1
45	Boyd Dowler	GNB	29	FL	14	14	29	392	13.5	0	40		2.1	28.0	1
46	Fred Hill	PHI	23	LE	14	7	29	304	10.5	0	36		2.1	21.7	0
47	Bill Martin	ATL	24	TE	14	13	29	330	11.4	0	35		2.1	23.6	0
48	Billy Truax	RAM	23	TE	14	7	29	314	10.8	0	21		2.1	22.4	0
49	Vern Burke	ATL	25	LE	14	8	28	348	12.4	1	45		2.0	24.9	0
50	Jim Jones	CHI	25	LE	14	14	28	504	18.0	5	80		2.0	36.0	1
51	Pete Gent	DAL	24	FL	14	10	27	474	17.6	1	84		1.9	33.9	0
52	Chuck Mercein	NYG	23	FB	13	10	27	152	5.6	0	20		2.1	11.7	3
53	Monty Stickles	SFO	28	TE	14	14	27	315	11.7	2	38		1.9	22.5	0
54	Frank Clarke	DAL	32	E	14	0	26	355	13.7	4	33		1.9	25.4	0
55	Elijah Pitts	GNB	28	HB	14	8	26	460	17.7	3	80		1.9	32.9	4
56	Billy Gambrell	STL	25	SE	14	3	24	409	17.0	5	49		1.7	29.2	0
57	Tom Hall	MIN	26	FL	14	5	23	271	11.8	2	30		1.6	19.4	1
58	Dick Hoak	PIT	27	HB	13	10	23	239	10.4	0	31		1.8	18.4	3
59	Tom Matte	BAL	27	HB	14	4	23	307	13.3	3	35		1.6	21.9	2
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
60	Marlin McKeever*	RAM	26	TE	11	7	23	277	12.0	1	31		2.1	25.2	2
61	Milt Morin	CLE	24	TE	11	9	23	333	14.5	3	32		2.1	30.3	3
62	Don Perkins*	DAL	28	FB	14	14	23	231	10.0	0	39		1.6	16.5	1
63	Steve Thurlow	2TM	24	FB-RB	13	9	23	165	7.2	0	22		1.8	12.7	2
64	Lenny Moore	BAL	33	HB	13	8	21	260	12.4	0	36		1.6	20.0	2
65	Johnny Roland*	STL	23	HB	14	13	21	213	10.1	0	37		1.5	15.2	4
66	Ronnie Bull	CHI	26	FB	14	10	20	174	8.7	0	28		1.4	12.4	4
67	Jim Lindsey	MIN	22	HB	14	4	20	250	12.5	2	46		1.4	17.9	3
68	Willie Asbury	PIT	23	FB	14	12	19	228	12.0	2	37		1.4	16.3	6
69	Earl Gros	PHI	26	FB	14	6	18	214	11.9	2	48		1.3	15.3	3
70	A.D. Whitfield	WAS	23	HB/FB	14	10	18	101	5.6	1	29		1.3	7.2	3
71	Sonny Randle	STL	30	LE	14	11	17	218	12.8	2	45		1.2	15.6	0
72	Bobby Crespino	NYG	28	TE	14	8	16	167	10.4	2	19		1.1	11.9	0
73	Prentice Gautt	STL	28	FB	14	6	16	114	7.1	1	22		1.1	8.1	0
74	Ron Goodwin	PHI	25	LE/FL	12	9	16	212	13.3	1	30		1.3	17.7	0
75	Junior Coffey	ATL	24	HB	14	14	15	182	12.1	1	46		1.1	13.0	4
76	Willis Crenshaw	STL	25	FB	14	7	15	46	3.1	0	19		1.1	3.3	5
77	Dick Gordon	CHI	22	FL	14	12	15	210	14.0	1	40		1.1	15.0	4
78	Dave Osborn	MIN	23	RB	14	3	15	141	9.4	2	38		1.1	10.1	2
79	Ernie Wheelwright	ATL	27	FB	14	14	15	137	9.1	3	35		1.1	9.8	2
80	Buddy Dial	DAL	29	FL	10	3	14	252	18.0	1	39		1.4	25.2	0
81	Ben Hawkins	PHI	22	FL	14	12	14	143	10.2	0	23		1.0	10.2	3
82	Paul Hornung	GNB	31	HB	9	6	14	192	13.7	3	44		1.6	21.3	1
83	Willie Richardson	BAL	27	FL	13	1	14	246	17.6	2	69		1.1	18.9	0
84	Kay McFarland	SFO	28	WR	12	2	13	219	16.8	1	43		1.1	18.3	0
85	Ralph Smith	CLE	28	TE	14	4	13	183	14.1	3	28		0.9	13.1	0
86	Gary Barnes	ATL	27	WR	9	3	12	173	14.4	1	53		1.3	19.2	1
87	Izzy Lang	PHI	24	FB	14	4	12	107	8.9	0	24		0.9	7.6	2
88	Joe Don Looney	2TM	24	HB	13	1	12	49	4.1	0	18		0.9	3.8	3
89	Tony Lorick	BAL	25	FB	14	11	12	81	6.8	0	19		0.9	5.8	2
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
90	Amos Marsh	DET	27	HB	14	12	12	111	9.3	0	20		0.9	7.9	5
91	Pettis Norman	DAL	27	TE	14	14	12	144	12.0	0	31		0.9	10.3	0
92	Taz Anderson	ATL	28	TE	8	1	10	195	19.5	3	62		1.3	24.4	0
93	Jon Arnett	CHI	31	HB	14	1	10	42	4.2	0	11		0.7	3.0	3
94	Allen Jacobs	NYG	25	FB	14	4	10	69	6.9	0	29		0.7	4.9	2
95	Dave Kopay	SFO	24	RB	14	0	10	67	6.7	1	26		0.7	4.8	1
96	Ralph Kurek	CHI	23	RB	14	3	10	178	17.8	0	49		0.7	12.7	1
97	Dick Witcher	SFO	22	FL	14	0	10	115	11.5	1	24		0.7	8.2	0
98	Tom Woodeshick	PHI	25	RB	14	4	10	118	11.8	1	44		0.7	8.4	2
99	Ernie Koy	NYG	24	HB	13	7	8	43	5.4	0	26		0.6	3.3	3
100	Jim Stiger	RAM	25	HB	14	0	8	72	9.0	1	18		0.6	5.1	2
101	Gary Lewis	SFO	24	RB	14	0	7	44	6.3	1	18		0.5	3.1	1
102	Tommy Mason	MIN	27	HB	7	6	7	39	5.6	1	17		1.0	5.6	6
103	Pat Richter	WAS	25	TE	14	8	7	100	14.3	0	20		0.5	7.1	0
104	J.R. Wilburn	PIT	23	SE	14	1	7	103	14.7	0	42		0.5	7.4	1
105	John Henderson	DET	23	FL	13	1	6	121	20.2	0	53		0.5	9.3	0
106	Dan Lewis	NYG	30	HB	13	2	6	87	14.5	0	25		0.5	6.7	1
107	Ollie Matson	PHI	36	HB	14	2	6	30	5.0	1	11		0.4	2.1	3
108	Jerry Simmons	PIT	24	FL	13	0	6	68	11.3	1	21		0.5	5.2	1
109	Amos Bullocks	PIT	27	HB	8	2	5	64	12.8	1	18		0.6	8.0	1
110	Perry Lee Dunn	ATL	25	RB	14	0	5	45	9.0	0	16		0.4	3.2	2
111	Steve Heckard	RAM	23	WR	12	2	5	102	20.4	0	50		0.4	8.5	0
112	Jerry Hill	BAL	27	FB	11	5	5	18	3.6	0	7		0.5	1.6	2
113	Kent Kramer	SFO	22	TE	14	0	5	81	16.2	3	24		0.4	5.8	0
114	Bill Malinchak	DET	22	SE	14	0	5	34	6.8	0	13		0.4	2.4	0
115	Johnny Morris	CHI	31	FL	2	2	5	49	9.8	0	15		2.5	24.5	0
116	Roy Shivers	STL	25	RB	13	1	5	81	16.2	0	40		0.4	6.2	3
117	Cannonball Butler	PIT	23	RB	14	3	4	93	23.3	1	66		0.3	6.6	4
118	Angelo Coia	ATL	28	SE	6	3	4	93	23.3	0	39		0.7	15.5	1
119	Jim Grabowski	GNB	22	RB	14	0	4	13	3.3	0	7		0.3	0.9	2
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
120	Jake Kupp	WAS	25	TE	14	0	4	28	7.0	0	13		0.3	2.0	0
121	Max McGee	GNB	34	E	12	0	4	91	22.8	1	39		0.3	7.6	0
122	Mel Renfro*	DAL	25	FS	11	8	4	65	16.3	0	42		0.4	5.9	2
123	Preston Ridlehuber	ATL	23	RB	3	0	4	84	21.0	2	53		1.3	28.0	0
124	Bob Sherlag	ATL	23	WR	9	2	4	53	13.3	1	30		0.4	5.9	0
125	Duane Allen	CHI	29	TE	11	0	3	28	9.3	0	14		0.3	2.5	0
126	Bob Long	GNB	24	FL	5	0	3	68	22.7	0	42		0.6	13.6	0
127	Bruce McLenna	DET	25	HB	9	0	3	13	4.3	0	8		0.3	1.4	0
128	Charlie Scales	ATL	28	HB	5	0	3	16	5.3	0	15		0.6	3.2	0
129	Del Shofner	NYG	32	SE	9	2	3	19	6.3	0	9		0.3	2.1	0
130	Bobby Smith	PIT	24	HB	8	1	3	26	8.7	0	21		0.4	3.3	2
131	Butch Wilson	BAL	25	TE	14	0	3	27	9.0	2	11		0.2	1.9	0
132	Bill Anderson	GNB	30	TE	10	1	2	14	7.0	0	8		0.2	1.4	0
133	Donny Anderson	GNB	23	RB	14	0	2	33	16.5	0	22		0.1	2.4	3
134	Tom Barrington	WAS	22	RB	6	0	2	23	11.5	0	12		0.3	3.8	1
135	Charlie Bivins	CHI	28	TE	14	0	2	6	3.0	0	4		0.1	0.4	1
136	Bobby Felts	DET	24	HB	10	1	2	1	0.5	0	1		0.2	0.1	2
137	Walt Garrison	DAL	22	RB	14	0	2	18	9.0	0	17		0.1	1.3	0
138	Tony Jeter	PIT	22	TE	9	0	2	18	9.0	0	11		0.2	2.0	0
139	Les Josephson	RAM	24	RB	14	0	2	10	5.0	1	6		0.1	0.7	1
140	Phil King	MIN	30	FB	14	0	2	24	12.0	1	18		0.1	1.7	0
141	Fred Mazurek	WAS	23	WR	12	0	2	28	14.0	0	15		0.2	2.3	0
142	Clifton McNeil	CLE	26	FL	14	0	2	94	47.0	2	50		0.1	6.7	0
143	Ron Rector	2TM	22	RB	10	1	2	9	4.5	0	6		0.2	0.9	0
144	Lance Rentzel	MIN	23	SE	9	1	2	10	5.0	0	8		0.2	1.1	1
145	Walter Roberts	CLE	24	SE	14	1	2	19	9.5	0	10		0.1	1.4	3
146	Bill Triplett	STL	26	HB	8	1	2	6	3.0	0	11		0.3	0.8	0
147	Billy Ray Barnes	MIN	31	HB	2	1	1	20	20.0	0	20		0.5	10.0	0
148	John Burrell	WAS	26	WR	4	1	1	9	9.0	0	9		0.3	2.3	0
149	Jack Concannon	PHI	23	QB	11	2	1	7	7.0	0	7		0.1	0.6	2
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	Y/Tgt	R/G	Y/G	Fmb
150	Vince Costello	CLE	34	MLB	14	14	1	-7	-7.0	0	-7		0.1	-0.5	0
151	Claude Crabb	RAM	26	DB	14	1	1	47	47.0	0	47		0.1	3.4	0
152	Jim Gibbons	DET	30	TE	7	0	1	2	2.0	1	2		0.1	0.3	0
153	Jim Houston	CLE	29	LLB	14	12	1	10	10.0	1	10		0.1	0.7	0
154	Tom Hutchinson	ATL	25	FL	5	0	1	28	28.0	0	28		0.2	5.6	0
155	Jim Jackson	SFO	22	HB	10	0	1	63	63.0	1	63		0.1	6.3	1
156	Mitch Johnson	WAS	24	LT	14	14	1	1	1.0	0	1		0.1	0.1	0
157	Pep Menefee	NYG	23	WR	7	0	1	11	11.0	0	11		0.1	1.6	0
158	Nick Pietrosante	CLE	29	FB	13	0	1	12	12.0	0	12		0.1	0.9	0
159	Bucky Pope	RAM	25	SE	3	0	1	14	14.0	1	14		0.3	4.7	0
160	Jimmy Sidle	ATL	23	RB	6	0	1	16	16.0	0	16		0.2	2.7	1
161	J.D. Smith	DAL	34	FB	14	1	1	3	3.0	0	3		0.1	0.2	0
162	Rick Sortun	STL	24	LG/RG	14	11	1	7	7.0	0	7		0.1	0.5	0
163	Willie Walker	DET	24	WR	9	0	1	21	21.0	0	21		0.1	2.3	0

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