1966 Detroit Lions (NFL) |
| 6th place Western Conference 4-9-1 .308 |
| Head Coach: Harry Gilmer |
| Sammy Baugh | Quarterbacks/Offensive Backs |
| Carl Brettschneider | Defensive Line |
| John North | Receivers |
| Lou Rymkus | Offensive Line |
| Joe Schmidt | Linebackers |
| Carl Taseff | Defensive Secondary |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1966 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 6-6 | T | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 38229 | |
| Thu | 8/11/1966 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 24011 | |
| Sun | 8/21/1966 | A | New York Giants | 7-17 | L | New Haven, CT | Yale Bowl | 46811 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 10-20 | L | Tulsa, OK | Skelly Field | 31250 | |
| Thu | 9/1/1966 | H | Baltimore Colts | 0-20 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 39766 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1966 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-3 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 52225 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 35473 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 28-10 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 47615 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-23 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1966 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-14 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 52793 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | A | Baltimore Colts | 14-45 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-27 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 36745 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-31 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 56954 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | A | Chicago Bears | 10-10 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47041 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 32-31 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 43939 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | H | Baltimore Colts | 20-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 52383 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1966 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 14-41 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 53189 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 3-23 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40039 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 16-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 43023 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 50 | Mike Alford | C | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Auburn | 12 | 0 |
| 76 | Roger Brown | RDT | 6-5 | 298 | 29 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| 59 | Ernie Clark | LLB | 6-1 | 222 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | Bill Cody | RLB | 6-1 | 225 | 22 | Auburn | 1 | 0 |
| 89 | Gail Cogdill | SE | 6-2 | 200 | 29 | Washington State | 14 | 14 |
| 45 | Bobby Felts | HB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Florida A&M | 10 | 1 |
| 54 | Ed Flanagan | C | 6-3 | 246 | 22 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Jim Gibbons | TE | 6-2 | 220 | 30 | Iowa | 7 | 0 |
| 75 | John Gordy | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 31 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Larry Hand | RDE | 6-5 | 247 | 26 | Appalachian State | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | John Henderson | FL-SE | 6-3 | 191 | 23 | Michigan | 13 | 1 |
| 67 | Wally Hilgenberg | MLB-RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Iowa | 14 | 2 |
| 71 | Alex Karras | LDT | 6-2 | 248 | 31 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| 46 | Jim Kearney | DB | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 6 | 0 |
| 66 | Bob Kowalkowski | LOG | 6-3 | 243 | 23 | Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Ron Kramer | TE | 6-3 | 234 | 31 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Dick LeBeau | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Joe Don Looney | HB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Texas; Cameron JC; Oklahoma | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | Mike Lucci | MLB | 6-2 | 233 | 27 | Pittsburgh; Tennessee | 13 | 13 |
| 21 | Bruce Maher | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Bill Malinchak | SE | 6-1 | 194 | 22 | Indiana | 14 | 0 |
| 31 | Amos Marsh | HB | 6-0 | 218 | 27 | Oregon State | 14 | 13 |
| 83 | Jerry Mazzanti | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 240 | 26 | Arkansas | 13 | 1 |
| 78 | Darris McCord | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 33 | Tennessee | 13 | 13 |
| 24 | Bruce McLenna | FB | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Michigan; Hillsdale | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | Tom Myers | QB | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Tom Nowatzke | FB | 6-3 | 229 | 24 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | Milt Plum | QB | 6-1 | 205 | 31 | Penn State | 6 | 6 |
| 47 | Wayne Rasmussen | RS | 6-2 | 179 | 24 | South Dakota State | 14 | 14 |
| 49 | Johnnie Robinson | DB | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| 82 | Jerry Rush | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 265 | 24 | Michigan State | 11 | 0 |
| 70 | Daryl Sanders | LOT | 6-5 | 248 | 25 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 73 | Roger Shoals | LOT-ROT | 6-4 | 256 | 28 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| 51 | Lou Slaby | LLB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 13 | 0 |
| 43 | Bobby Smith | CB | 6-0 | 193 | 28 | Compton JC; UCLA | 14 | 0 |
| 72 | J.D. Smith | ROT | 6-5 | 250 | 30 | Rice | 14 | 14 |
| 25 | Pat Studstill | FL-P | 6-1 | 176 | 28 | Houston | 14 | 13 |
| 14 | Karl Sweetan | QB | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | Texas A&M; Navarro JC; Wake Forest | 10 | 8 |
| 27 | Bobby Thompson | LCB | 5-10 | 179 | 27 | Compton JC; Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| 34 | Jim Todd | FB | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Ball State | 10 | 0 |
| 60 | Doug Van Horn | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| 48 | Tommy Vaughn | S | 5-11 | 192 | 23 | Iowa State | 13 | 0 |
| 55 | Wayne Walker | RLB-K | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | Idaho | 13 | 13 |
| 40 | Willie Walker | FL | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Coahoma CC; Tennessee State | 9 | 0 |
| 1 | Garo Yepremian | K | 5-8 | 172 | 22 | none | 9 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 24 | Nick Eddy | HB | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 39 | Bill Malinchak | E | Indiana |
| 4 | 55 | Doug Van Horn | G | Ohio State |
| 4 | 59 | Willie Walker | FL | Tennessee State |
| 5 | 67 | Bill Cody | LB | Auburn |
| 6 | 87 | Wayne DeSutter | T | Western Illinois |
| 7 | 103 | Johnnie Robinson | E | Tennessee State |
| 8 | 117 | John Pincavage | HB | Virginia |
| 9 | 136 | Dick Cunningham | G | Arkansas |
| 10 | 148 | Bruce Yates | T | Auburn |
| 10 | 150 | Tom Brigham | DE | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 164 | Jack O'Billovich | LB | Oregon State |
| 12 | 178 | Randy Winkler | T | Tarleton State |
| 13 | 192 | Bill Maselter | T | Wisconsin |
| 14 | 211 | Denis Moore | T | Southern California |
| 15 | 225 | Bill Sullivan | DE | West Virginia |
| 16 | 239 | Jerry Gendron | E | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 17 | 253 | Ralph Dunlap | DE | Baylor |
| 18 | 267 | Bill Johnson | E | West Alabama |
| 19 | 286 | Bob Baier | T | Simpson |
| 20 | 300 | Allen Smith | HB | Findlay |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 24 | 84 | 26 | 72 | |
| Opponents Totals | 74 | 85 | 75 | 83 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 216 | 73 | 126 | 17 | / % | / % | 82 | 931 | |
| Opponents Totals | 240 | 109 | 108 | 23 | / % | / % | 61 | 564 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 0 | 50 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Pat Studstill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Amos Marsh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Wayne Walker | 0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Bobby Felts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Don Looney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Lucci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnnie Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Karl Sweetan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Milt Plum | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 23 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 0 | 206 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 0 | 317 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 2 | 44 | 3/4 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 1/7 | 0/1 |
| Wayne Walker | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 1 | 42 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 3 | 44 | 4/5 | 5/6 | 4/6 | 2/12 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 8/ | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Nowatzke | 151 | 512 | 3.4 | 21 | 6 |
| Amos Marsh | 134 | 433 | 3.2 | 27 | 3 |
| Karl Sweetan | 34 | 219 | 6.4 | 34 | 1 |
| Bobby Felts | 34 | 83 | 2.4 | 14 | 2 |
| Milt Plum | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Bruce McLenna | 16 | 51 | 3.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Don Looney | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 24 | 1 |
| Pat Studstill | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Todd | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Willie Walker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 394 | 1429 | 3.6 | 27 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 479 | 2006 | 4.2 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milt Plum | 146 | 82 | 56.2 | 51 | 943 | 6.5 | 11.5 | 63 | 4 | 2.7 | 13 | 8.9 | 11 | 103 | 840 | 47.8 |
| Karl Sweetan | 309 | 157 | 50.8 | 138 | 1809 | 5.9 | 11.5 | 99t | 4 | 1.3 | 14 | 4.5 | 24 | 225 | 1584 | 54.3 |
| Tom Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 456 | 239 | 52.4 | 189 | 2752 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 99t | 8 | 1.8 | 28 | 6.1 | 35 | 328 | 2424 | 51.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 363 | 210 | 57.9 | 129 | 2702 | 7.4 | 12.9 | 19 | 5.2 | 24 | 6.6 | 34 | 294 | 2408 | 71.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 67 | 1266 | 18.9 | 99t | 5 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 54 | 316 | 5.9 | 25 | 1 |
| Gail Cogdill | 47 | 411 | 8.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Ron Kramer | 37 | 432 | 11.7 | 68 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 12 | 111 | 9.3 | 20 | 0 |
| John Henderson | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Bill Malinchak | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Don Looney | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bruce McLenna | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Felts | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Walker | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 239 | 2752 | 11.5 | 99t | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 210 | 2702 | 12.9 | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Lucci | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 63t | 1 |
| Bruce Maher | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Dick LeBeau | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ernie Clark | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Wayne Walker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 366 | 15.3 | 63t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 409 | 14.6 | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Studstill | 72 | 2956 | 41.1 | 66 | 0 | 98 | ||||
| Team Totals | 72 | 2956 | 41.1 | 66 | 0 | 98 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 2921 | 41.1 | 396 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Vaughn | 18 | 3 | 179 | 9.9 | 63 | 0 |
| Johnnie Robinson | 13 | 7 | 185 | 14.2 | 79t | 1 |
| Jim Todd | 5 | 2 | 12 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Felts | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 13 | 396 | 10.4 | 79t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 98 | 3.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Vaughn | 23 | 595 | 25.9 | 63 | 0 | |
| Bobby Felts | 20 | 392 | 19.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Johnnie Robinson | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 32 | 0 | |
| Jim Todd | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Joe Don Looney | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Lou Slaby | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jerry Mazzanti | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Mike Alford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1316 | 22.7 | 63 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 1004 | 22.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Alford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Felts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gordy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Karras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| Amos Marsh | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darris McCord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Plum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnnie Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Rush | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Studstill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karl Sweetan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 0 | |
| Jim Todd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Van Horn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 0 |
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