1966 Savannah Chiefs (NAFL) |
| 3rd place • Gold Division • 2-5-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Bud Herrin |
| Head Coach: Don King |
| Claude Davis | Assistant Coach |
| Bud Herrin | Assistant Coach |
| Don King | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | ||||
| Sat | 8/13/1966 | H | Chattanooga Redskins | 23 | 6 | W | Savannah, GA | 5496 | ||
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | A | Knoxville SOK | 12 | 52 | L | Knoxville, TN | Evans-Collins Field | 4957 | |
| Sat | 8/27/1966 | H | Huntsville Rockets | 9 | 13 | L | Savannah, GA | 5516 | ||
| Sat | 9/3/1966 | H | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 14 | W | Savannah, GA | 2401 | ||
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | A | Lakeland Brahmans | 7 | 41 | L | Lakeland, FL | Bryant Stadium | 1000 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1966 | A | Jacksonville Jaguars | 7 | 42 | L | Jacksonville, FL | Gator Bowl | 9984 | |
| Sat | 9/24/1966 | H | Lakeland Brahmans | 7 | 24 | L | Savannah, GA | 1093 | ||
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | Mobile Tarpons | - | |||||||
| Sat | 10/22/1966 | A | Chattanooga Redskins | - | Rossville, GA | Hutcheson Memorial Stadium | ||||
| Sat | 10/29/1966 | A | St. Petersburg Blazers | - | St. Petersburg, FL | Northeast Park | ||||
| Sat | 11/12/1966 | Huntsville Rockets | - | |||||||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/8/1966 | Mobile Tarpons | Canceled |
| 10/22/1966 | Chattanooga Redskins | Canceled |
| 10/29/1966 | St. Petersburg Blazers | Canceled |
| 11/12/1966 | Huntsville Rockets | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Earl Baggett | LB | 6-1 | 220 | Georgia Southern | ||||
| Mike Bender | 67 | OG-LB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Arkansas | ||
| Charles Bolden | 42 | WR | 6-2 | 197 | 28 | Morris Brown | ||
| Charlie Butler | 80 | TE-K-DB | 6-3 | 225 | Morris Brown | |||
| Tom Collins | DB | 6-0 | 190 | |||||
| Claude Davis | ROG | 5-11 | 240 | 27 | Furman | |||
| Jim Fields | 74 | G | 5-11 | 275 | Albany State | |||
| Wayne Godbee | 60 | C | 6-0 | 245 | ||||
| Jimmy Guy | 70 | T | 6-3 | 255 | Georgia | |||
| Harold Hurley | 28 | DB-RB | 6-1 | 209 | 31 | Morris Brown | ||
| Billy Joe James | 44 | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Florida | ||
| Willie Johnson | 40 | HB | 6-2 | 230 | Alabama State | |||
| Jim Keahy | 41 | HB | 6-1 | 190 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | |||
| Bill Lake | 250 | none | ||||||
| Bill Lawrence | 25 | DB | 5-10 | 180 | Arkansas-Monticello | |||
| Bobby Locke | DT | 6-4 | 263 | 25 | Mississippi State; Middle Tennessee State | |||
| Russ McClellan | 75 | T | 6-4 | 275 | Morris | |||
| Frankie McClendon | DT | 6-2 | 280 | 23 | Alabama | |||
| Carl Mobley | QB | 6-2 | 200 | 29 | Auburn | |||
| Bill Montgomery | 87 | C | 6-2 | 260 | Morris Brown | |||
| Jacob Murray | DT | 6-0 | 265 | Morris | ||||
| Jim Overstreet | DE | |||||||
| Franklin Owen | 54 | LB | 6-1 | 210 | Presbyterian | |||
| Bill Pickens | 72 | G | 6-10 | 250 | 25 | Georgia Southern | ||
| Andy Pittman | WR | |||||||
| Bill Rampley | 71 | ROT | 6-5 | 265 | none | |||
| George Rhodes | 88 | E-RB | 6-2 | 200 | Savannah State | |||
| Colin Ridgway | 11 | K | 6-5 | 211 | 29 | Lamar | 8 | 0 |
| Luther Ruth | 24 | FL | 5-10 | 186 | Savannah State | |||
| Woodie Safrit | 85 | SE-P | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Chowan JC; Frederick | ||
| Bob Sanders | 86 | DE | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Tyler JC; North Texas | ||
| Dick Santos | WR-QB | 6-1 | 175 | |||||
| Frank Schwarz | 64 | LOG | 5-10 | 225 | Delta State | |||
| Dave Smith | 45 | FB | 5-11 | 205 | ||||
| John Stephens | 53 | C-LB | 6-0 | 220 | Troy | |||
| Fred Sullivan | HB | 6-1 | 205 | |||||
| Paul Swann | 26 | DB | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | North Carolina A&T State | ||
| Vaughn Thompson | 21 | LB | 5-10 | 170 | none | |||
| Don Tingle | E | 6-2 | 200 | |||||
| Bob Torczonski | DB | 6-0 | 185 | |||||
| Wade Traynham | 14 | K | 6-2 | 218 | 24 | Frederick | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Vaughn | 10 | QB | 6-4 | 212 | Texas Tech | |||
| Floyd Walker | T | 6-4 | 270 | Savannah State | ||||
| Bill Webb | HB | 6-1 | 220 | |||||
| Cuff Williams | T | 6-2 | 280 | Savannah State | ||||
| Howard Wise | WR-P | 6-5 | 197 | Tuskegee | ||||
| John Womble | 77 | LOT | 6-4 | 270 | 29 | Georgia Military JC | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 13 | 27 | 17 | 33 | 90 |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 65 | 21 | 61 | 192 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Butler | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||||
| Wade Traynham | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| George Rhodes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Russ McClellan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Luther Ruth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Colin Ridgway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 11 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 5 | 0 | 90 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 24 | 27 | 88.9 | 2 | 0 | 192 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Vaughn | 140 | 47 | 33.6 | 819 | 5.9 | 17.4 | 8 | 5.7 | ||||||||
| Paul Swann | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Butler | 29 | 491 | 16.9 | 5 | |
| George Rhodes | 3 | ||||
| Luther Ruth | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Butler | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ McClellan | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
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