1966 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • 10-3-1 .769 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Tom Landry |
| Ermal Allen | Offensive Backs |
| Jim Myers | Offensive Line |
| Dick Nolan | Defense |
| Ernie Stautner | Defensive Line |
| Jerry Tubbs | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/7/1966 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 24-13 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 28889 | |
| Sat | 8/13/1966 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 20-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 44217 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-3 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 75504 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | N | Detroit Lions | 20-10 | W | Tulsa, OK | Skelly Field | 31250 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1966 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 28-24 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 58316 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | H | New York Giants | 52-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 60010 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 28-17 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 64116 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 47-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 56990 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1966 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 56-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 69372 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 10-10 | T | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50673 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | A | Cleveland Browns | 21-30 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 84721 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 52-21 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 58453 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-24 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60658 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | A | Washington Redskins | 31-30 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50927 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 42185 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1966 | H | Cleveland Browns | 26-14 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 80259 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 31-17 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 76965 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | H | Washington Redskins | 31-34 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 64198 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1966 | A | New York Giants | 17-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62735 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/1/1967 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-34 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 74152 | |
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 |
| George Andrie | 66 | RDE | 6-7 | 252 | 26 | Marquette | 14 | 13 |
| Jim Boeke | 68 | LOT | 6-5 | 250 | 28 | Heidelberg | 10 | 10 |
| Frank Clarke | 82 | SE | 6-0 | 211 | 32 | Wisconsin; Trinidad State JC; Colorado | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Colvin | 77 | LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 29 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Connelly | 53 | ROG-C | 6-3 | 242 | 31 | Washington State; Pasadena CC; Utah State | 14 | 1 |
| Dick Daniels | 45 | RS-LS | 5-9 | 180 | 22 | Columbia Basin JC; Pacific (Oregon) | 4 | 0 |
| Buddy Dial | 26 | FL | 6-1 | 194 | 29 | Rice | 10 | 3 |
| Leon Donohue | 62 | ROG | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | San Jose State | 14 | 13 |
| Dave Edwards | 52 | RLB | 6-3 | 224 | 27 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Gaechter | 27 | LS | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Walt Garrison | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 206 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Gent | 35 | FL | 6-4 | 209 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 10 |
| Cornell Green | 34 | LCB | 6-4 | 211 | 26 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Hayes | 22 | SE | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Harold Hays | 56 | RLB | 6-3 | 227 | 27 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 1 |
| Chuck Howley | 54 | LLB | 6-3 | 228 | 30 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Johnson | 23 | LCB-RCB | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Kansas | 14 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 55 | MLB | 6-1 | 219 | 25 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Lilly | 74 | RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 27 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Tony Liscio | 72 | LOG-LOT | 6-5 | 251 | 26 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| Warren Livingston | 41 | RCB | 5-10 | 185 | 28 | Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| Obert Logan | 25 | RS | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Trinity (Texas) | 14 | 6 |
| Dave Manders | 51 | C | 6-2 | 247 | 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Don Meredith | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 28 | Southern Methodist | 13 | 13 |
| Craig Morton | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 213 | 23 | California | 6 | 0 |
| Ralph Neely | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 265 | 23 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| John Niland | 76 | LOG | 6-4 | 247 | 22 | Iowa | 13 | 4 |
| Pettis Norman | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 26 | Johnson C. Smith | 14 | 14 |
| Don Perkins | 43 | FB | 5-10 | 200 | 28 | New Mexico | 14 | 14 |
| Jethro Pugh | 75 | LDT | 6-6 | 258 | 22 | Elizabeth City State | 14 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 30 | HB | 6-1 | 201 | 22 | South Carolina | 14 | 13 |
| Mel Renfro | 20 | RS-HB | 6-0 | 191 | 25 | Oregon | 11 | 9 |
| Jerry Rhome | 11 | QB | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 7 | 1 |
| Bill Sandeman | 70 | RDT | 6-6 | 256 | 24 | Stockton JC; Pacific | 8 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 46 | HB | 6-1 | 202 | 22 | Long Beach State | 11 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 24 | FL-FB | 6-1 | 205 | 34 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 1 |
| Larry Stephens | 79 | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 245 | 28 | Texas | 14 | 7 |
| Willie Townes | 71 | LDE | 6-5 | 263 | 23 | Indiana; Tulsa | 13 | 8 |
| Jerry Tubbs | 50 | MLB | 6-2 | 221 | 31 | Oklahoma | 4 | 0 |
| Danny Villanueva | 11 | K-P | 5-11 | 202 | 29 | Reedley JC; New Mexico State | 14 | 0 |
| Malcolm Walker | 57 | ROT-C | 6-4 | 252 | 23 | Rice | 5 | 0 |
| John Wilbur | 65 | LOT | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Stanford | 8 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | John Niland | G | Iowa |
| 2 | 22 | Willie Townes | T | Tulsa |
| 5 | 79 | Walt Garrison | HB | Oklahoma State |
| 6 | 86 | Bob Dunlevy | E | West Virginia |
| 7 | 100 | Art Robinson | E | Florida A&M |
| 8 | 116 | Don Kunit | HB | Penn State |
| 9 | 130 | Darrell Elam | E | West Virginia Tech |
| 10 | 146 | Mason Mitchell | HB | Washington |
| 11 | 160 | Austin Denney | E | Tennessee |
| 12 | 173 | Les Shy | DB | Long Beach State |
| 12 | 176 | Craig Baynham | HB | Georgia Tech |
| 13 | 190 | Ronnie Lamb | HB | South Carolina |
| 14 | 206 | Lewis Turner | HB | Norfolk State |
| 15 | 220 | Mark Gartung | T | Oregon State |
| 16 | 236 | Tom Piggee | HB | San Francisco State |
| 17 | 250 | George Allen | T | West Texas A&M |
| 18 | 266 | Steve Orr | T | Washington |
| 19 | 280 | Byron Johnson | T | Central Washington |
| 20 | 296 | Lou Hudson | FL | Minnesota |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 78 | 128 | 101 | 138 | 445 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 79 | 62 | 48 | 239 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 287 | 124 | 139 | 24 | 68/188 36.2% | 7/12 58.3% | 83 | 824 | |
| Opponents Totals | 221 | 64 | 140 | 17 | 72/313 23.0% | 4/14 28.6% | 63 | 778 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 0 | 56 | 56 | 100.0 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 0 | 107 |
| Dan Reeves | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||
| Bob Hayes | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Don Perkins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Don Meredith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Frank Clarke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| George Andrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Buddy Dial | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Gent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Cornell Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lee Roy Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Les Shy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| J.D. Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willie Townes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 56 | 56 | 56 | 100.0 | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 1 | 445 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 12 | 31 | 38.7 | 0 | 239 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 0 | 42 | 9/9 | 5/6 | 2/8 | 1/8 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 31 | 54.8 | 0 | 42 | 9/9 | 5/6 | 2/8 | 1/8 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 31 | 38.7 | 1/2 | 5/6 | 4/12 | 9/9 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Reeves | 175 | 757 | 4.3 | 67t | 8 |
| Don Perkins | 186 | 726 | 3.9 | 24 | 8 |
| Don Meredith | 38 | 242 | 6.4 | 22 | 5 |
| Les Shy | 17 | 118 | 6.9 | 68 | 1 |
| Walt Garrison | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Mel Renfro | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Jerry Rhome | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Danny Villanueva | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 471 | 2122 | 4.5 | 68 | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 356 | 1176 | 3.3 | 41 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Meredith | 344 | 177 | 51.5 | 155 | 2805 | 8.2 | 15.8 | 95t | 24 | 7.0 | 12 | 3.5 | 37 | 261 | 2544 | 87.7 |
| Jerry Rhome | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 14 | 253 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 4 | 39 | 214 | 68.4 |
| Craig Morton | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 13 | 225 | 8.3 | 17.3 | 41t | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 3.7 | 1 | 8 | 217 | 98.5 |
| Dan Reeves | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 3 | 48 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 77.1 |
| Team Totals | 413 | 214 | 51.8 | 185 | 3331 | 8.1 | 15.6 | 95t | 27 | 6.5 | 14 | 3.4 | 42 | 308 | 3023 | 86.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 457 | 212 | 46.4 | 228 | 2802 | 6.1 | 13.2 | 78t | 17 | 3.7 | 17 | 3.7 | 60 | 420 | 2382 | 63.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hayes | 64 | 1232 | 19.3 | 95t | 13 |
| Dan Reeves | 41 | 557 | 13.6 | 51t | 8 |
| Pete Gent | 27 | 474 | 17.6 | 84t | 1 |
| Frank Clarke | 26 | 355 | 13.7 | 33 | 4 |
| Don Perkins | 23 | 231 | 10.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Buddy Dial | 14 | 252 | 18.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Pettis Norman | 12 | 144 | 12.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 214 | 3331 | 15.6 | 95t | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 212 | 2802 | 13.2 | 78t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell Green | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 41t | 1 |
| Mike Gaechter | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Obert Logan | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Warren Livingston | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49t | 1 |
| Dave Edwards | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| George Andrie | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Jerry Tubbs | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 303 | 17.8 | 49t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 274 | 19.6 | 58 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 65 | 2551 | 39.2 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 108 | 2383 | 36.7 |
| Team Totals | 65 | 2551 | 39.2 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 108 | 2383 | 37.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 3349 | 42.4 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 258 | 3031 | 38.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hayes | 17 | 4 | 106 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 21 | 6 | 123 | 5.9 | 38 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 2 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 12 | 258 | 6.3 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 26 | 108 | 4.2 | 67 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Renfro | 19 | 487 | 25.6 | 87t | 1 | |
| Walt Garrison | 20 | 445 | 22.3 | 35 | 0 | |
| Dan Reeves | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ralph Neely | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 44 | 1006 | 22.9 | 87t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 1699 | 21.8 | 93t | 3 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Andrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Colvin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Connelly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Donohue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Gaechter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Howley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 97 | 1 |
| Mike Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| Bob Lilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | |
| Ralph Neely | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pettis Norman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jethro Pugh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Renfro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Rhome | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Les Shy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.D. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Townes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 145 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 0 |
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