1966 Denver Broncos (AFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Mac Speedie (0-2-0); Ray Malavasi (4-8-0) |
| Dale Dodrill | Defensive Line |
| Ray Malavasi | Offensive Line |
| Marv Matuszak | Defensive Backs |
| Bus Mertes | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1966 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 30-32 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 17771 | |
| Fri | 8/12/1966 | A | Buffalo Bills | 3-25 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30476 | |
| Wed | 8/24/1966 | N | Miami Dolphins | 28-16 | W | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 18442 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1966 | H | Oakland Raiders | 21-52 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 14074 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1966 | A | Houston Oilers | 7-45 | L | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 30156 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | H | Boston Patriots | 10-24 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 25337 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | H | New York Jets | 7-16 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 29878 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | H | Houston Oilers | 40-38 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 27203 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-37 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 33929 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | A | Miami Dolphins | 7-24 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 23393 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-56 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 23196 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | A | San Diego Chargers | 17-24 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 25819 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | A | Boston Patriots | 17-10 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 18154 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | H | Oakland Raiders | 3-17 | L | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 26703 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1966 | H | San Diego Chargers | 20-17 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 24860 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | H | Miami Dolphins | 17-7 | W | Denver, CO | Bears Stadium | 32592 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | A | Oakland Raiders | 10-28 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 31765 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1966 | A | Buffalo Bills | 21-38 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40583 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lee Bernet | 74 | ROT | 6-2 | 245 | 22 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| John Bramlett | 56 | RLB | 6-2 | 216 | 25 | Memphis | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Breitenstein | 76 | LOT | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Brown | 24 | LCB | 6-1 | 194 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Sam Brunelli | 68 | OG | 6-1 | 263 | 23 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 0 |
| Max Choboian | 15 | QB | 6-4 | 205 | 24 | Oregon; Northridge State | 14 | 6 |
| Larry Cox | 66 | LDT-DE | 6-2 | 250 | 23 | Abilene Christian | 11 | 7 |
| Eric Crabtree | 31 | SE-FL | 5-11 | 186 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| Marv Davis | 78 | DE | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Wichita State | 1 | 0 |
| Al Denson | 88 | TE | 6-2 | 208 | 24 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Fletcher | 20 | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Memphis | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Franci | 84 | TE-SE | 6-1 | 210 | 23 | Santa Rosa JC; UC Santa Barbara | 10 | 0 |
| Scotty Glacken | 17 | QB | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Duke | 8 | 1 |
| Glenn Glass | 49 | LS | 6-0 | 197 | 26 | Tennessee | 6 | 0 |
| Goose Gonsoulin | 23 | RS | 6-3 | 209 | 28 | Baylor | 12 | 12 |
| John Gonzaga | 79 | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 33 | none | 13 | 13 |
| John Griffin | 46 | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Memphis | 5 | 4 |
| Don Gulseth | 53 | LB | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | North Dakota | 5 | 0 |
| Wendell Hayes | 33 | FB | 6-1 | 221 | 26 | Oakland JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | 11 | 10 |
| Abner Haynes | 28 | HB | 6-0 | 188 | 29 | North Texas | 14 | 7 |
| Jon Hohman | 64 | OG | 6-1 | 243 | 24 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Jerry Hopkins | 50 | LLB-MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 25 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Inman | 62 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Boise JC; Oregon | 7 | 0 |
| Ray Jacobs | 83 | LDT-DE | 6-3 | 276 | 27 | Navarro JC; Howard Payne | 11 | 7 |
| Gene Jeter | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 6 |
| Larry Kaminski | 59 | C | 6-2 | 244 | 21 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Keating | 61 | RDT | 6-2 | 242 | 22 | Michigan | 14 | 8 |
| Mike Kellogg | 35 | FB | 6-0 | 220 | 24 | Santa Clara | 8 | 0 |
| Gary Kroner | 12 | K | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Ray Kubala | 52 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Danny LaRose | 80 | LDE | 6-5 | 250 | 27 | Missouri | 13 | 13 |
| Max Leetzow | 81 | RDE | 6-4 | 240 | 23 | Idaho | 14 | 14 |
| Darrell Lester | 26 | FB | 6-2 | 232 | 26 | Louisiana State; McNeese State | 11 | 4 |
| Pat Matson | 73 | OG | 6-1 | 246 | 22 | Oregon | 14 | 1 |
| Archie Matsos | 55 | MLB | 6-0 | 215 | 32 | Michigan State | 8 | 8 |
| John McCormick | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 29 | Boston College; Massachusetts | 14 | 6 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 27 | HB | 5-11 | 185 | 26 | Washington | 13 | 7 |
| Bob Richardson | 43 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | UCLA | 9 | 8 |
| Tobin Rote | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 211 | 38 | Rice | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Sbranti | 54 | LLB-RLB | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Utah State | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 82 | FL-P | 5-11 | 194 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Lew Scott | 45 | LCB-RCB | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Mesa CC; Oregon State | 13 | 0 |
| Goldie Sellers | 21 | LS-RS | 6-2 | 198 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 5 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 25 | Louisiana Tech | 3 | 1 |
| Jerry Sturm | 72 | ROG | 6-3 | 257 | 30 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| George Tarasovic | 65 | RDT | 6-4 | 245 | 36 | Boston College; Northeast Louisana JC; Louisiana State | 6 | 6 |
| Lionel Taylor | 87 | SE | 6-2 | 215 | 31 | New Mexico Highlands | 14 | 14 |
| Max Wettstein | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Florida State | 2 | 0 |
| Nemiah Wilson | 48 | RCB | 6-0 | 186 | 23 | Grambling State | 14 | 6 |
| Lonnie Wright | 42 | LS-RS | 6-2 | 205 | 21 | Colorado State | 14 | 7 |
| Bob Young | 77 | DE | 6-2 | 269 | 24 | Texas; Texas State; Howard Payne | 11 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 4 | Jerry Shay | T | Purdue | |
| 2 | 11 | Freeman White | E | Nebraska | |
| 3 | 20 | Bob Hadrick | E | Purdue | |
| 4 | 27 | Randy Johnson | QB | Texas A&M-Kingsville | |
| 5 | 36 | Billy Clay | DB | Mississippi | |
| 6 | 44 | Jim Fulgham | T | Minnesota | |
| 7 | 53 | Jerry Jones | G | Bowling Green State | |
| 7 | 62 | Scotty Glacken | QB | Duke | |
| 8 | 66 | Goldie Sellers | DB | Grambling State | |
| 8 | 70 | Doug Davis | T | Kentucky | |
| 9 | 76 | Ron Sbranti | LB | Utah State | |
| 10 | 85 | Larry Cox | T | Abilene Christian | |
| 11 | 93 | James Burns | G | Northwestern | |
| 13 | 112 | Eric Crabtree | DB | Pittsburgh | |
| 14 | 121 | Fred Forsberg | DT | Washington | |
| 15 | 130 | Mike Ringer | DB | Oklahoma | |
| 16 | 139 | Frank Rogers | K | Colorado | |
| 17 | 148 | Gary Eickman | DE | Illinois | |
| 18 | 157 | Tom Talaga | T | Notre Dame | |
| 19 | 166 | Tom Coughlin | DE | Miami (Florida) | |
| 20 | 175 | Cliff Hysell | T | Montana State | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 3 | Nick Eddy | HB | Notre Dame | |
| 2 | 12 | Pete Duranko | E | Notre Dame | |
| 3 | 21 | Dick Arndt | T | Idaho | |
| 4 | 30 | Mark Gartung | T | Oregon State | |
| 5 | 39 | Art Hatfield | E | Los Angeles State | |
| 6 | 48 | Jerry Durling | T | Wyoming | |
| 7 | 57 | John Mason | E | Stanford | |
| 8 | 66 | Henry Sorrell | LB | Tennessee-Chattanooga | |
| 9 | 75 | Bud Harrington | FB | Tulsa | |
| 10 | 84 | Andre White | E | Florida A&M | |
| 11 | 93 | Mike Sullivan | E | Oregon State | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 33 | 73 | 38 | 52 | 196 |
| Opponents Totals | 90 | 99 | 64 | 128 | 381 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 171 | 61 | 95 | 15 | / % | / % | 66 | 771 | |
| Opponents Totals | 251 | 101 | 122 | 28 | / % | / % | 75 | 576 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Kroner | 0 | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 0 | 62 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Al Denson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Abner Haynes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Max Choboian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charlie Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Goldie Sellers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Bramlett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wendell Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Darrell Lester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lionel Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nemiah Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 0 | 196 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 46 | 46 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 40 | 42.5 | 0 | 381 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Kroner | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 3 | 46 | 3/3 | 4/7 | 4/4 | 3/10 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 25 | 56.0 | 3 | 46 | 3/3 | 4/7 | 4/4 | 3/10 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 40 | 42.5 | 6/ | 2/ | 5/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Hayes | 105 | 417 | 4.0 | 56t | 1 |
| Abner Haynes | 129 | 304 | 2.4 | 20 | 2 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 70 | 199 | 2.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 63t | 1 |
| Darrell Lester | 34 | 84 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Max Choboian | 21 | 45 | 2.1 | 12 | 2 |
| Mickey Slaughter | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Kellogg | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| John McCormick | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Scotty Glacken | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 376 | 1173 | 3.1 | 63 | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 441 | 2029 | 4.6 | 61 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Choboian | 163 | 82 | 50.3 | 69 | 1110 | 6.8 | 13.5 | 79 | 4 | 2.5 | 12 | 7.4 | 49.9 | |||
| John McCormick | 193 | 68 | 35.2 | 110 | 993 | 5.1 | 14.6 | 64 | 6 | 3.1 | 15 | 7.8 | 30.9 | |||
| Mickey Slaughter | 25 | 7 | 28.0 | 18 | 124 | 5.0 | 17.7 | 67t | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 61.1 | |||
| Scotty Glacken | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 5 | 84 | 7.6 | 14.0 | 22 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.7 | |||
| Tobin Rote | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 4 | 40 | 5.0 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 14.6 | |||
| Abner Haynes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 402 | 166 | 41.3 | 206 | 2351 | 5.8 | 14.2 | 79 | 12 | 3.0 | 30 | 7.5 | 37 | 356 | 1995 | 39.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 396 | 192 | 48.5 | 191 | 2819 | 7.1 | 14.7 | 79 | 26 | 6.6 | 13 | 3.3 | 33 | 304 | 2515 | 80.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Haynes | 46 | 480 | 10.4 | 52 | 1 |
| Al Denson | 36 | 725 | 20.1 | 65t | 3 |
| Lionel Taylor | 35 | 448 | 12.8 | 29 | 1 |
| Bob Scarpitto | 21 | 335 | 16.0 | 62t | 4 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 14 | 239 | 17.1 | 79 | 2 |
| Wendell Hayes | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 29 | 0 |
| Darrell Lester | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Jason Franci | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Kellogg | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lonnie Wright | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 166 | 2351 | 14.2 | 79 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 192 | 2819 | 14.7 | 79 | 26 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Brown | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Goldie Sellers | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Archie Matsos | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Hopkins | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Lonnie Wright | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John Bramlett | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Nemiah Wilson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 545 | 18.2 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Scarpitto | 76 | 3480 | 45.8 | 70 | 1 | 296 | ||||
| Team Totals | 77 | 3480 | 45.2 | 70 | 1 | 296 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 60 | 2563 | 42.7 | 68 | 0 | 235 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abner Haynes | 10 | 119 | 11.9 | 42 | 0 | |
| Lew Scott | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Goldie Sellers | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 17 | 0 | |
| Nemiah Wilson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Darrell Lester | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 235 | 9.0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 296 | 7.8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldie Sellers | 19 | 541 | 28.5 | 100t | 2 | |
| Nemiah Wilson | 10 | 309 | 30.9 | 100t | 1 | |
| Lew Scott | 9 | 282 | 31.3 | 77 | 0 | |
| Abner Haynes | 9 | 229 | 25.4 | 43 | 0 | |
| Eric Crabtree | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 32 | 0 | |
| Charlie Mitchell | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Darrell Lester | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jerry Sturm | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jerry Inman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1558 | 26.9 | 100t | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 1000 | 23.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Bernet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Max Choboian | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| John Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Abner Haynes | 11 | 0 | |||||
| Gene Jeter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bill Keating | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Kellogg | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Danny LaRose | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Darrell Lester | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Archie Matsos | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| John McCormick | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Charlie Mitchell | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Richardson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Lew Scott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Goldie Sellers | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Mickey Slaughter | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Jerry Sturm | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Nemiah Wilson | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Lonnie Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 36 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 2 |
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