1966 Atlanta Falcons (NFL) |
7th place • Eastern Conference • 3-11-0 .214 |
Head Coach: Norb Hecker |
George Dickson | Offensive Backs |
Brad Ecklund | Offensive Line |
Tom Fears | Offense |
Hal Herring | Defense |
John Symank | Defensive Backs |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Mon | 8/1/1966 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-9 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 20072 | |
Sat | 8/6/1966 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 10-20 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 34304 | |
Sat | 8/13/1966 | N | New York Giants | 7-14 | L | Nashville, TN | Dudley Field | 20945 | |
Sat | 8/20/1966 | H | Cleveland Browns | 3-42 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 48548 | |
Sat | 8/27/1966 | N | San Francisco 49ers | 24-17 | W | Columbia, SC | Williams-Brice Stadium | 21780 | |
Sun | 9/11/1966 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 14-19 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 54418 | |
Sun | 9/18/1966 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-23 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 54049 | |
Sun | 9/25/1966 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 47615 | |
Sun | 10/2/1966 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 14-47 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 56990 | |
Sun | 10/9/1966 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-33 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50116 | |
Sun | 10/16/1966 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 7-44 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 54788 | |
Sun | 10/23/1966 | A | Green Bay Packers | 3-56 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 48623 | |
Sun | 10/30/1966 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-49 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 57235 | |
Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | Baltimore Colts | 7-19 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
Sun | 11/20/1966 | A | New York Giants | 27-16 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62746 | |
Sun | 11/27/1966 | A | Chicago Bears | 6-23 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 44777 | |
Sun | 12/4/1966 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 20-13 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 37117 | |
Sun | 12/11/1966 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 16-10 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 57169 | |
Sun | 12/18/1966 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 33-57 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 56229 |
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 | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Taz Anderson | 87 | TE | 6-2 | 208 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 0 |
Gary Barnes | 80 | SE | 6-4 | 210 | 27 | Clemson | 9 | 3 |
Vern Burke | 84 | SE | 6-4 | 201 | 25 | Bakersfield CC; Oregon State | 14 | 8 |
Lee Calland | 22 | RCB | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Louisville | 14 | 14 |
Dennis Claridge | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Nebraska | 7 | 3 |
Junior Coffey | 34 | HB | 6-1 | 211 | 24 | Washington | 14 | 14 |
Angelo Coia | 48 | SE | 6-2 | 202 | 28 | The Citadel; Southern California | 6 | 3 |
Ed Cook | 75 | LOG | 6-2 | 245 | 34 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
Perry Lee Dunn | 37 | HB | 6-2 | 208 | 25 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
Glenn Glass | 49 | FL | 6-0 | 197 | 26 | Tennessee | 3 | 0 |
Dan Grimm | 67 | ROG | 6-3 | 244 | 25 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
Alex Hawkins | 25 | FL | 6-1 | 188 | 29 | South Carolina | 12 | 12 |
Ralph Heck | 55 | LB | 6-2 | 228 | 25 | Colorado | 14 | 0 |
Tom Hutchinson | 83 | FL | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Kentucky | 5 | 0 |
Bill Jobko | 57 | RLB | 6-2 | 224 | 31 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
Randy Johnson | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 202 | 22 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 11 |
Rudy Johnson | 32 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 |
Jerry Jones | 50 | DE | 6-3 | 267 | 22 | Bowling Green State | 8 | 0 |
Lou Kirouac | 65 | K-OG | 6-3 | 238 | 26 | Boston College | 14 | 0 |
Rich Koeper | 78 | LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | San Mateo JC; Oregon State | 4 | 0 |
Errol Linden | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 258 | 29 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
Billy Lothridge | 26 | P | 6-1 | 194 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
Red Mack | 27 | FL | 5-10 | 185 | 29 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
Frank Marchlewski | 53 | C | 6-2 | 237 | 23 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
Bud Marshall | 70 | DT | 6-5 | 271 | 25 | Baylor; Stephen F. Austin State | 6 | 0 |
Billy Martin | 85 | TE-P | 6-4 | 238 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
Larry Morris | 33 | LB | 6-2 | 226 | 33 | Georgia Tech | 12 | 0 |
Tommy Nobis | 60 | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
Nick Rassas | 47 | S | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Notre Dame | 8 | 0 |
Ken Reaves | 36 | CB | 6-3 | 206 | 22 | Norfolk State | 14 | 0 |
Ron Rector | 29 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Northwestern | 4 | 0 |
Guy Reese | 76 | LDT | 6-5 | 255 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 2 | 2 |
Bobby Richards | 68 | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 241 | 28 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
Jerry Richardson | 43 | LS | 6-3 | 190 | 25 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
Preston Ridlehuber | 32 | RB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Georgia | 3 | 0 |
Bob Riggle | 20 | RS | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
Karl Rubke | 74 | LDT-LDE | 6-4 | 240 | 31 | Santa Rosa JC; Southern California | 14 | 9 |
Marion Rushing | 52 | LLB | 6-2 | 223 | 30 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
Charley Scales | 31 | FB-HB | 5-11 | 214 | 28 | Indiana | 5 | 0 |
Bob Sherlag | 82 | FL | 6-0 | 197 | 23 | Memphis | 9 | 2 |
Jimmy Sidle | 24 | HB | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | Auburn | 6 | 0 |
Chuck Sieminski | 77 | RDT | 6-4 | 262 | 26 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
Carl Silvestri | 45 | DB | 5-11 | 195 | 23 | Wisconsin | 3 | 0 |
Jim Simon | 66 | LOT | 6-5 | 235 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 2 |
Steve Sloan | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Alabama | 3 | 0 |
Ron Smith | 40 | LCB | 6-1 | 191 | 23 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
Joe Szczecko | 71 | LDT | 6-0 | 245 | 24 | Northwestern | 12 | 4 |
Don Talbert | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 248 | 27 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
Tommy Tolleson | 86 | FL | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Alabama | 8 | 0 |
Wade Traynham | 7 | K | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Frederick | 2 | 0 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 30 | FB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Southern Illinois | 14 | 14 |
Bob Whitlow | 51 | C | 6-1 | 236 | 30 | Compton JC; Arizona | 11 | 0 |
Sam Williams | 88 | RDE | 6-5 | 235 | 35 | Michigan State | 14 | 13 |
Bill Wolski | 44 | FB | 5-11 | 203 | 22 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 1 | Tommy Nobis | LB | Texas |
1 | 16 | Randy Johnson | QB | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
2 | 17 | Nick Rassas | DB | Notre Dame |
2 | 32 | Jerry Jones | T | Bowling Green State |
3 | 33 | Mike Dennis | HB | Mississippi |
3 | 48 | Phil Sheridan | E | Notre Dame |
4 | 49 | Ken Reaves | DB | Norfolk State |
4 | 64 | Willie Asbury | HB | Kent State |
5 | 65 | Bill Wolski | HB | Notre Dame |
5 | 80 | Martin Kahn | T | North Texas |
6 | 81 | Charley Casey | FL | Florida |
7 | 96 | William Johnson | FB | University of the South |
8 | 111 | Bill Goss | LB | Tulane |
9 | 126 | Bob Sanders | C | North Texas |
10 | 141 | Mike Bender | G | Arkansas |
11 | 156 | Steve Sloan | QB | Alabama |
12 | 171 | Ken Hollister | T | Indiana |
13 | 186 | Bob Collins | T | South Carolina |
14 | 201 | Steve Ecker | K | Shippensburg |
15 | 216 | Tommy Tolleson | FL | Alabama |
16 | 231 | Jim Vining | G | Rice |
17 | 246 | Lurley Archambeau | C | Toledo |
18 | 261 | Doug Korver | C | Northern Iowa |
19 | 276 | Walt Mainer | DB | Xavier (Ohio) |
20 | 291 | Bob Riggle | DB | Penn State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 28 | 90 | 51 | 35 | 204 |
Opponents Totals | 74 | 144 | 99 | 120 | 437 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 25:43 | 211 | 85 | 104 | 22 | / % | / % | 79 | 753 |
Opponents Totals | 34:17 | 295 | 126 | 151 | 18 | / % | / % | 66 | 588 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Kirouac | 0 | 19 | 24 | 79.2 | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 46 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Junior Coffey | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Randy Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Taz Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Alex Hawkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Preston Ridlehuber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Gary Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Vern Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bob Riggle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bob Sherlag | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Wade Traynham | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
Team Totals | 26 | 21 | 26 | 80.8 | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 0 | 204 |
Opponents Totals | 52 | 48 | 52 | 92.3 | 25 | 41 | 61.0 | 1 | 437 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lou Kirouac | 9 | 18 | 50.0 | 0 | 47 | 1/3 | 4/8 | 0/0 | 4/7 | 0/0 |
Wade Traynham | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
Team Totals | 9 | 19 | 47.4 | 1 | 47 | 1/3 | 4/8 | 0/1 | 4/7 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 41 | 61.0 | 10/10 | 8/9 | 2/7 | 5/13 | 0/0 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Junior Coffey | 199 | 722 | 3.6 | 37 | 4 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 121 | 458 | 3.8 | 65 | 3 |
Randy Johnson | 35 | 142 | 4.1 | 21 | 4 |
Perry Lee Dunn | 22 | 52 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
Charlie Scales | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
Ron Rector | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
Preston Ridlehuber | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
Billy Lothridge | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Dennis Claridge | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 16 | 0 |
Jimmy Sidle | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Rudy Johnson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 405 | 1519 | 3.8 | 65 | 11 |
Opponents Totals | 472 | 2172 | 4.6 | 70t | 20 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randy Johnson | 295 | 129 | 43.7 | 145 | 1795 | 6.1 | 13.9 | 53t | 12 | 4.1 | 21 | 7.1 | 26 | 236 | 1559 | 47.8 |
Dennis Claridge | 70 | 40 | 57.1 | 28 | 471 | 6.7 | 11.8 | 62t | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.9 | 9 | 77 | 394 | 75.4 |
Steve Sloan | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 5 | 96 | 7.4 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 3 | 32 | 64 | 31.7 |
Billy Lothridge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Perry Lee Dunn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Team Totals | 381 | 175 | 45.9 | 179 | 2362 | 6.2 | 13.5 | 62t | 14 | 3.7 | 27 | 7.1 | 38 | 345 | 2017 | 48.9 |
Opponents Totals | 396 | 227 | 57.3 | 150 | 3376 | 8.5 | 14.9 | 86t | 26 | 6.6 | 19 | 4.8 | 34 | 276 | 3100 | 87.3 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Hawkins | 44 | 661 | 15.0 | 42 | 2 |
Billy Martin | 29 | 330 | 11.4 | 35 | 0 |
Vern Burke | 28 | 348 | 12.4 | 45 | 1 |
Junior Coffey | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 46 | 1 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 15 | 137 | 9.1 | 35 | 3 |
Gary Barnes | 12 | 173 | 14.4 | 53t | 1 |
Taz Anderson | 10 | 195 | 19.5 | 62t | 3 |
Perry Lee Dunn | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
Angelo Coia | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 39 | 0 |
Preston Ridlehuber | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 53t | 2 |
Bob Sherlag | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 30t | 1 |
Charlie Scales | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
Tom Hutchinson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 8 | 0 |
Jimmy Sidle | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Frank Marchlewski | 0 | 1 | 1L | 0 | |
Team Totals | 175 | 2362 | 13.5 | 62t | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 227 | 3376 | 14.9 | 86t | 26 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Richardson | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 20 | 0 |
Bob Riggle | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 62t | 1 |
Lee Calland | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
Marion Rushing | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
Ron Smith | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
Bill Jobko | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
Ken Reaves | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Team Totals | 19 | 177 | 9.3 | 62t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 385 | 14.3 | 68t | 3 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Lothridge | 73 | 2968 | 40.7 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 197 | 2711 | 37.1 | |
Team Totals | 73 | 2968 | 40.7 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 197 | 2711 | 37.1 | |
Opponents Totals | 38 | 1466 | 38.6 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 1346 | 35.4 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Smith | 11 | 1 | 80 | 7.3 | 23 | 0 |
Nick Rassas | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
Bob Sherlag | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Ken Reaves | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 18 | 4 | 100 | 5.6 | 23 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 35 | 23 | 197 | 5.6 | 77t | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ron Smith | 43 | 1013 | 23.6 | 80 | 0 | |
Nick Rassas | 8 | 203 | 25.4 | 32 | 0 | |
Jimmy Sidle | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
Charlie Scales | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 32 | 0 | |
Larry Morris | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | |
Ken Reaves | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 28 | 0 | |
Marion Rushing | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 35 | 0 | |
Perry Lee Dunn | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 | |
Alex Hawkins | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
Bill Wolski | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
Junior Coffey | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
Glenn Glass | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
Ralph Heck | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Sherlag | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 82 | 1737 | 21.2 | 80 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 44 | 962 | 21.9 | 58 | 0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Vern Burke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lee Calland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Claridge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Junior Coffey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Angelo Coia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Perry Lee Dunn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | |
Alex Hawkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
Ralph Heck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Johnson | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 | |
Jerry Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Errol Linden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Frank Marchlewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Nobis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nick Rassas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Reaves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bobby Richards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Bob Riggle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Karl Rubke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Marion Rushing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Scales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Sidle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |
Don Talbert | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Tolleson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ernie Wheelwright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 30 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 24 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 2 |
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