1966 Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)

1st place Western Division 11-2-1 .846

Head Coach: Hank Stram

Tom Bettis	Defensive Backs
Darrel Brewster	Offensive Ends
Chuck Mills	Assistant Coach
Tommy O'Boyle	Assistant Coach
Tom Pratt	Defensive Line
Bill Walsh	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1966	A	Denver Broncos	32-30	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	17771
Fri	8/12/1966	A	Miami Dolphins	33-0	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	36366
Sat	8/20/1966	N	San Diego Chargers	31-21	W	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	36038
Sat	8/27/1966	H	Houston Oilers	31-20	W	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	25270
Sun	9/11/1966	A	Buffalo Bills	42-20	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	42023
Sun	9/18/1966	A	Oakland Raiders	32-10	W	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	50746
Sun	9/25/1966	A	Boston Patriots	43-24	W	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	22641
Sun	10/2/1966	H	Buffalo Bills	14-29	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	43885
Sat	10/8/1966	H	Denver Broncos	37-10	W	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	33929
Sun	10/16/1966	H	Oakland Raiders	13-34	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	33057
Sun	10/23/1966	A	Denver Broncos	56-10	W	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	23196
Sun	10/30/1966	H	Houston Oilers	48-23	W	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	31676
Sun	11/6/1966	H	San Diego Chargers	24-14	W	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	40986
Sun	11/13/1966	H	Miami Dolphins	34-16	W	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	34063
Sun	11/20/1966	H	Boston Patriots	27-27	T	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	41475
Sun	11/27/1966	A	New York Jets	32-24	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	60318
Sun	12/11/1966	A	Miami Dolphins	19-18	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	17881
Sun	12/18/1966	A	San Diego Chargers	27-17	W	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	28348
League Championship
Sun	1/1/1967	A	Buffalo Bills	31-7	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	42080
Super Bowl I
Sun	1/15/1967	A	Green Bay Packers	10-35	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	61946

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
52	Bud Abell	RLB	6-3	220	26	Missouri	14	0
84	Fred Arbanas	TE	6-3	240	27	Michigan State	14	14
10	Pete Beathard	QB	6-2	205	24	Southern California	14	0
78	Bobby Bell	LLB	6-4	228	26	Minnesota	14	14
61	Denny Biodrowski	LOG-ROG	6-1	253	26	Memphis	14	0
38	Solomon Brannan	LCB	6-1	188	25	Morris Brown	3	0
81	Tommy Brooker	K-TE	6-2	230	27	Alabama	4	0
87	Aaron Brown	RDE	6-5	263	23	Minnesota	14	0
86	Buck Buchanan	RDT	6-7	279	27	Grambling State	14	14
71	Ed Budde	LOG	6-5	261	26	Michigan State	14	14
88	Chris Burford	SE	6-3	211	28	Stanford	14	14
80	Reg Carolan	TE	6-6	235	27	Idaho	14	0
23	Bert Coan	HB	6-4	219	26	Texas Christian; Kansas	14	14
56	Walt Corey	LLB	6-0	229	28	Miami (Florida)	9	0
16	Len Dawson	QB	6-0	190	31	Purdue	14	14
72	Tony DiMidio	LOT	6-3	250	24	West Chester	14	0
66	Wayne Frazier	C	6-2	243	27	Auburn	14	14
21	Mike Garrett	HB	5-9	198	22	Southern California	14	1
65	Jon Gilliam	C	6-2	238	28	Texas A&M-Commerce	1	0
69	Sherrill Headrick	MLB	6-2	223	29	Texas Christian	14	14
73	Dave Hill	ROT	6-5	259	25	Auburn	14	14
12	Jimmy Hill	CB	6-2	192	38	Sam Houston State	3	0
55	E.J. Holub	RLB	6-4	231	28	Texas Tech	14	14
20	Bobby Hunt	LS	6-1	188	26	Auburn	14	14
85	Chuck Hurston	RDE	6-6	237	24	Auburn	14	14
82	Ed Lothamer	LDT	6-5	261	24	Michigan State	7	7
75	Jerry Mays	LDE	6-4	250	27	Southern Methodist	14	14
32	Curtis McClinton	FB	6-3	230	27	Kansas	14	14
15	Mike Mercer	K-P	6-0	208	31	Minnesota; Florida State; Hardin-Simmons; Northern Arizona	10	0
64	Curt Merz	ROG	6-4	257	28	Iowa	14	1
22	Willie Mitchell	RCB	6-1	185	26	Tennessee State	14	14
25	Frank Pitts	SE-FL	6-2	198	23	Southern University	14	0
14	Bobby Ply	RS	6-1	190	26	Baylor	14	0
60	Al Reynolds	ROG	6-3	238	28	Tarkio	14	13
58	Andy Rice	LDT-RDT-DE	6-3	268	26	Texas Southern	14	7
42	Johnny Robinson	RS	6-0	200	28	Louisiana State	14	14
76	Hatch Rosdahl	LDT-ROG	6-5	250	25	Penn State	7	0
17	Fletcher Smith	CB-K	6-2	182	23	Tennessee State	11	0
35	Smokey Stover	MLB	6-0	229	28	Louisiana-Monroe	14	0
89	Otis Taylor	FL	6-2	215	24	Prairie View A&M	14	14
18	Emmitt Thomas	LCB	6-2	192	23	Bishop	14	3
45	Gene Thomas	FB	6-1	210	24	Northern Oklahoma JC; Florida A&M	14	0
77	Jim Tyrer	LOT	6-6	283	27	Ohio State	14	14
24	Fred Williamson	LCB	6-2	210	28	Northwestern	12	11
44	Jerrel Wilson	P	6-4	222	25	Pearl River CC; Southern Mississippi	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	Aaron Brown	E	Minnesota
2	15	Francis Peay	T	Missouri
3	23	Walt Barnes	G	Nebraska
4	30	Elijah Gibson	HB	Bethune-Cookman
5	39	Doug Van Horn	G	Ohio State
6	47	John Osmond	C	Tulsa
7	56	Charlie Gogolak	K	Princeton
8	69	Fletcher Smith	DB	Tennessee State
9	79	Dick Smith	E-DB	Northwestern
10	87	Fred Dawston	DB	South Carolina State
11	96	Willie Ray Smith	DB	Kansas
12	106	Dave Bonds	DB	McMurry
13	115	Wayne Walker	E-K	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
14	124	Charley Harraway	FB	San Jose State
15	133	Bruce Van Dyke	G	Missouri
16	142	Tom Barrington	FB	Ohio State
17	151	Walt Garrison	FB	Oklahoma State
18	160	Hal Seymour	DB	Florida
19	169	Bob Dunlevy	E	West Virginia
20	178	Mike Garrett	HB	Southern California

DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	6	George Youngblood	E-DB	Los Angeles State
2	15	Bob Pickens	T	Nebraska
3	24	Jan Stenerud	K	Montana State
4	33	Dan Berry	HB	California
5	42	Lynn Senkbeil	LB	Nebraska
6	51	Dick Reding	DB	Northwestern State (Louisiana)
7	60	Bill Ogle	T	Stanford
8	69	Mel Myricks	DB	Washburn
9	78	Perry Parks	DT	Los Angeles State
10	87	Elmer Collett	C	San Francisco State
11	96	Denis Moore	T	Southern California

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	158	80	94	116
Opponents Totals	30	118	50	78

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		266	106	140	20	/ %	/ %	61	680
Opponents Totals		222	75	125	22	/ %	/ %	56	592

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Mike Mercer	0	33	35	94.3	0	0	20	26	76.9	93
Bert Coan	9	0	0		0	0	0	0		54
Curtis McClinton	9	0	0		0	0	0	0		54
Chris Burford	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		48
Mike Garrett	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		48
Otis Taylor	8	0	0		0	0	0	0		48
Fred Arbanas	4	0	0		1	1	0	0		26
Tommy Brooker	0	13	13	100.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	19
Reg Carolan	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		18
Pete Beathard	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Bobby Bell	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Willie Mitchell	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Frank Pitts	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Johnny Robinson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Gene Thomas	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Fletcher Smith	0	2	4	50.0	0	0	0	0		2
Jerrel Wilson	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		2
Len Dawson	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0
Team Totals	55	48	52	92.3	2	3	22	28	78.6	448
Opponents Totals	32	28	28	100.0	1	4	18	28	64.3	276

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Tommy Brooker	2	2	100.0	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0
Mike Mercer	20	26	76.9	5/5	6/8	4/5	4/7	1/1
Team Totals	22	28	78.6	6/6	7/9	4/5	4/7	1/1
Opponents Totals	18	28	64.3	4/	7/	6/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Garrett	147	801	5.4	77t	6
Curtis McClinton	140	540	3.9	49t	4
Bert Coan	96	521	5.4	57	7
Len Dawson	24	167	7.0	18	0
Pete Beathard	20	152	7.6	52	1
Gene Thomas	7	53	7.6	28	1
Otis Taylor	2	33	16.5	19	0
Jerrel Wilson	3	7	2.3	5	0
Team Totals	439	2274	5.2	77	19
Opponents Totals	353	1356	3.8	41	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Len Dawson	284	159	56.0	115	2527	8.9	15.9	89t	26	9.2	10	3.5				101.7
Pete Beathard	90	39	43.3	47	578	6.4	14.8	77t	4	4.4	4	4.4				61.3
Bert Coan	1	1	100.0	0	18	18.0	18.0	18t	1	100.0	0	0.0				158.3
Mike Garrett	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0				39.6
Otis Taylor	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0				0.0
Team Totals	377	199	52.8	163	3123	8.3	15.7	89t	31	8.2	15	4.0	30	283	2840	91.4
Opponents Totals	494	226	45.7	235	2876	5.8	12.7	76	18	3.6	33	6.7	26	262	2614	48.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Otis Taylor	58	1297	22.4	89t	8
Chris Burford	58	758	13.1	38	8
Fred Arbanas	22	305	13.9	36	4
Curtis McClinton	19	285	15.0	68	5
Bert Coan	18	131	7.3	20	2
Mike Garrett	15	175	11.7	36	1
Reg Carolan	7	154	22.0	45t	3
Frank Pitts	1	11	11.0	11	0
Jerrel Wilson	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	199	3123	15.7	89t	31
Opponents Totals	226	2876	12.7	76	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Johnny Robinson	10	136	13.6	29t	1
Bobby Hunt	10	113	11.3	33	0
Fred Williamson	4	20	5.0	19	0
Willie Mitchell	3	97	32.3	60Lt	1
Sherrill Headrick	2	22	11.0	15	0
Bobby Bell	2	14	7.0	13	0
Smokey Stover	1	6	6.0	6	0
Bobby Ply	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	33	408	12.4	79t	2
Opponents Totals	15	225	15.0		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Jerrel Wilson	61	2715	44.5	69	1	359
Team Totals	62	2715	43.8	69	1	359
Opponents Totals	69	2849	41.3		3	276

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Garrett	17	139	8.2	79t	1
Emmitt Thomas	9	56	6.2	19	0
Aaron Brown	1	43	43.0	43	0
Frank Pitts	1	21	21.0	21t	1
Fred Williamson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Willie Mitchell	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bobby Ply	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	31	276	8.9	79t	2
Opponents Totals	36	359	10.0		1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Emmitt Thomas	29	673	23.2	63	0
Mike Garrett	14	323	23.1	62	0
Gene Thomas	3	62	20.7	27	0
Smokey Stover	3	0	0.0	0	0
Otis Taylor	2	0	0.0	0	0
Solomon Brannan	1	24	24.0	24	0
Bert Coan	1	22	22.0	22	0
Aaron Brown	1	6	6.0	6	0
Frank Pitts	0	38		38L	0
Team Totals	54	1148	21.3	63	0
Opponents Totals	84	2045	24.3		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	TD
Pete Beathard	3					0
Bobby Bell	0	0				1
Chris Burford	1					0
Bert Coan	3					0
Len Dawson	5					0
Mike Garrett	5					0
Curtis McClinton	2					0
Al Reynolds	1					0
Gene Thomas	1					0
Team Totals	21	16	5	8	13	1
Opponents Totals	21	8	13	16	29	0