1966 Des Moines Warriors (PFLA) |
| 2nd place • 8-2-0 .800 |
| Head Coach: Don Branby |
| Randy Duncan | Assistant Coach |
| Ray Fidler | Assistant Coach |
| Pete Goeser | Defense |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | H | Canton Centaurs | 62 | 0 | W | Des Moines, IA | East High School Stadium | 3180 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | H | Quad-City Raiders | 31 | 13 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 5854 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1966 | A | Canton Centaurs | - | Canton, IL | |||||
| Sun | 9/4/1966 | A | Joliet Explorers | 2 | 10 | L | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 2023 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 17 | 10 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 5020 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | A | Joliet Explorers | 20 | 17 | W | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 4531 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1966 | H | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | 38 | 7 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 3543 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1966 | A | Quad-City Raiders | 49 | 0 | W | Davenport, IA | Municipal Stadium | 3000 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | H | Canton Centaurs | - | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | ||||
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | H | Denver Bandits | 63 | 0 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 3555 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1966 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 33 | 31 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 5402 | |
| Sat | 10/22/1966 | H | Joliet Explorers | 27 | 24 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 6202 | |
| Sat | 10/29/1966 | A | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | W | Wyoming, WI | Kimble Stadium | ||||
| Sat | 11/5/1966 | H | Omaha Mustangs | 7 | 26 | L | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 8752 | |
| League Championship | ||||||||||
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | A | Omaha Mustangs | 7 | 27 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 4350 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/3/1966 | Canton Centaurs | Canceled |
| 10/8/1966 | Canton Centaurs | Canceled |
| 10/29/1966 | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | Forfeit |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ron Acks | SS-LB | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Illinois | |||
| Bob Antulov | 82 | LDE | 6-7 | 242 | 24 | Columbia Basin JC; Nebraska | ||
| Bob Baier | LDT | 6-3 | 293 | 22 | Simpson | |||
| Steve Balkovec | K | 6-2 | 215 | 21 | Iowa State | |||
| Ken Berry | QB | 5-10 | 192 | 22 | San Jose State | |||
| Rick Boals | RB | 5-11 | 207 | 23 | none | |||
| Mel Boehland | 76 | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | North Dakota | ||
| Eddie Cotton | FB-LLB-LCB | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Michigan State | |||
| Dwayne Crozier | 74 | RDE | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Morningside | ||
| Mike Deer | 80 | TE-SE | 6-1 | 214 | 25 | Kansas | ||
| Rick DeHeck | RCB | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Morningside | |||
| Vern Dickey | RB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | Kansas | |||
| Jim Ferrozzo | 77 | RDT | 6-0 | 249 | Minnesota | |||
| Julius Guy | 21 | RCB-OE | 5-11 | 182 | 22 | Cisco JC; Wichita State | ||
| Ron Halda | HB-RCB-FB-P | 5-11 | 207 | 23 | Iowa State | |||
| Bob Hall | FS | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Brown | |||
| John Hankinson | 11 | QB | 6-2 | 185 | 23 | Minnesota | ||
| Gary Hargis | C | 6-3 | 235 | 21 | Simpson | |||
| Dempsey Harrison | FB | 6-0 | 235 | 24 | Wayne State (Michigan) | |||
| Vern Johnson | 52 | C | 6-4 | 222 | 24 | Wiley | ||
| Jon Kleemeier | K | 5-9 | 180 | 20 | none | |||
| Wayne Lueders | 65 | MLB-LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Iowa State | ||
| Mark Manders | 69 | ROG | 6-1 | 219 | 28 | Iowa | ||
| Bob Martin | 54 | MLB | 6-3 | 233 | Parsons | |||
| John McSwaney | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Iowa; Parsons | ||
| Bob Miranda | 41 | FB | 5-9 | 208 | 22 | Santa Clara | ||
| Sheldon Moomaw | 63 | ROT | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | Cerritos JC; California; Cerritos JC; Tulsa | ||
| Tim Murphy | QB | 6-0 | 175 | 24 | Air Force | |||
| Bob Perez | 73 | LOT | 6-1 | 240 | 22 | Drake | ||
| Stan Quintana | SS | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | New Mexico | |||
| Gary Simpson | 81 | SE-TE | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Iowa | ||
| John Skipper | 85 | SS | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | none | ||
| Bill Smith | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Iowa State | |||
| Tony Spencer | 23 | FS-WR | 6-2 | 180 | Simpson | |||
| Bruce Stephenson | C | 5-9 | 222 | 26 | none | |||
| C.T. Traylor | 30 | HB-FB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Drake | ||
| Steve Valasek | 24 | FL | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Wright JC; Drake | ||
| John Van Sicklen | 61 | RLB | 6-0 | 237 | 23 | Iowa State | ||
| Ron Villars | 70 | ROT | 6-2 | 240 | Missouri; Truman State | |||
| Ron Washington | LCB | 5-11 | 187 | 22 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | |||
| Skip Wells | WR | 6-0 | 206 | Washington-St. Louis | ||||
| Mike Wessels | G | 6-1 | 212 | 21 | Central Oklahoma | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 57 | 71 | 36 | 60 | 224 |
| Opponents Totals | 51 | 43 | 13 | 31 | 138 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kleemeier | 0 | 23 | 12 | 0 | 59 | ||||
| Bob Miranda | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||
| Steve Valasek | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Tim Murphy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Mike Deer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Ron Halda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Gary Simpson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bob Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Hankinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dempsey Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ron Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Rick DeHeck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 27 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 12 | 1 | 224 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 15 | 18 | 83.3 | 5 | 0 | 138 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Miranda | 403 | 3 | |||
| Tim Murphy | 3 | ||||
| John Hankinson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Murphy | 151 | 80 | 53.0 | 963 | 6.4 | 12.0 | 8 | 5.3 | ||||||||
| John Hankinson | 104 | 53 | 51.0 | 809 | 7.8 | 15.3 | 10 | 9.6 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Valasek | 42 | 641 | 15.3 | 6 | |
| Bob Miranda | 5 | ||||
| Mike Deer | 2 | ||||
| Ron Halda | 2 | ||||
| Gary Simpson | 2 | ||||
| Dempsey Harrison | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 18 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick DeHeck | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Ron Washington | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Halda | 16 | 558 | 34.9 | |||||||
| John leemeier | 9 | 270 | 30.0 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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