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1966 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-3-1, 1st in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (10-3-1)

Points For: 445 (31.8/g) 1st of 15

Points Against: 239 (17.1/g) 4th of 15

Expected W-L: 11.4-2.6

SRS: 10.74 (2nd of 15), SOS: -3.97

Playoffs:
Lost Championship 27-34 vs. Green Bay Packers

Defensive Coordinator: Dick Nolan

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Myers (Offensive Line) and Ernie Stautner (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	445	5145	926	5.6	24	10	287	214	413	3023	27	14	6.6	139	471	2122	24	4.5	124	83	824	24
Opp. Stats	239	3558	873	4.1	31	14	221	212	457	2382	17	17	4.6	140	356	1176	6	3.3	64	63	778	17
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			1	1	1		7	1	3	2	4		4	2	1	2
Lg Rank Defense	4	2			11	8	5		15	7	8	12	2		1	1	1	3

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
2	Sun	September 18		boxscore	W		1-0		New York Giants	52	7	24	518	374	144	1	18	257	120	137	4
3	Sun	September 25		boxscore	W		2-0		Minnesota Vikings	28	17	18	314	166	148		25	389	247	142	1
4	Sun	October 2		boxscore	W		3-0	@	Atlanta Falcons	47	14	22	363	220	143	2	20	276	170	106	5
5	Sun	October 9		boxscore	W		4-0		Philadelphia Eagles	56	7	32	652	440	212		11	217	179	38	1
6	Sun	October 16		boxscore	T		4-0-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	10	10	17	326	191	135	4	13	175	130	45
7	Sun	October 23		boxscore	L		4-1-1	@	Cleveland Browns	21	30	30	413	257	156	4	17	264	159	105
8	Sun	October 30		boxscore	W		5-1-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	52	21	24	425	233	192	3	6	119	112	7	4
9	Sun	November 6		boxscore	L		5-2-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	24	16	240	128	112	2	5	80	22	58	3
10	Sun	November 13		boxscore	W		6-2-1	@	Washington Redskins	31	30	24	515	383	132	3	19	341	318	23
11	Sun	November 20		boxscore	W		7-2-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	20	7	16	258	134	124	1	16	163	110	53	3
12	Thu	November 24		boxscore	W		8-2-1		Cleveland Browns	26	14	25	304	131	173		18	321	164	157	1
13	Sun	December 4		boxscore	W		9-2-1		St. Louis Cardinals	31	17	11	190	82	108	1	21	295	201	94	5
14	Sun	December 11		boxscore	L		9-3-1		Washington Redskins	31	34	17	370	129	241	1	13	399	295	104	2
15	Sun	December 18		boxscore	W		10-3-1	@	New York Giants	17	7	11	257	155	102	2	19	262	155	107	2
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	January 1		boxscore	L		10-4-1		Green Bay Packers	27	34	23	418	231	187	2	19	367	265	102	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Don Meredith	28	QB	13	13	9-3-1	177	344	51.5	2805	24	7.0	12	3.5	95	8.2	8.0	15.8	215.8	87.7	37	261	9.71	6.68	6.5	3	2	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3
2	Jerry Rhome	24	QB	7	1	1-0-0	21	36	58.3	253	0	0.0	1	2.8	47	7.0	5.8	12.0	36.1	68.4	4	39	10.00	5.35	4.2	0	0
3	Craig Morton	23	QB	6	0		13	27	48.1	225	3	11.1	1	3.7	41	8.3	8.9	17.3	37.5	98.5	1	8	3.57	7.75	8.3	0	1
4	Dan Reeves	22	HB	14	13		3	6	50.0	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	29	8.0	8.0	16.0	3.4	77.1	0	0	0.00	8.00	8.0	0	0	AP-2,AP MVP-7
	Team Totals			14	14	10-3-1	214	413	51.8	3023	27	6.5	14	3.4	95	8.1	7.8	15.6	215.9	86.5	42	308	9.23	6.64	6.45	3	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Don Meredith	28	QB	1	1	0-1-0	15	31	48.4	238	1	3.2	1	3.2	68	7.7	6.9	15.9	238.0	71.7	2	7	6.06	7.00	6.2	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	15	31	48.4	231	1	3.2	1	3.2	68	7.7	6.9	15.9	231.0	71.7	2	7	6.06	7.00	6.24	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Dan Reeves	22	HB	14	13	175	757	8	67	4.3	54.1	12.5	41	557	13.6	8	51	2.9	39.8	216	6.1	1314	16	6	AP-2,AP MVP-7
2	Bob Hayes	24	LE	14	14	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	64	1232	19.3	13	95	4.6	88.0	65	18.9	1231	13	3	PB,AP-1
3	Don Perkins	28	FB	14	14	186	726	8	24	3.9	51.9	13.3	23	231	10.0	0	39	1.6	16.5	209	4.6	957	8	1	PB
4	Pete Gent	24	FL	14	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	27	474	17.6	1	84	1.9	33.9	27	17.6	474	1	0
5	Frank Clarke	32	E	14	0	8	49	0	26	6.1	3.5	0.6	26	355	13.7	4	33	1.9	25.4	34	11.9	404	4	0
6	Buddy Dial	29	FL	10	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	252	18.0	1	39	1.4	25.2	14	18.0	252	1	0
7	Don Meredith	28	QB	13	13	38	242	5	22	6.4	18.6	2.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	38	6.4	242	5	8	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3
8	Pettis Norman	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	144	12.0	0	31	0.9	10.3	12	12.0	144	0	0
9	Les Shy	22	RB	11	0	17	118	1	68	6.9	10.7	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	17	6.9	118	1	1
10	Mel Renfro	25	FS	11	9	8	52	0	27	6.5	4.7	0.7	4	65	16.3	0	42	0.4	5.9	12	9.8	117	0	2	PB
11	Walt Garrison	22	RB	14	0	16	62	1	13	3.9	4.4	1.1	2	18	9.0	0	17	0.1	1.3	18	4.4	80	1	0
12	Craig Morton	23	QB	6	0	7	50	0	12	7.1	8.3	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	7.1	50	0	0
13	Jerry Rhome	24	QB	7	1	7	37	0	11	5.3	5.3	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	5.3	37	0	1
14	Danny Villanueva	29	K	14	0	1	23	0	23	23.0	1.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	23.0	23	0	0
15	J.D. Smith	34	FB	14	1	7	7	1	2	1.0	0.5	0.5	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.1	0.2	8	1.3	10	1	0
	Team Totals			14	14	471	2122	24	68	4.5	151.6	33.6	214	3331	15.6	27	95	15.3	237.9	685	8.0	5453	51	22

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Dan Reeves	22	HB	1	1	17	47	1	6	2.8	47.0	17.0	4	77	19.3	0	40	4.0	77.0	21	5.9	124	1	1
2	Don Perkins	28	FB	1	1	17	108	1	23	6.4	108.0	17.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	17	6.4	108	1	0
3	Frank Clarke	32	E	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	102	34.0	1	68	3.0	102.0	3	34.0	102	1	0
4	Pettis Norman	27	TE	1	1	2	10	0	6	5.0	10.0	2.0	4	30	7.5	0	12	4.0	30.0	6	6.7	40	0	0
5	Pete Gent	24	FL	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	28	9.3	0	11	3.0	28.0	3	9.3	28	0	0
6	Don Meredith	28	QB	1	1	4	22	0	11	5.5	22.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.5	22	0	0
7	Bob Hayes	24	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	1	1.0	0	1	1.0	1.0	1	1.0	1	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	40	187	2	23	4.7	187.0	40.0	15	238	15.9	1	68	15.0	238.0	55	7.7	425	3	2

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Jim Colvin	29	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.5	0
2	Mike Gaechter	26	SS	14	14	3	28	0	23	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Cornell Green	26	LCB	14	14	4	88	1	41	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Bob Hayes	24	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Chuck Howley	30	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	97	1	1.5	0	PB,AP-1
6	Lee Roy Jordan	25	MLB	14	14	1	49	1	49	0	1	28	0	2.0	0
7	Bob Lilly	27	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-7
8	Warren Livingston	28	RCB	14	14	2	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Ralph Neely	23	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
10	Pettis Norman	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Don Perkins	28	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
12	George Andrie	26	RDE	14	13	1	6	1	6	0	1	0	0	18.5	0	PB
13	Leon Donohue	27	RG	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dave Edwards	27	RLB	14	13	1	12	0	12	0	2	23	0	2.0	0
15	Don Meredith	28	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	8	4	-3	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3
16	Dan Reeves	22	HB	14	13	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2,AP MVP-7
17	Mel Renfro	25	FS	11	9	2	57	0	33	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
18	Willie Townes	23	LDE	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.0	1
19	Larry Stephens	28	LDE	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
20	Obert Logan	25	FS	14	6	2	44	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Mike Connelly	31	G	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Harold Hays	27	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
23	Jerry Rhome	24	QB	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	J.D. Smith	34	FB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Mike Johnson	23	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Jethro Pugh	22	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
27	Les Shy	22	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Jerry Tubbs	31	LB	4	0	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	17	303	3	49	23	27	145	1	59.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	George Andrie	26	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
2	Jim Colvin	29	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
3	Dave Edwards	27	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0
4	Bob Hayes	24	LE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Warren Livingston	28	RCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Don Meredith	28	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Dan Reeves	22	HB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Mel Renfro	25	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-10	0	0.0	0	0
9	Willie Townes	23	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	-10	0	5.0	0	0

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