1966 Detroit Lions Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Harry Gilmer (4-9-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1966 Detroit Lions RosterTeam Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Harry Gilmer (4-9-1)
Location: Detroit, Michigan
1966 Detroit Lions Results
The Detroit Lions of the National Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing sixth in the NFL's West Division.
The Lions labored to change the scoreboard with just 206 points, while the defensive squad conceded 317. Karl Sweetan threw for 1,809 yards. Pat Studstill hauled in 67 balls for 1,266 yards. Tom Nowatzke provided receiving help, too.
Tom Nowatzke rushed for a team-leading 512 yards for Detroit, while Amos Marsh also buoyed the ground attack.
Bruce Maher and Mike Lucci each snatched 5 opponent throws.
Harry Gilmer coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Karl Sweetan | 309 | 157 | 50.8 | 1809 | 5.9 | 4 | 1.3 | 14 | 4.5 | 99 | 54.3 | Milt Plum | 146 | 82 | 56.2 | 943 | 6.5 | 4 | 2.7 | 13 | 8.9 | 63 | 47.8 | Tom Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 456 | 239 | 52.4 | 2752 | 6.0 | 8 | 1.8 | 28 | 6.1 | 99 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tom Nowatzke | 151 | 512 | 3.4 | 21 | 6 | Amos Marsh | 134 | 433 | 3.2 | 27 | 3 | Karl Sweetan | 34 | 219 | 6.4 | 34 | 1 | Bobby Felts | 34 | 83 | 2.4 | 14 | 2 | Milt Plum | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 | Bruce McLenna | 16 | 51 | 3.2 | 19 | 0 | Joe Looney | 8 | 42 | 5.2 | 24 | 1 | Pat Studstill | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 | Jim Todd | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Willie Walker | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 394 | 1429 | 3.6 | 34 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Pat Studstill | 67 | 1266 | 18.9 | 99 | 5 | Tom Nowatzke | 54 | 316 | 5.9 | 25 | 1 | Gail Cogdill | 47 | 411 | 8.7 | 21 | 1 | Ron Kramer | 37 | 432 | 11.7 | 68 | 0 | Amos Marsh | 12 | 111 | 9.2 | 20 | 0 | John Henderson | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 53 | 0 | Bill Malinchak | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 13 | 0 | Joe Looney | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 | Bruce McLenna | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 | Bobby Felts | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Willie Walker | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Jim Gibbons | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 239 | 2752 | 11.5 | 99 | 8 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Garo Yepremian | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 50 | Wayne Walker | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 17 | Milt Plum | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 68 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Pat Studstill | 72 | 2956 | 41.1 | 66 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 72 | 2956 | 41.1 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnnie Robinson | 13 | 185 | 14.2 | 79 | 1 | Tom Vaughn | 18 | 179 | 9.9 | 63 | 0 | Bobby Felts | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 | Jim Todd | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 396 | 10.4 | 79 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Tom Vaughn | 23 | 595 | 25.9 | 63 | 0 | Bobby Felts | 20 | 392 | 19.6 | 32 | 0 | Johnnie Robinson | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 33 | 0 | Jim Todd | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 49 | 0 | Joe Looney | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 34 | 0 | Lou Slaby | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Jerry Mazzanti | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Mike Alford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 1316 | 22.7 | 63 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Lucci | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 63 | 1 | Bruce Maher | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 56 | 0 | Dick LeBeau | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 37 | 0 | Bobby Thompson | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 | Wayne Rasmussen | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 | Tom Vaughn | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Ernie Clark | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Wayne Walker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 366 | 15.2 | 63 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Karl Sweetan | 6 | 5 | -8 | 0 | 0 | Alex Karras | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Van Horn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Vaughn | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Rasmussen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Milt Plum | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darris McCord | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Rush | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | John Gordy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Amos Marsh | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Maher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gail Cogdill | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Pat Studstill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnnie Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Looney | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Felts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Todd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Alford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Nowatzke | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Garo Yepremian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 50 | Tom Nowatzke | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Pat Studstill | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Amos Marsh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Wayne Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 17 | Bobby Felts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Gail Cogdill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Looney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Lucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Johnnie Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Karl Sweetan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim Gibbons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Milt Plum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 |
