1966 Denver Broncos Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 4th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Mac Speedie (0-2)
Coach: Ray Malavasi (4-8)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1966 Denver Broncos RosterTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 4th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Mac Speedie (0-2)
Coach: Ray Malavasi (4-8)
Location: Denver, Colorado
1966 Denver Broncos Results
The Denver Broncos of the American Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the AFL's West Division.
The Broncos scored only 196 points, worst in the league, and the leaky defense allowed 381. Max Choboian tossed for 1,110 yards. Abner Haynes hauled in 46 passes, while Al Denson accumulated 725 receiving yards. Lionel Taylor provided receiving help, too.
Wendell Hayes ran for a team-best 417 yards for Denver.
Goldie Sellers and Willie Brown each picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition.
Mac Speedie and Ray Malavasi coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Max Choboian | 163 | 82 | 50.3 | 1110 | 6.8 | 4 | 2.5 | 12 | 7.4 | 79 | 49.9 | John McCormick | 193 | 68 | 35.2 | 993 | 5.1 | 6 | 3.1 | 15 | 7.8 | 64 | 30.9 | Mickey Slaughter | 25 | 7 | 28.0 | 124 | 5.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 67 | 61.1 | Scotty Glacken | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 84 | 7.6 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 109.7 | Tobin Rote | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12.5 | 20 | 14.6 | Abner Haynes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 402 | 166 | 41.3 | 2351 | 5.8 | 12 | 3.0 | 30 | 7.5 | 79 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Wendell Hayes | 105 | 417 | 4.0 | 56 | 1 | Abner Haynes | 129 | 304 | 2.4 | 20 | 2 | Charley Mitchell | 70 | 199 | 2.8 | 21 | 0 | Bob Scarpitto | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 63 | 1 | Darrell Lester | 34 | 84 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 | Max Choboian | 21 | 45 | 2.1 | 12 | 2 | Mickey Slaughter | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Mike Kellogg | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 | John McCormick | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | Scotty Glacken | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 376 | 1173 | 3.1 | 63 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Abner Haynes | 46 | 480 | 10.4 | 52 | 1 | Al Denson | 36 | 725 | 20.1 | 65 | 3 | Lionel Taylor | 35 | 448 | 12.8 | 29 | 1 | Bob Scarpitto | 21 | 335 | 16.0 | 62 | 4 | Charley Mitchell | 14 | 239 | 17.1 | 79 | 2 | Wendell Hayes | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 29 | 0 | Darrell Lester | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 21 | 1 | Eric Crabtree | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | Jason Franci | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Mike Kellogg | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Lonnie Wright | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 166 | 2351 | 14.2 | 79 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bob Scarpitto | 77 | 3480 | 45.2 | 70 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 77 | 3480 | 45.2 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Abner Haynes | 10 | 119 | 11.9 | 42 | 0 | Lew Scott | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 | Goldie Sellers | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 17 | 0 | Nemiah Wilson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | Darrell Lester | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 26 | 235 | 9.0 | 42 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Goldie Sellers | 19 | 541 | 28.5 | 100 | 2 | Nemiah Wilson | 10 | 309 | 30.9 | 100 | 1 | Lew Scott | 9 | 282 | 31.3 | 77 | 0 | Abner Haynes | 9 | 229 | 25.4 | 43 | 0 | Eric Crabtree | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 32 | 0 | Charley Mitchell | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 26 | 0 | Darrell Lester | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Jerry Sturm | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Jerry Inman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 1558 | 26.9 | 100 | 3 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willie Brown | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 31 | 0 | Goldie Sellers | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 | Archie Matsos | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Jerry Hopkins | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | Lonnie Wright | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | John Bramlett | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Nemiah Wilson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 31 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Nemiah Wilson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Sturm | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John McCormick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Max Choboian | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Kellogg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mickey Slaughter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charley Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Goldie Sellers | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eric Crabtree | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darrell Lester | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Abner Haynes | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Gary Kroner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 62 | Bob Scarpitto | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | Abner Haynes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Al Denson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Goldie Sellers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Max Choboian | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Charley Mitchell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Nemiah Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | John Bramlett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Darrell Lester | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Wendell Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lionel Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 6 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 196 |
