1966 Washington Redskins (NFL) |
| 5th place • Eastern Conference • 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Otto Graham |
| Don Doll | Offense |
| Ed Hughes | Defensive Backs |
| Mike McCormack | Offense |
| Ray Renfro | Offense |
| Mike Scarry | Defense |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Wed | 8/3/1966 | H | Baltimore Colts | 0 | 35 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 45805 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | H | Chicago Bears | 10 | 24 | L | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 20609 | |
| Fri | 8/26/1966 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 27 | 30 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83418 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1966 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 35 | 20 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 30969 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1966 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 38 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 48643 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 23 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 40198 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 33 | 27 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 37505 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24 | 10 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 47360 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1966 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 33 | 20 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50116 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | A | New York Giants | 10 | 13 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62865 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 26 | 20 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50154 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 27 | 13 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60658 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | A | Baltimore Colts | 10 | 37 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 30 | 31 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50927 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | A | Cleveland Browns | 3 | 14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 78466 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1966 | H | New York Giants | 72 | 41 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50439 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 34 | 31 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 64198 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1966 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 28 | 37 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50405 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/26/1966 | Minnesota Vikings | Doubleheader |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Willie Adams | 50 | LDE | 6-2 | 245 | 25 | New Mexico State | 14 | 2 |
| Jim Avery | 61 | DE | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Barnes | 77 | RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 22 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Tom Barrington | 31 | FB | 6-1 | 217 | 22 | Ohio State | 6 | 1 |
| Bill Briggs | 86 | DE | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Iowa | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Burrell | 48 | FL | 6-3 | 191 | 26 | Rice | 4 | 1 |
| Preston Carpenter | 89 | TE | 6-2 | 197 | 32 | Arkansas | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Carroll | 59 | LB | 6-1 | 229 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Clay | 32 | LCB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Mississippi | 6 | 3 |
| Don Croftcheck | 54 | OG | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Indiana | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Crossan | 57 | C | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| Darrell Dess | 62 | LOG | 6-0 | 243 | 31 | North Carolina State | 1 | 1 |
| Charlie Gogolak | 3 | K | 5-10 | 165 | 22 | Princeton | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Goosby | 69 | LOG | 6-0 | 235 | 27 | Baldwin-Wallace | 14 | 10 |
| Chris Hanburger | 55 | RLB | 6-2 | 218 | 25 | North Carolina | 13 | 13 |
| Rickie Harris | 46 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 182 | 23 | East Los Angeles JC; Arizona | 13 | 6 |
| Len Hauss | 56 | C | 6-2 | 234 | 24 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Pat Hodgson | 80 | FL | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Georgia | 10 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 70 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 32 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Jackson | 53 | RLB | 6-1 | 225 | 24 | Texas-Arlington | 14 | 1 |
| Mitch Johnson | 64 | LOT | 6-4 | 249 | 24 | Los Angeles State; UCLA | 14 | 14 |
| Stan Jones | 73 | LDT | 6-1 | 252 | 35 | Maryland | 13 | 4 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 9 | QB | 5-11 | 202 | 32 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Kammerer | 66 | RDE | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Kantor | 31 | HB | 6-1 | 217 | 24 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 |
| John Kelly | 75 | OT | 6-3 | 253 | 22 | Florida A&M | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 26 | RS | 6-3 | 199 | 24 | Iowa | 13 | 13 |
| Jake Kupp | 67 | OG-TE | 6-3 | 236 | 25 | Washington | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Don Looney | 35 | FB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Texas; Cameron JC; Oklahoma | 10 | 0 |
| Bud Marshall | 75 | LDT | 6-5 | 271 | 25 | Baylor; Stephen F. Austin State | 6 | 4 |
| Fred Mazurek | 20 | FL | 5-10 | 191 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 1 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 49 | FL | 6-0 | 192 | 31 | Illinois | 14 | 12 |
| Fran O'Brien | 61 | ROT | 6-1 | 253 | 30 | Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| Brig Owens | 23 | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Fullerton JC; Cincinnati | 14 | 13 |
| Vin Promuto | 65 | ROG | 6-1 | 244 | 28 | Holy Cross | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Rector | 24 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Northwestern | 6 | 0 |
| John Reger | 51 | LLB | 6-0 | 225 | 35 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Pat Richter | 88 | TE-P | 6-5 | 229 | 25 | Wisconsin | 14 | 8 |
| Joe Rutgens | 72 | LDT | 6-2 | 258 | 27 | Illinois | 5 | 4 |
| Lonnie Sanders | 40 | LCB | 6-3 | 206 | 25 | Michigan State | 9 | 6 |
| Ray Schoenke | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 246 | 25 | Southern Methodist | 11 | 3 |
| Dick Shiner | 14 | QB | 6-0 | 197 | 24 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Shorter | 47 | RCB | 5-11 | 184 | 28 | Detroit Mercy | 13 | 13 |
| Jerry Smith | 87 | SE-TE-P | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Snidow | 78 | LDE-LDT | 6-4 | 249 | 25 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Snowden | 74 | ROT | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Charley Taylor | 42 | HB-SE | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Thurlow | 39 | FB | 6-3 | 217 | 24 | Stanford | 13 | 10 |
| Tommy Walters | 43 | RS | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi | 12 | 1 |
| A.D. Whitfield | 25 | HB-FB | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | North Texas | 14 | 9 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Charlie Gogolak | K | Princeton |
| 2 | 21 | Walt Barnes | T | Nebraska |
| 3 | 38 | Tom Barrington | FB | Ohio State |
| 4 | 53 | Billy Clay | DB | Mississippi |
| 5 | 70 | Dick LeMay | T | Vanderbilt |
| 6 | 94 | Earl Yates | T | Duke |
| 7 | 101 | George Patton | T | Georgia |
| 8 | 115 | Stan Mitchell | FB | Tennessee |
| 9 | 131 | Jack Shinholser | LB | Florida State |
| 10 | 145 | Ceasar Belser | DB | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
| 11 | 161 | Dick Reding | FL | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 12 | 175 | John Stipech | LB | Utah |
| 13 | 191 | Heath Wingate | C | Bowling Green State |
| 14 | 205 | Jerry Lovelace | HB | Texas Tech |
| 15 | 221 | Hal Seymour | HB-K | Florida |
| 16 | 235 | Hal Wantland | HB | Tennessee |
| 17 | 251 | Mitch Zalnasky | E | Pittsburgh |
| 18 | 265 | Joe Burson | HB | Georgia |
| 19 | 281 | Andre White | E | Florida A&M |
| 20 | 295 | John Kelly | C | Florida A&M |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 78 | 78 | 95 | 100 | 351 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 97 | 88 | 122 | 355 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 225 | 78 | 130 | 17 | / % | / % | 64 | 591 | |
| Opponents Totals | 261 | 106 | 134 | 21 | / % | / % | 62 | 626 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Gogolak | 0 | 39 | 41 | 95.1 | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 0 | 105 |
| Charley Taylor | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||
| Bobby Mitchell | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Jerry Smith | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Joe Don Looney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| A.D. Whitfield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Brig Owens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Reger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 41 | 39 | 41 | 95.1 | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 0 | 351 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 41 | 42 | 97.6 | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 0 | 355 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Gogolak | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 1 | 47 | 7/8 | 6/7 | 4/7 | 5/10 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 34 | 64.7 | 1 | 47 | 7/8 | 6/7 | 4/7 | 5/10 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 31 | 67.7 | 7/ | 6/ | 4/ | 4/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.D. Whitfield | 93 | 472 | 5.1 | 63t | 2 |
| Charley Taylor | 87 | 262 | 3.0 | 24 | 3 |
| Steve Thurlow | 79 | 253 | 3.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Don Looney | 55 | 178 | 3.2 | 15 | 3 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 13 | 141 | 10.8 | 48 | 1 |
| Tom Barrington | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 12 | 14 | 1.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Rector | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Kantor | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 356 | 1377 | 3.9 | 63t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 438 | 1831 | 4.2 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonny Jurgensen | 436 | 254 | 58.3 | 163 | 3209 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 86t | 28 | 6.4 | 19 | 4.4 | 26 | 210 | 2999 | 84.5 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 118.8 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Dick Shiner | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 443 | 255 | 57.6 | 168 | 3230 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 86t | 28 | 6.3 | 20 | 4.5 | 27 | 216 | 3014 | 82.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 411 | 224 | 54.5 | 164 | 3237 | 7.9 | 14.5 | 21 | 5.1 | 23 | 5.6 | 45 | 376 | 2861 | 74.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Taylor | 72 | 1119 | 15.5 | 86t | 12 | ||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 58 | 905 | 15.6 | 70t | 9 | 0 | |||
| Jerry Smith | 54 | 686 | 12.7 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Thurlow | 23 | 165 | 7.2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||
| A.D. Whitfield | 18 | 101 | 5.6 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Joe Don Looney | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Richter | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jake Kupp | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Preston Carpenter | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Mazurek | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Barrington | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Rector | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Burrell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mitch Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 255 | 3230 | 12.7 | 86t | 28 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 224 | 3237 | 14.5 | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brig Owens | 7 | 165 | 23.6 | 60t | 1 |
| Jim Shorter | 5 | 123 | 24.6 | 54 | 0 |
| John Reger | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Carroll | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Chris Hanburger | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Clay | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 369 | 16.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 251 | 12.6 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Richter | 68 | 2884 | 42.4 | 60 | 0 | 248 | ||||
| Team Totals | 68 | 2884 | 42.4 | 60 | 0 | 248 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 2345 | 38.4 | 201 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickie Harris | 18 | 8 | 108 | 6.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Charley Taylor | 5 | 4 | 63 | 12.6 | 58 | 0 |
| Bobby Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 21 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Fred Mazurek | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 12 | 201 | 6.9 | 58 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 248 | 6.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Mazurek | 21 | 505 | 24.0 | 58 | 0 | |
| Rickie Harris | 20 | 405 | 20.3 | 53 | 0 | |
| Joe Don Looney | 10 | 190 | 19.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Charley Taylor | 3 | 98 | 32.7 | 40 | 0 | |
| Ron Rector | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tom Barrington | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Don Croftcheck | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Joe Kantor | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Steve Jackson | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Mitch Johnson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Walt Barnes | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tom Goosby | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 69 | 1435 | 20.8 | 58 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 1488 | 21.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Burrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Croftcheck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Crossan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Hanburger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickie Harris | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Hodgson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Huff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Kammerer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Don Looney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brig Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 1 |
| John Reger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Shiner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jim Shorter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Snidow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Snowden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Taylor | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Thurlow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A.D. Whitfield | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 80 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 1 |
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