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1966 Kansas City Chiefs Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-2-1, 1st in AFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Hank Stram (11-2-1)

Points For: 448 (32.0/g) 1st of 9

Points Against: 276 (19.7/g) 2nd of 9

Expected W-L: 10.6-3.4

SRS: 11.00 (1st of 9), SOS: -1.28

Playoffs:
Won Championship 31-7 vs. Buffalo Bills
Lost Super Bowl 10-35 vs. Green Bay Packers

Other Notable Asst.: Tom Bettis (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Kansas City Municipal Stadium

Founder/Principal Owner: Lamar Hunt

Executive VP/General Manager: Jack Steadman

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: William Jewell College (Liberty, Missouri)

1966 AFL Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	448	5114	846	6.0	31	16	266	199	377	2840	31	15	7.0	140	439	2274	19	5.2	106	61	680	20
Opp. Stats	276	3970	873	4.5	41	8	222	226	494	2614	18	33	5.0	125	353	1356	10	3.8	75	56	592	22
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			2	8	1		9	6	1	1	1		3	1	1	1
Lg Rank Defense	2	2			2	7	3		8	4	3	1	2		2	3	3	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
2	Sun	September 11		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	42	20	17	388	223	165	1	15	195	116	79	1
3	Sun	September 18		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Oakland Raiders	32	10	11	224	85	139	1	17	341	245	96	3
4	Sun	September 25		boxscore	W		3-0	@	Boston Patriots	43	24	22	395	319	76	2	17	308	164	144	4
5	Sun	October 2		boxscore	L		3-1		Buffalo Bills	14	29	11	265	214	51	3	20	361	214	147	1
6	Sat	October 8		boxscore	W		4-1		Denver Broncos	37	10	21	379	145	234	1	11	212	133	79	2
7	Sun	October 16		boxscore	L		4-2		Oakland Raiders	13	34	15	209	133	76	3	14	371	288	83	2
8	Sun	October 23		boxscore	W		5-2	@	Denver Broncos	56	10	26	614	234	380	1	12	211	183	28	7
9	Sun	October 30		boxscore	W		6-2		Houston Oilers	48	23	15	441	290	151	3	22	268	174	94	4
10	Sun	November 6		boxscore	W		7-2		San Diego Chargers	24	14	24	302	143	159	2	14	287	203	84	2
11	Sun	November 13		boxscore	W		8-2		Miami Dolphins	34	16	17	396	236	160	5	11	160	79	81	6
12	Sun	November 20		boxscore	T		8-2-1		Boston Patriots	27	27	21	359	286	73	4	19	361	245	116	2
13	Sun	November 27		boxscore	W		9-2-1	@	New York Jets	32	24	27	439	311	128	1	15	283	252	31	1
15	Sun	December 11		boxscore	W		10-2-1	@	Miami Dolphins	19	18	17	316	128	188	2	14	286	123	163	4
16	Sun	December 18		boxscore	W		11-2-1	@	San Diego Chargers	27	17	22	387	93	294	2	19	326	195	131	2
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	January 1		boxscore	W		12-2-1	@	Buffalo Bills	31	7	14	277	164	113		9	255	215	40	4
SuperBowl	Sun	January 15		boxscore	L		12-3-1	N	Green Bay Packers	10	35	17	239	167	72	1	21	358	228	130	1

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Len Dawson	31	QB	14	14	11-2-1	159	284	56.0	2527	26	9.2	10	3.5	89	8.9	9.14	15.9	180.5	101.7	23	227	7.49	7.49	7.72	1	1	PB,AP-1
2	Pete Beathard	24	QB	14	0		39	90	43.3	578	4	4.4	4	4.4	77	6.4	5.31	14.8	41.3	61.2	7	56	7.22	5.38	4.35	0	0
3	Bert Coan	26	HB	14	10		1	1	100.0	18	1	100.0	0	0.0	18	18.0	38.00	18.0	1.3	158.3						0	0
4	Mike Garrett	22	HB	14	4		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6						0	0	PB
5	Otis Taylor	24	FL	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0						0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			14	14	11-2-1	199	377	52.8	2840	31	8.2	15	4.0	89	8.3	7.39	15.7	202.9	91.4	30	283	7.37	6.98	6.84	1	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Len Dawson	31	QB	2	2	1-1-0	32	51	62.7	438	3	5.9	1	2.0	45	8.6	8.88	13.7	219.0	101.6	13	106	20.31	5.19	5.42	0	0
2	Pete Beathard	24	QB	1	0		1	5	20.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	3.4	3.40	17.0	17.0	41.2	2	18	28.57	-0.14	-0.14	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	33	56	58.9	331	3	5.4	1	1.8	76	9.5	6.18	14.2	165.5	124.8	15	124	21.13	4.97	6.18

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Otis Taylor	24	FL	14	14	2	33	0	19	16.5	2.4	0.1	58	1297	22.4	8	89	4.1	92.6	60	22.2	1330	8	0	PB,AP-1
2	Mike Garrett	22	HB	14	4	147	801	6	77	5.4	57.2	10.5	15	175	11.7	1	36	1.1	12.5	162	6.0	976	7	5	PB
3	Curtis McClinton	27	FB	14	14	140	540	4	49	3.9	38.6	10.0	19	285	15.0	5	68	1.4	20.4	159	5.2	825	9	2	PB
4	Chris Burford	28	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	58	758	13.1	8	38	4.1	54.1	58	13.1	758	8	1
5	Bert Coan	26	HB	14	10	96	521	7	57	5.4	37.2	6.9	18	131	7.3	2	20	1.3	9.4	114	5.7	652	9	3
6	Fred Arbanas	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	305	13.9	4	36	1.6	21.8	22	13.9	305	4	0	AP-1
7	Len Dawson	31	QB	14	14	24	167	0	18	7.0	11.9	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	24	7.0	167	0	5	PB,AP-1
8	Reggie Carolan	27	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	154	22.0	3	45	0.5	11.0	7	22.0	154	3	0
9	Pete Beathard	24	QB	14	0	20	152	1	52	7.6	10.9	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	20	7.6	152	1	3
10	Gene Thomas	24	RB	14	0	7	53	1	28	7.6	3.8	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	7.6	53	1	1
11	Jerrel Wilson	25	P	14	0	3	7	0	5	2.3	0.5	0.2	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.5	4	3.5	14	0	0
12	Frank Pitts	23	SE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	0.8	1	11.0	11	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	439	2274	19	77	5.2	162.4	31.4	199	3123	15.7	31	89	14.2	223.1	638	8.5	5397	50	21

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Chris Burford	28	LE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	143	17.9	0	45	4.0	71.5	8	17.9	143	0	0
2	Otis Taylor	24	FL	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	135	15.0	1	31	4.5	67.5	9	15.0	135	1	0
3	Curtis McClinton	27	FB	2	2	17	54	0	10	3.2	27.0	8.5	3	47	15.7	1	27	1.5	23.5	20	5.1	101	1	1
4	Mike Garrett	22	HB	2	2	19	56	2	18	2.9	28.0	9.5	7	44	6.3	0	17	3.5	22.0	26	3.8	100	2	0
5	Fred Arbanas	27	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	74	18.5	1	29	2.0	37.0	4	18.5	74	1	0
6	Len Dawson	31	QB	2	2	8	52	0	20	6.5	26.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	6.5	52	0	1
7	Pete Beathard	24	QB	1	0	1	14	0	14	14.0	14.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	14.0	14	0	0
8	Bert Coan	26	HB	2	0	5	7	0	3	1.4	3.5	2.5	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.5	2.5	6	2.0	12	0	0
9	Reggie Carolan	27	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	1	7.0	7	0	0
10	Gene Thomas	24	RB	1	0	2	2	0	2	1.0	2.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.0	2	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	52	185	2	12	3.6	92.5	26.0	33	455	13.8	3	45	16.5	227.5	85	7.5	640	5	2

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bobby Bell	26	LLB	14	14	2	14	0	13	0	0	0	1	2.5	0	PB,AP-1
2	Buck Buchanan	27	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	PB,AP-1
3	Chris Burford	28	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Len Dawson	31	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Sherrill Headrick	29	MLB	14	14	2	22	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
6	Bobby Hunt	26	SS	14	14	10	113	0	33	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
7	Jerry Mays	27	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0	PB,AP-1
8	Curtis McClinton	27	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Willie Mitchell	26	RCB	14	14	3	97	1	60	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Johnny Robinson	28	FS	14	14	10	136	1	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
11	E.J. Holub	28	RLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	PB,AP-2
12	Chuck Hurston	24	RDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0
13	Fred Williamson	29	LCB	12	11	4	20	0	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Bert Coan	26	HB	14	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Al Reynolds	28	RG	14	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Ed Lothamer	24	LDT	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
17	Andy Rice	26	LDT	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
18	Mike Garrett	22	HB	14	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
19	Aaron Brown	23	DE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
20	Smokey Stover	28	LB	14	1	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Pete Beathard	24	QB	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bobby Ply	26	DB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Gene Thomas	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	33	0	2		21	5	0	1	26	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Bobby Bell	26	LLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	3	0
2	Buck Buchanan	27	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	0
3	Jerry Mays	27	LDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	2	0
4	Len Dawson	31	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	E.J. Holub	28	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	5	0
6	Bobby Hunt	26	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	0	0.0	0	0
7	Curtis McClinton	27	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Willie Mitchell	26	RCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	0
9	Andy Rice	26	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
10	Johnny Robinson	28	FS	1	1	1	72	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Emmitt Thomas	23	DB	1	0	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2						2	0	0	0	7	32	0

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