1966 Dallas Cowboys Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Tom Landry (10-3-1)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1966 Dallas Cowboys StatisticsTeam Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Tom Landry (10-3-1)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1966 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Cowboys piled up points with 445 points, and the defense gave up 239. Don Meredith passed for 2,805 yards. Bob Hayes hauled in 64 passes for 1,232 yards.
Dan Reeves ran for a team-best 757 yards for Dallas, and Don Perkins also aided the ground game.
Cornell Green intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition.
Tom Landry coached the team. The 1966 Dallas Cowboys lost in the Championship.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | George Andrie | RDE | April 20, 1940 | 6'6" | 250 | Marquette | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 14 | 13 |
| 68 | Jim Boeke | LT | September 11, 1938 | 6'5" | 255 | Heidelberg | Akron, OH USA | 10 | 10 |
| 82 | Frank Clarke | SE | February 7, 1934 | 6'1" | 215 | Colorado | Beloit, WI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Jim Colvin | LDT | November 30, 1937 | 6'3" | 252 | Houston | Monahans, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Mike Connelly | ROG-C | October 16, 1935 | 6'4" | 247 | Washington St. | Monrovia, CA USA | 14 | 1 |
| 45 | Dick Daniels | RS-LS | October 19, 1944 | 5'9" | 180 | Pacific (OR) | Portland, OR USA | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Buddy Dial | SE | January 17, 1937 | 6'1" | 194 | Rice | Ponca City, OK USA | 10 | 3 |
| 62 | Leon Donohue | RG | March 25, 1939 | 6'4" | 245 | San Jose St. | Star City, AR USA | 14 | 13 |
| 52 | Dave Edwards | RLB | December 14, 1939 | 6'1" | 225 | Auburn | Columbia, AL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 27 | Mike Gaechter | LS | January 9, 1940 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Santa Monica, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Walt Garrison | KR | July 23, 1944 | 6'0" | 205 | Oklahoma St. | Denton, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 35 | Pete Gent | FL | August 23, 1942 | 6'4" | 205 | Michigan St. | Bangor, MI USA | 14 | 10 |
| 34 | Cornell Green | LCB | February 10, 1940 | 6'3" | 208 | Utah St. | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
| 22 | Bob Hayes | SE | December 20, 1942 | 6'0" | 187 | Florida A&M | Jacksonville, FL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Harold Hays | RLB | September 24, 1939 | 6'2" | 225 | Southern Miss | Gulfport, MS USA | 14 | 1 |
| 54 | Chuck Howley | LLB | June 28, 1936 | 6'3" | 228 | West Virginia | Wheeling, WV USA | 14 | 14 |
| 23 | Mike Johnson | LCB-RCB | October 7, 1943 | 5'11" | 184 | Kansas | Denver, CO USA | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Lee Roy Jordan | MLB | April 27, 1941 | 6'1" | 221 | Alabama | Excel, AL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Bob Lilly | RDT | July 26, 1939 | 6'5" | 260 | TCU | Olney, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Tony Liscio | LG | July 2, 1940 | 6'5" | 264 | Tulsa | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 41 | Warren Livingston | RCB | July 5, 1938 | 5'10" | 192 | Arizona | Eufaula, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
| 25 | Obert Logan | RS | December 6, 1941 | 5'10" | 180 | Trinity (TX) | Yoakum, TX USA | 14 | 6 |
| 51 | Dave Manders | C | February 20, 1941 | 6'2" | 250 | Michigan St. | Milwaukee, WI USA | 14 | 14 |
| 17 | Don Meredith | QB | April 10, 1938 | 6'3" | 210 | SMU | Mount Vernon, TX USA | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Craig Morton | QB | February 5, 1943 | 6'4" | 214 | California | Flint, MI USA | 6 | 0 |
| 73 | Ralph Neely | RT | September 12, 1943 | 6'6" | 265 | Oklahoma | Little Rock, AR USA | 14 | 14 |
| 76 | John Niland | LOG | February 29, 1944 | 6'3" | 245 | Iowa | Quincy, MA USA | 13 | 4 |
| 84 | Pettis Norman | TE | January 4, 1939 | 6'3" | 222 | Johnson C. Smith | Lincolnton, GA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 43 | Don Perkins | FB | March 4, 1938 | 5'10" | 204 | New Mexico | Waterloo, IA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Jethro Pugh | DT-DE | July 3, 1944 | 6'6" | 260 | Elizabeth City St. | Windsor, NC USA | 14 | 0 |
| 30 | Dan Reeves | HB | January 19, 1944 | 6'1" | 200 | South Carolina | Rome, GA USA | 14 | 13 |
| 20 | Mel Renfro | PR | December 30, 1941 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Houston, TX USA | 11 | 8 |
| 13 | Jerry Rhome | QB | March 6, 1942 | 6'0" | 190 | SMU | Dallas, TX USA | 7 | 1 |
| 70 | Bill Sandeman | RDT | November 30, 1942 | 6'6" | 252 | Pacific | Providence, RI USA | 8 | 0 |
| 46 | Les Shy | HB | April 5, 1944 | 6'1" | 206 | Long Beach St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 11 | 0 |
| 24 | J.D. Smith | FL-FB | July 19, 1932 | 6'1" | 205 | North Carolina A&T | Plainville, SC USA | 14 | 1 |
| 79 | Larry Stephens | LDE | September 24, 1938 | 6'3" | 250 | Texas | Buda, TX USA | 14 | 6 |
| 71 | Willie Townes | LDE | July 21, 1943 | 6'4" | 260 | Indiana | Hattiesburg, MS USA | 13 | 8 |
| 50 | Jerry Tubbs | MLB | January 23, 1935 | 6'2" | 221 | Oklahoma | Throckmorton, TX USA | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Danny Villanueva | K | November 5, 1937 | 5'11" | 200 | New Mexico St. | Tucumcari, NM USA | 14 | 0 |
| 57 | Malcolm Walker | ROT-C | May 24, 1943 | 6'4" | 250 | Rice | Dallas, TX USA | 5 | 0 |
| 65 | John Wilbur | LOT | May 21, 1943 | 6'3" | 251 | Stanford | San Diego, CA USA | 8 | 0 |
