1966 Buffalo Bills (AFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Division • 9-4-1 .692 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Joe Collier |
| Harvey Johnson | Kickers |
| Johnny Mazur | Passing Game |
| Richie McCabe | Defense |
| Jerry Smith | Running Game |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/7/1966 | A | Boston Patriots | 19-13 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 23674 | |
| Fri | 8/12/1966 | H | Denver Broncos | 25-3 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 30476 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | N | Houston Oilers | 28-16 | W | Little Rock, AR | War Memorial Stadium | 14000 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | N | New York Jets | 17-34 | L | Allentown, PA | Cement Bowl | 17000 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1966 | A | San Diego Chargers | 7-27 | L | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 27572 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1966 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 20-42 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 42023 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | H | Miami Dolphins | 58-24 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 37546 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1966 | H | Houston Oilers | 27-20 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 42526 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 29-14 | W | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 43885 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | H | Boston Patriots | 10-20 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45542 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | H | San Diego Chargers | 17-17 | T | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45169 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | A | New York Jets | 33-23 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 61552 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | A | Miami Dolphins | 29-0 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 37177 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | New York Jets | 14-3 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45738 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | A | Houston Oilers | 42-20 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 27312 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1966 | A | Oakland Raiders | 31-10 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 36781 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | A | Boston Patriots | 3-14 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 39350 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1966 | H | Denver Broncos | 38-21 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 40583 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/1/1967 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-31 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 42080 | |
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 |
| Stew Barber | 77 | LOT | 6-3 | 247 | 27 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Glenn Bass | 85 | SE | 6-2 | 202 | 27 | East Carolina | 14 | 3 |
| Al Bemiller | 50 | C | 6-3 | 243 | 28 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Burnett | 21 | HB | 6-2 | 208 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | 14 |
| Butch Byrd | 42 | RCB | 6-0 | 203 | 25 | Boston University | 14 | 14 |
| Wray Carlton | 30 | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 29 | Duke | 14 | 14 |
| Hagood Clarke | 45 | LS | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Costa | 82 | RDT | 6-2 | 257 | 25 | Northeastern Colorado JC; Utah | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Costa | 73 | TE | 6-4 | 252 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Crockett | 83 | SE | 6-0 | 198 | 23 | Arkansas | 14 | 11 |
| Tom Day | 88 | RDE | 6-2 | 252 | 31 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| Wayne DeSutter | 71 | OT | 6-4 | 255 | 22 | Illinois; Western Illinois | 14 | 0 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 44 | FL | 6-0 | 189 | 33 | Bluffton | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Dunaway | 78 | LDT | 6-4 | 278 | 25 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| Booker Edgerson | 24 | LCB | 5-10 | 182 | 27 | Western Illinois | 7 | 0 |
| Charley Ferguson | 80 | TE | 6-5 | 218 | 27 | Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
| Doug Goodwin | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Guidry | 59 | LLB | 6-3 | 229 | 22 | Louisiana State; McNeese State | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Hudson | 79 | ROT | 6-4 | 266 | 26 | Memphis | 14 | 14 |
| Harry Jacobs | 64 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 29 | Bradley | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Janik | 27 | LCB | 6-3 | 198 | 26 | Texas A&M; Texas A&M-Kingsville | 14 | 12 |
| Jack Kemp | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 31 | Occidental | 14 | 14 |
| Charley King | 47 | RCB-S | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Purdue | 14 | 0 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Booth Lusteg | 5 | K | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | Connecticut | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Maguire | 55 | P | 6-0 | 224 | 28 | The Citadel | 14 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 72 | LDE | 6-3 | 266 | 27 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Dudley Meredith | 75 | LDT-DE | 6-4 | 280 | 31 | Del Mar JC; Midwestern State; Lamar | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Mills | 48 | FL | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Coffeyville CC; Wichita State | 1 | 0 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 67 | ROG | 6-2 | 249 | 25 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Remi Prudhomme | 65 | OG | 6-4 | 251 | 24 | Louisiana State | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 40 | FL | 6-1 | 204 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 26 | RS | 5-10 | 188 | 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Schmidt | 57 | C | 6-4 | 248 | 30 | Minnesota | 14 | 0 |
| Marty Schottenheimer | 56 | MLB | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Sestak | 70 | RDT | 6-5 | 267 | 30 | Baylor; McNeese State | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Shaw | 66 | LOG | 6-3 | 250 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Allen Smith | 34 | FB-HB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Fort Valley State | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Spikes | 32 | FB-HB | 6-2 | 221 | 28 | Texas Christian | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 58 | RLB | 6-3 | 236 | 25 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| John Tracey | 51 | LLB | 6-3 | 225 | 33 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Charley Warner | 22 | LCB-S | 5-11 | 178 | 26 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 2 |
| DRAFT LIST | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 8 | Mike Dennis | HB | Mississippi | |
| 2 | 17 | Jim Lindsey | HB | Arkansas | |
| 3 | 25 | Randy Jackson | T | Florida | |
| 4 | 32 | Bobby Burnett | HB | Arkansas | |
| 5 | 41 | Bob Sherlag | DB | Memphis | |
| 6 | 50 | Bill Johnson | HB | Sewanee | |
| 8 | 73 | Paul Guidry | E | McNeese State | |
| 9 | 82 | Jim Carter | DE | Tennessee State | |
| 10 | 90 | Bobby Crockett | E | Arkansas | |
| 11 | 99 | Dale Stewart | HB | Pittsburgh | |
| 12 | 109 | Wayne DeSutter | T | Western Illinois | |
| 13 | 118 | Al MacFarlane | HB-K | Louisville | |
| 14 | 127 | Tony Golmont | DB | North Carolina State | |
| 15 | 136 | Allen Smith | HB | Fort Valley State | |
| 16 | 145 | Eddie Russell | T | Illinois | |
| 17 | 154 | Bill Earhart | DT | Bowling Green State | |
| 18 | 163 | Greg Lashutka | E | Ohio State | |
| 19 | 172 | Mel Phillips | HB | North Carolina A&T State | |
| 20 | 181 | Ken McLean | E | Texas A&M | |
| DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | |
| 1 | 9 | Jack Gregory | E | Delta State | |
| 2 | 18 | Johnnie Robinson | E | Tennessee State | |
| 3 | 27 | Tony King | E | Findlay | |
| 4 | 36 | Dick Cunningham | LB | Arkansas | |
| 5 | 45 | Dick Czap | T | Nebraska | |
| 6 | 54 | Leroy Carter | HB | Grambling State | |
| 7 | 63 | Dick Weeks | B | Texas-El Paso | |
| 8 | 72 | Monroe Phelps | HB | Missouri | |
| 9 | 81 | Ed King | LB | Southern California | |
| 10 | 90 | Bill Moorer | C | Georgia Tech | |
| 11 | 99 | Benny Russell | QB | Louisville | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 127 | 74 | 110 | 358 |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 53 | 34 | 93 | 255 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 255 | 110 | 126 | 19 | / % | / % | 62 | 637 | |
| Opponents Totals | 192 | 49 | 131 | 12 | / % | / % | 55 | 546 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth Lusteg | 0 | 41 | 42 | 97.6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 50.0 | 0 | 98 |
| Bobby Burnett | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Wray Carlton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jack Kemp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jack Spikes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Paul Costa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bobby Crockett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Butch Byrd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Elbert Dubenion | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tommy Janik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ed Rutkowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Hagood Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Dunaway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Daryle Lamonica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Stratton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charley Warner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marty Schottenheimer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 43 | 41 | 42 | 97.6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 38 | 50.0 | 1 | 358 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 0 | 255 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth Lusteg | 19 | 38 | 50.0 | 2 | 47 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 4/8 | 4/11 | 0/4 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 38 | 50.0 | 2 | 47 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 4/8 | 4/11 | 0/4 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 5/6 | 3/9 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Burnett | 187 | 766 | 4.1 | 32 | 4 |
| Wray Carlton | 156 | 696 | 4.5 | 23 | 6 |
| Allen Smith | 31 | 148 | 4.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Kemp | 40 | 130 | 3.3 | 26t | 5 |
| Jack Spikes | 28 | 119 | 4.3 | 36 | 3 |
| Elbert Dubenion | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Daryle Lamonica | 9 | 6 | 0.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Paul Costa | 0 | 1 | 1L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 455 | 1892 | 4.2 | 36 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 344 | 1051 | 3.1 | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kemp | 389 | 166 | 42.7 | 207 | 2451 | 6.3 | 14.8 | 55 | 11 | 2.8 | 16 | 4.1 | 56.2 | |||
| Daryle Lamonica | 84 | 33 | 39.3 | 46 | 549 | 6.5 | 16.6 | 55 | 4 | 4.8 | 5 | 6.0 | 53.1 | |||
| Team Totals | 473 | 199 | 42.1 | 253 | 3000 | 6.3 | 15.1 | 55 | 15 | 3.2 | 21 | 4.4 | 16 | 144 | 2856 | 55.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 466 | 205 | 44.0 | 232 | 3307 | 7.1 | 16.1 | 22 | 4.7 | 29 | 6.2 | 32 | 249 | 3058 | 58.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elbert Dubenion | 50 | 747 | 14.9 | 44 | 2 |
| Bobby Burnett | 34 | 419 | 12.3 | 48 | 4 |
| Bobby Crockett | 31 | 533 | 17.2 | 53t | 3 |
| Paul Costa | 27 | 400 | 14.8 | 50 | 3 |
| Wray Carlton | 21 | 280 | 13.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Charley Ferguson | 16 | 293 | 18.3 | 32 | 1 |
| Glenn Bass | 10 | 130 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Rutkowski | 6 | 150 | 25.0 | 55 | 1 |
| Jack Spikes | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Joe O'Donnell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Allen Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 199 | 3000 | 15.1 | 55 | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 205 | 3307 | 16.1 | 22 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Janik | 8 | 136 | 17.0 | 37t | 2 |
| Butch Byrd | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 60t | 1 |
| Hagood Clarke | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 66t | 1 |
| Mike Stratton | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Harry Jacobs | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| George Saimes | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Marty Schottenheimer | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ron McDole | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charley King | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Tracey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 472 | 16.3 | 66t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 303 | 14.4 | 65 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Maguire | 69 | 2841 | 41.2 | 61 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 301 | 2380 | 34.5 |
| Team Totals | 69 | 2841 | 41.2 | 61 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 301 | 2380 | 34.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 84 | 3324 | 39.6 | 1 | 411 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Rutkowski | 18 | 4 | 209 | 11.6 | 73t | 1 |
| Butch Byrd | 23 | 5 | 186 | 8.1 | 72t | 1 |
| Hagood Clarke | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 9 | 411 | 9.6 | 73t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 21 | 301 | 15.1 | 81t | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charley Warner | 33 | 846 | 25.6 | 95t | 1 | |
| Ed Rutkowski | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 32 | 0 | |
| Pete Mills | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Wayne Desutter | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charley Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Remi Prudhomme | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Bob Schmidt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Costa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Maguire | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe O'Donnell | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 51 | 1064 | 20.9 | 95t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 1329 | 20.4 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Bass | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Burnett | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Butch Byrd | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Wray Carlton | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hagood Clarke | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Dunaway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dick Hudson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Harry Jacobs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Jack Kemp | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Daryle Lamonica | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron McDole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Pete Mills | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Rutkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Schmidt | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Spikes | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Stratton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| John Tracey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Charley Warner | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 27 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0 |
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