1966 Miami Dolphins (AFL)

4th place Eastern Division 3-11-0 .214

Les Bingaman	Defensive Line
Ernie Hefferle	Offensive Line
John Idzik	Offensive Backs
Tom Keane	Defensive Backs
Bob Pellegrini	Linebackers
Bobby Walston	Receivers/Placekickers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/6/1966	A	San Diego Chargers	10-38	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	25712
Fri	8/12/1966	H	Kansas City Chiefs	0-33	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	36366
Sat	8/20/1966	H	New York Jets	14-31	L	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	11000
Wed	8/24/1966	N	Denver Broncos	16-28	L	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	18442
Fri	9/2/1966	H	Oakland Raiders	14-23	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	26767
Fri	9/9/1966	H	New York Jets	14-19	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	35402
Sun	9/18/1966	A	Buffalo Bills	24-58	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	37546
Sun	10/2/1966	A	San Diego Chargers	10-44	L	San Diego, CA	Balboa Stadium	26444
Sun	10/9/1966	A	Oakland Raiders	10-21	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	30787
Sun	10/16/1966	H	Denver Broncos	24-7	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	23393
Sun	10/23/1966	A	Houston Oilers	20-13	W	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	23173
Sun	11/6/1966	H	Buffalo Bills	0-29	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	37177
Sun	11/13/1966	A	Kansas City Chiefs	16-34	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	34063
Sun	11/20/1966	A	New York Jets	13-30	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	58664
Sun	11/27/1966	H	Boston Patriots	14-20	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	22754
Sun	12/4/1966	A	Denver Broncos	7-17	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	32592
Sun	12/11/1966	H	Kansas City Chiefs	18-19	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	17881
Sun	12/18/1966	H	Houston Oilers	29-28	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	20045

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
32	Joe Auer	HB	6-1	207	25	Miami (Florida); Georgia Tech	14	14
86	Mel Branch	RDE-LDE	6-2	231	29	Louisiana State	14	3
56	Bob Bruggers	RLB-MLB	6-1	230	22	Minnesota	14	0
72	Whit Canale	LDE	6-3	245	25	Tennessee	3	0
35	Rick Casares	FB	6-2	226	35	Florida	6	2
28	George Chesser	HB-FB	6-2	220	24	Mississippi; Delta State	14	0
80	Ed Cooke	LDE	6-4	248	31	Maryland	14	13
90	Bill Cronin	TE	6-4	225	23	Boston College	14	0
79	Al Dotson	RDT-ROT	6-4	258	23	Grambling State	9	8
50	Frank Emanuel	MLB	6-3	225	24	Tennessee	14	10
53	Tom Erlandson	LLB	6-3	229	26	Washington State	14	14
73	Norm Evans	ROT	6-5	248	24	Texas Christian	14	14
84	Earl Faison	RDE	6-5	263	27	Indiana	6	0
2	Cookie Gilchrist	FB	6-3	249	31	none	8	6
58	Tom Goode	C-LOG	6-3	244	28	Mississippi State	14	13
65	Jim Higgins	LOG-LOT	6-1	255	24	Xavier (Ohio)	7	3
85	Johnny Holmes	DE	6-2	254	23	Florida A&M	3	0
52	Mike Hudock	C	6-1	245	32	Miami (Florida)	14	1
24	Billy Hunter	FB-HB-FL	6-1	183	24	Syracuse	4	0
26	Frank Jackson	SE-FL	6-1	187	27	Southern Methodist	10	7
44	Pete Jaquess	RS	6-0	182	26	Eastern New Mexico	14	10
33	Billy Joe	FB-HB	6-2	243	26	Villanova	14	7
83	Dave Kocourek	TE	6-5	237	29	Wisconsin	14	14
23	Wes Mathews	FL	5-9	160	23	Oklahoma State; Northeastern State	4	0
54	Wahoo McDaniel	RLB-MLB	6-0	235	28	Oklahoma	12	11
47	John McGeever	RS-LS	6-1	195	27	Auburn	12	4
21	Gene Mingo	K	6-1	199	28	none	14	0
35	Stan Mitchell	RLB	6-2	220	22	Tennessee	2	0
82	Doug Moreau	SE	6-2	207	21	Louisiana State	3	0
43	Bobby Neff	LCB-RCB	6-0	182	22	Stephen F. Austin State	14	0
63	Billy Neighbors	ROG-LOG	5-11	244	26	Alabama	14	11
76	Tom Nomina	LDT	6-5	257	25	Miami (Ohio)	11	11
89	Karl Noonan	SE-FL	6-3	193	22	Iowa	14	7
11	Rick Norton	QB	6-1	192	23	Kentucky	7	2
61	Ernie Park	LOG	6-3	247	26	McMurry	14	11
48	Bob Petrella	LS-RS	6-0	186	22	Tennessee	3	0
30	Sam Price	HB	5-11	215	23	Illinois	14	0
75	Ken Rice	ROG-LOT	6-2	243	27	Auburn	14	3
40	Bo Roberson	FL	6-1	192	31	Cornell	11	8
87	John Roderick	SE-FL	6-1	180	22	Southern Methodist	6	6
55	Jack Rudolph	RLB-LLB	6-3	228	28	Georgia Tech	11	4
15	John Stofa	QB	6-3	210	24	Buffalo	7	1
59	Jack Thornton	RLB	6-1	228	22	Auburn	6	1
88	LaVerne Torczon	RDE-DT	6-2	243	30	Nebraska	14	13
81	Howard Twilley	SE	5-10	183	23	Tulsa	6	0
46	Hal Wantland	TE	6-0	195	22	Tennessee	2	0
49	Jimmy Warren	LCB	5-10	178	27	Illinois	14	14
22	Willie West	LS	5-10	188	28	Oregon	14	14
25	Dick Westmoreland	RCB	6-1	191	25	North Carolina A&T State	14	14
78	Maxie Williams	LOT	6-4	247	26	Southeastern Louisiana	14	14
10	George Wilson	QB-P	6-1	185	23	Notre Dame; Xavier (Ohio)	14	7
18	Dick Wood	QB	6-5	202	30	Auburn	14	4
77	Rich Zecher	RDT-LDT	6-2	240	23	Contra Costa JC; Utah State	14	9

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Jim Grabowski	FB	Illinois
1	2	Rick Norton	QB	Kentucky
2	9	Frank Emanuel	LB	Tennessee
3	18	Larry Gagner	OG	Florida
4	26	Dick Leftridge	FB	West Virginia
5	34	Grady Bolton	T	Mississippi State
6	42	Ed Weisacosky	LB	Miami (Florida)
7	51	Don Hansen	LB	Illinois
8	64	Bob Petrella	HB	Tennessee
9	74	Bill Matan	DE	Kansas State
10	83	Pat Killorin	C	Syracuse
11	91	Sam Price	HB	Illinois
12	100	Howard Twilley	E	Tulsa
13	110	Kent Kramer	E	Minnesota
14	119	Phil Scoggins	K	Texas A&M
15	128	Jerry Oliver	T	Texas State
16	137	Don Lorenz	DE	Stephen F. Austin State
17	146	Mike Bender	OG	Arkansas
18	155	Rick Kestner	E	Kentucky
19	164	Doug Moreau	E-K	Louisiana State
20	173	John Tooker	DB	Adams State

DRAFT LIST - REDSHIRT
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	John Roderick	E	Southern Methodist
2	10	Danny Fulford	E	Auburn
3	19	Jack Clancy	E	Michigan
4	28	Jim Mankins	FB	Florida State
5	37	Fritz Greenlee	E	Arizona
6	46	Bill Darnall	DB	North Carolina
7	55	Don Williams	DT	Wofford
8	64	Jon Brittenum	QB	Arkansas
9	73	Craig Baynham	E	Georgia Tech
10	82	Randy Winkler	T	Tarleton State
11	91	Kai Anderson	C	Illinois

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	39	64	24	86
Opponents Totals	64	131	83	84

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		200	75	103	22	/ %	/ %	73	660
Opponents Totals		237	83	140	14	/ %	/ %	79	852

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Joe Auer	9	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	54
Gene Mingo	0	23	23	100.0	0	0	10	22	45.5	0	53
Frank Jackson	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Dave Kocourek	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Bo Roberson	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Billy Joe	1	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	8
Rick Casares	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Bill Cronin	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Tom Erlandson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Cookie Gilchrist	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Pete Jaquess	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Karl Noonan	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
John Roderick	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Jimmy Warren	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Dick Westmoreland	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Dick Wood	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
George Wilson	0	0	0		1	2	0	0		0	2
Team Totals	26	23	23	100.0	2	3	10	22	45.5	0	213
Opponents Totals	44	38	42	90.5	1	2	18	36	50.0	2	362

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Gene Mingo	10	22	45.5	0/4	5/7	2/3	3/7	0/1
Team Totals	10	22	45.5	0/4	5/7	2/3	3/7	0/1
Opponents Totals	18	36	50.0	3/4	7/12	4/78	3/9	1/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Auer	121	416	3.4	41	4
Cookie Gilchrist	72	262	3.6	22	0
Billy Joe	71	232	3.3	14	0
George Wilson	27	137	5.1	37	0
Rick Casares	43	135	3.1	10	0
Sam Price	31	107	3.5	14	0
George Chesser	16	74	4.6	19	0
Frank Jackson	2	22	11.0	24	0
John Stofa	3	17	5.7	14	0
Dick Wood	5	6	1.2	7t	1
Rick Norton	3	2	0.7	3	0
Team Totals	394	1410	3.6	41	5
Opponents Totals	416	1510	3.6	50	15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dick Wood	230	83	36.1	133	993	4.3	12.0	71	4	1.7	14	6.1	20	207	786	30.6
George Wilson	112	46	41.1	56	764	6.8	16.6	80t	5	4.5	10	8.9	11	77	687	42.4
John Stofa	57	29	50.9	26	425	7.5	14.7	48t	4	7.0	2	3.5	3	29	396	84.3
Rick Norton	55	21	38.2	28	192	3.5	9.1	43t	3	5.5	6	10.9	2	13	179	27.0
Team Totals	454	179	39.4	243	2374	5.2	13.3	80t	16	3.5	32	7.0	36	326	2048	39.1
Opponents Totals	425	198	46.6	196	3281	7.7	16.6	89t	25	5.9	31	7.3	16	180	3101	62.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Kocourek	27	320	11.9	43t	2
Bo Roberson	26	519	20.0	80t	2
Joe Auer	22	263	12.0	27t	4
Karl Noonan	17	224	13.2	35	1
Frank Jackson	16	317	19.8	48t	2
Billy Joe	13	116	8.9	67t	1
Cookie Gilchrist	13	110	8.5	22	1
John Roderick	11	156	14.2	64	1
Howard Twilley	10	128	12.8	20	0
Rick Casares	8	45	5.6	20	1
Bill Cronin	7	83	11.9	25	1
Gene Mingo	3	40	13.3	21	0
Doug Moreau	2	15	7.5	9	0
Sam Price	2	14	7.0	9	0
Wes Mathews	1	20	20.0	20	0
George Chesser	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	179	2374	13.3	80t	16
Opponents Totals	198	3281	16.6	89t	25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Willie West	8	62	7.8	31	0
Jimmy Warren	5	198	39.6	70t	1
Dick Westmoreland	4	104	26.0	42	1
Tom Erlandson	3	31	10.3	26t	1
Pete Jaquess	3	27	9.0	27t	1
Wahoo McDaniel	2	20	10.0	20	0
John McGeever	2	15	7.5	15	0
Earl Faison	1	26	26.0	26	0
Bobby Neff	1	22	22.0	22	0
Frank Emanuel	1	14	14.0	14	0
Jack Rudolph	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	31	522	16.8	70t	4
Opponents Totals	32	370	11.6	60t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
George Wilson	42	1772	42.2	63	0
Wahoo McDaniel	32	1222	38.2	54	1
George Chesser	7	233	33.3	39	0
Team Totals	82	3227	39.4	63	1	412
Opponents Totals	64	2809	43.9	70	0	204

PUNT RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Neff	10	60	6.0	15	0
Joe Auer	5	99	19.8	56	0
Wes Mathews	4	38	9.5	19	0
Frank Jackson	2	7	3.5	7	0
Team Totals	21	204	9.7	56	0
Opponents Totals	40	412	10.3	72t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Neff	15	376	25.1	90	0
Joe Auer	28	698	24.9	95t	1
Wes Mathews	5	109	21.8	29	0
Billy Hunter	5	84	16.8	29	0
Pete Jaquess	5	77	15.4	23	0
Frank Jackson	4	105	26.3	34	0
John Roderick	1	17	17.0	17	0
Mel Branch	1	15	15.0	15	0
Bob Bruggers	1	3	3.0	3	0
Karl Noonan	0	23		23L	0
Team Totals	65	1507	23.2	95t	1
Opponents Totals	46	939	20.4	96t	1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Joe Auer	7						0
Earl Faison	1						0
Cookie Gilchrist	1						0
Billy Hunter	1		0	0		0	0
Pete Jaquess	2						0
Billy Joe	3						0
Wes Mathews	1						0
Bobby Neff	3						0
Rick Norton	3						0
John Stofa	1						0
Jimmy Warren	1						0
George Wilson	3						0
Dick Wood	2						0
Team Totals	29	10	19	15	34		0
Opponents Totals	25	5	10	10	20		1