1966 Atlanta Falcons Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 7th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Norb Hecker (3-11)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1966 Atlanta Falcons RosterTeam Record: 3-11
Finishing 7th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Norb Hecker (3-11)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
1966 Atlanta Falcons Results
The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing seventh in the NFL's East Division.
Atlanta scored only 204 points, worst in the league, while the shaky defensive squad conceded 437. Junior Coffey ran for a team-best 722 yards for the Falcons.
Randy Johnson passed for 1,795 yards. Alex Hawkins paced the receiving corps, hauling in 44 passes for 661 yards.
Jerry Richardson snatched 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Norb Hecker coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Johnson | 295 | 129 | 43.7 | 1795 | 6.1 | 12 | 4.1 | 21 | 7.1 | 53 | 47.8 |
| Dennis Claridge | 70 | 40 | 57.1 | 471 | 6.7 | 2 | 2.9 | 2 | 2.9 | 62 | 75.4 |
| Steve Sloan | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 96 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 32 | 31.7 |
| Billy Lothridge | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Perry Dunn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 381 | 175 | 45.9 | 2362 | 6.2 | 14 | 3.7 | 27 | 7.1 | 62 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Coffey | 199 | 722 | 3.6 | 37 | 4 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 121 | 458 | 3.8 | 65 | 3 |
| Randy Johnson | 35 | 142 | 4.1 | 21 | 4 |
| Perry Dunn | 22 | 52 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Rector | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Preston Ridlehuber | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Lothridge | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dennis Claridge | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sidle | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Rudy Johnson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 405 | 1519 | 3.8 | 65 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Hawkins | 44 | 661 | 15.0 | 42 | 2 |
| Bill Martin | 29 | 330 | 11.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Vern Burke | 28 | 348 | 12.4 | 45 | 1 |
| Junior Coffey | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 46 | 1 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 15 | 137 | 9.1 | 35 | 3 |
| Gary Barnes | 12 | 173 | 14.4 | 52 | 1 |
| Taz Anderson | 10 | 195 | 19.5 | 62 | 3 |
| Perry Dunn | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Angelo Coia | 4 | 93 | 23.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Preston Ridlehuber | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 53 | 2 |
| Bob Sherlag | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 30 | 1 |
| Charlie Scales | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sidle | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 175 | 2361 | 13.5 | 62 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Kirouac | 24 | 19 | 79.2 | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 46 |
| Wade Traynham | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 26 | 21 | 80.8 | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 48 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Lothridge | 73 | 2968 | 40.7 | 60 |
| Totals | 73 | 2968 | 40.7 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Smith | 11 | 80 | 7.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Nick Rassas | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Sherlag | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 100 | 5.6 | 23 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Smith | 43 | 1013 | 23.6 | 80 | 0 |
| Nick Rassas | 8 | 203 | 25.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Jimmy Sidle | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 32 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 4 | 85 | 21.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Marion Rushing | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Larry Morris | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Perry Dunn | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Alex Hawkins | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bill Wolski | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Glenn Glass | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Heck | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Sherlag | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 82 | 1737 | 21.2 | 80 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Richardson | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Riggle | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 62 | 1 |
| Lee Calland | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Marion Rushing | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Jobko | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 177 | 9.3 | 62 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Johnson | 13 | 3 | -6 | 0 | |||
| Bill Martin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Smith | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Talbert | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Richardson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Marchlewski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Junior Coffey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Riggle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Tolleson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Calland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Jones | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Nobis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alex Hawkins | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Errol Linden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Richards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marion Rushing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Scales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Heck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Burke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Karl Rubke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dennis Claridge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angelo Coia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Reaves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Perry Dunn | 2 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Sidle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Rassas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Lou Kirouac | 9 | 19 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Wheelwright | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Junior Coffey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| Randy Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Taz Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Alex Hawkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Preston Ridlehuber | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Vern Burke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Gary Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bob Sherlag | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bob Riggle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Wade Traynham | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
