| Atlanta Falcons at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 9, 1966 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: D.C. Stadium Attendance: 50116 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 74 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Junior Coffey 4 run (Lou Kirouac kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charley Taylor 12 run (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Lou Kirouac 47 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Jerry Smith 16 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Charlie Gogolak kick failed) | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Junior Coffey 3 run (Lou Kirouac kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charley Taylor 86 pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 17 | 20 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charlie Gogolak 10 FG | 17 | 23 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charlie Gogolak 45 FG | 17 | 26 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Lou Kirouac 28 FG | 20 | 26 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Joe Don Looney 3 run (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 20 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Gary Barnes |
| 72 | LOT | Don Talbert |
| 75 | LOG | Ed Cook |
| 53 | C | Frank Marchlewski |
| 67 | ROG | Dan Grimm |
| 73 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 85 | TE | Billy Martin |
| 10 | QB | Dennis Claridge |
| 34 | HB | Junior Coffey |
| 25 | FL | Alex Hawkins |
| 30 | FB | Ernie Wheelwright |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Bobby Richards |
| 71 | LDT | Joe Szczecko |
| 77 | RDT | Chuck Sieminski |
| 88 | RDE | Sam Williams |
| 52 | LLB | Marion Rushing |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 57 | RLB | Bill Jobko |
| 40 | LCB | Ron Smith |
| 43 | LS | Jerry Richardson |
| 20 | RS | Bob Riggle |
| 22 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | SE | Jerry Smith |
| 64 | LOT | Mitch Johnson |
| 69 | LOG | Tom Goosby |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 65 | ROG | Vin Promuto |
| 74 | ROT | Jim Snowden |
| 88 | TE | Pat Richter |
| 9 | QB | Sonny Jurgensen |
| 42 | HB | Charley Taylor |
| 49 | FL | Bobby Mitchell |
| 39 | FB | Steve Thurlow |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 75 | LDT | Bud Marshall |
| 77 | RDT | Walt Barnes |
| 66 | RDE | Carl Kammerer |
| 51 | LLB | John Reger |
| 70 | MLB | Sam Huff |
| 55 | RLB | Chris Hanburger |
| 46 | LCB | Rickie Harris |
| 23 | LS | Brig Owens |
| 26 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 47 | RCB | Jim Shorter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Junior Coffey | 16 | 75 | 4.7 | 19 | 2 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dennis Claridge | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charley Taylor | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Steve Thurlow | 14 | 35 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| A.D. Whitfield | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Don Looney | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Sonny Jurgensen | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Dennis Claridge | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 0 | 147 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 82.6 |
| Randy Johnson | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 17 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2.8 |
| Steve Sloan | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 43.8 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Sonny Jurgensen | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 0 | 286 | 11.0 | 86t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 128.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alex Hawkins | 7 | 92 | 13.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Gary Barnes | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Bobby Mitchell | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Charley Taylor | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 86t | 1 |
| Jerry Smith | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Pat Richter | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jake Kupp | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Thurlow | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| A.D. Whitfield | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| John Reger | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Brig Owens | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 3 | 154 | 51.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Pat Richter | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Bob Sherlag | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Rickie Harris | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Jimmy Sidle | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Alex Hawkins | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Bill Wolski | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Larry Morris | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Glenn Glass | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Joe Don Looney | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Steve Jackson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Rickie Harris | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
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