1966 Omaha Mustangs (PFLA) |
| 1st place • 8-2-0 .800 |
| Head Coach: Bernie Berigan |
| Mike Dugan | Assistant Coach |
| Don Leahy | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/13/1966 | H | Tulsa Oilers | 40-13 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 3876 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1966 | H | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | 41-13 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 8752 | |
| Sat | 9/3/1966 | H | Quad-City Raiders | 20-12 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 7652 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1966 | A | Des Moines Warriors | 10-17 | L | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 5020 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1966 | H | Colorado Bandits | 77-7 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | ||
| Sat | 9/24/1966 | H | Joliet Explorers | 31-28 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 5830 | |
| Sat | 10/1/1966 | A | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | W | Wyoming, WI | Kimble Stadium | |||
| Sat | 10/1/1966 | H | Sherman-Denison Jets | 45-24 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 3300 | |
| Sat | 10/8/1966 | A | Quad-City Raiders | 52-21 | W | Davenport, IA | Municipal Stadium | 400 | |
| Sat | 10/15/1966 | H | Des Moines Warriors | 31-33 | L | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 5402 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | H | Quad-City Raiders | 71-3 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 3410 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1966 | A | Joliet Explorers | 30-17 | W | Joliet, IL | Memorial Stadium | 5413 | |
| Sat | 11/5/1966 | A | Des Moines Warriors | 26-7 | W | Des Moines, IA | Sec Taylor Stadium | 8752 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | Des Moines Warriors | 27-7 | W | Omaha, NE | Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium | 4350 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/1/1966 | Grand Rapids Shamrocks | Forfeit |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lon Allen | QB | 5-6 | 150 | 23 | Midland Lutheran | |||
| Carl Allison | LCB | 5-11 | 183 | 22 | Hastings | |||
| Roger Anderson | FB | 6-1 | 227 | 24 | Dakota State | |||
| Bill Barber | DB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Colorado State-Pueblo; Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Ken Berry | QB | 5-10 | 192 | 22 | San Jose State | |||
| Paul Blazevich | SE | 5-11 | 195 | 28 | Butler CC; Nebraska-Omaha | 4 | ||
| Jim Brenn | DT | 6-5 | 301 | 25 | Fairbury JC; Peru State | |||
| Brian Bro | LB | 5-9 | 225 | 22 | none | |||
| Max Broderson | C | 6-2 | 237 | 23 | Morningside | |||
| Bill Comstock | TE | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Nebraska | |||
| Fred Dawston | SE-LS | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | South Carolina State | |||
| Ken Dostal | LOT | 6-6 | 235 | 26 | Nebraska; Peru State | |||
| Dallas Dyer | MLB | 5-10 | 210 | 26 | Nebraska | |||
| John Edmonds | RS | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | none | |||
| Bob Eickholt | LDE | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Nebraska; Creighton | |||
| Bob Evans | T | 6-2 | 243 | 26 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Rod Franz | RCB | 5-10 | 192 | 22 | Nebraska; Northern Iowa | |||
| Gerald Gerths | ROG | 6-2 | 248 | 23 | none | |||
| Jim Hageman | RB | 6-0 | 214 | 22 | South Dakota | |||
| Glen Hansen | RDT | 6-0 | 247 | 26 | Parsons | |||
| John Haskell | ROG | 6-0 | 228 | 24 | Midland Lutheran | |||
| Glen Hepburn | RLB | 6-4 | 215 | 28 | Nebraska; Butler CC; Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| George Hoelker | C | 6-1 | 200 | 22 | Wayne State (Nebraska) | |||
| Larry Jacobsen | FB | 5-10 | 195 | 27 | Nebraska-Kearney | |||
| Les King | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Westmar | |||
| Tom Luby | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 232 | 25 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Phil Malone | T | 6-2 | 245 | 23 | Highland CC; Peru State | |||
| Jim Manning | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | York JC; Peru State | |||
| Jim Marbach | SE | 6-0 | 197 | 22 | South Dakota | |||
| Burt Matthies | RB | 6-0 | 230 | 25 | Wayne State (Nebraska) | |||
| Jim Milligan | ROT | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | |||
| Lee Moran | G | 6-0 | 225 | 23 | Morningside | |||
| Dwane Novak | LOG | 6-0 | 214 | 23 | Nebraska | |||
| Don Purcell | LLB | 6-1 | 215 | 26 | Nebraska | |||
| Ray Ramsey | QB | 6-2 | 185 | 29 | Adams State | |||
| Ray Rivera | LDT-RDT | 6-1 | 286 | 23 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Mike Ruiz | LDE | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Adams State | |||
| Joe Siino | RDE | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | Diablo Valley JC; Cal Poly (Humboldt) | |||
| Van Steckelberg | DB | 5-7 | 175 | 22 | Wayne State (Nebraska) | |||
| Larry Stednitz | HB | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | Iowa; Midland Lutheran | |||
| Bob Stillmock | OT | 6-1 | 232 | Nebraska-Kearney | ||||
| Don Sutton | LDE | 6-4 | 247 | 29 | none | |||
| Dean Taylor | LCB | 6-0 | 191 | 25 | Nebraska-Omaha | |||
| Ted Vactor | LS | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Nebraska | |||
| Ken Vaughn | FL | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Texas-Arlington | |||
| Collin Versich | K | 6-1 | 204 | 24 | Hibbing JC; Minnesota; North Dakota | 9 | 0 | |
| Jerry Wilks | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 21 | Nebraska | |||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 77 | 114 | 72 | 49 | 312 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 40 | 24 | 62 | 151 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Stednitz | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||
| Collin Versich | 0 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 60 | ||||
| Ken Vaughn | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Roger Anderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Larry Jacobsen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Bill Comstock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Fred Dawston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| John Edmonds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jim Manning | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Don Purcell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Ken Berry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Dallas Dyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Hageman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 42 | 36 | 42 | 85.7 | 8 | 0 | 312 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 5 | 0 | 151 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Stednitz | 75 | 378 | 5.0 | 3 | |
| Larry Jacobsen | 79 | 271 | 3.4 | 4 | |
| Roger Anderson | 5 | ||||
| Ken Berry | 1 | ||||
| Jim Hageman | 1 | ||||
| Ray Ramsey | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 15 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Berry | 150 | 87 | 58.0 | 1414 | 9.4 | 16.3 | 18 | 11.3 | ||||||||
| Ray Ramsey | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Vaughn | 38 | 564 | 14.8 | 6 | |
| Larry Stednitz | 22 | 413 | 18.8 | 9 | |
| Bill Comstock | 2 | ||||
| Fred Dawston | 2 | ||||
| Jim Manning | 2 | ||||
| Larry Jacobsen | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 22 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Dyer | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 1 | |
| Don Purcell | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Dyer | 22 | 768 | 34.9 | |||||||
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Edmonds | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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