1966 Kansas City Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 11-2-1
Finishing 1st in the AFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-1 Won Championship
Coach: Hank Stram (11-2-1)
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
1966 Kansas City Chiefs Results
The Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 11 wins and 2 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the AFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
On offense, Kansas City earned 448 points, tops in the circuit. At the same time, the solid defense yielded 276 points. Mike Garrett carried the ball for a team-leading 801 yards for the Chiefs.
Len Dawson threw for 2,527 yards. Chris Burford grabbed 58 passes, while Otis Taylor added 1,297 receiving yards.
The ball-hawking defense led the way with 41 turnovers. Johnny Robinson and Bobby Hunt each picked off 10 opponent throws.
Hank Stram coached the team. The 1966 Kansas City Chiefs won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Dawson | 284 | 159 | 56.0 | 2527 | 8.9 | 26 | 9.2 | 10 | 3.5 | 89 | 101.7 |
| Pete Beathard | 90 | 39 | 43.3 | 578 | 6.4 | 4 | 4.4 | 4 | 4.4 | 77 | 61.3 |
| Bert Coan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 158.3 |
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Otis Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 377 | 199 | 52.8 | 3123 | 8.3 | 31 | 8.2 | 15 | 4.0 | 89 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Garrett | 147 | 801 | 5.4 | 77 | 6 |
| Curtis McClinton | 140 | 540 | 3.9 | 49 | 4 |
| Bert Coan | 96 | 521 | 5.4 | 57 | 7 |
| Len Dawson | 24 | 167 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Pete Beathard | 20 | 152 | 7.6 | 52 | 1 |
| Gene Thomas | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 28 | 1 |
| Otis Taylor | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 439 | 2274 | 5.2 | 77 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Taylor | 58 | 1297 | 22.4 | 89 | 8 |
| Chris Burford | 58 | 758 | 13.1 | 38 | 8 |
| Fred Arbanas | 22 | 305 | 13.9 | 36 | 4 |
| Curtis McClinton | 19 | 285 | 15.0 | 68 | 5 |
| Bert Coan | 18 | 131 | 7.3 | 20 | 2 |
| Mike Garrett | 15 | 175 | 11.7 | 36 | 1 |
| Reggie Carolan | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 45 | 3 |
| Frank Pitts | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jerrel Wilson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 199 | 3123 | 15.7 | 89 | 31 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Mercer | 35 | 33 | 94.3 | 26 | 20 | 76.9 | 93 |
| Tommy Brooker | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 19 |
| Fletcher Smith | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | |||
| Totals | 52 | 48 | 92.3 | 28 | 22 | 78.6 | 114 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerrel Wilson | 62 | 2715 | 43.8 | 69 |
| Totals | 62 | 2715 | 43.8 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Garrett | 17 | 139 | 8.2 | 79 | 1 |
| Emmitt Thomas | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Aaron Brown | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Fred Williamson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Ply | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30 | 255 | 8.5 | 79 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Thomas | 29 | 673 | 23.2 | 63 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 14 | 323 | 23.1 | 62 | 0 |
| Gene Thomas | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Solomon Brannan | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bert Coan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Aaron Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Otis Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smokey Stover | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 1110 | 20.6 | 63 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Robinson | 10 | 136 | 13.6 | 29 | 1 |
| Bobby Hunt | 10 | 113 | 11.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Fred Williamson | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Mitchell | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 60 | 1 |
| Sherrill Headrick | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bobby Bell | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Smokey Stover | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Ply | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 408 | 12.4 | 60 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Dawson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Garrett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Burford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Al Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gene Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bert Coan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Beathard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Bell | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Curtis McClinton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Mike Mercer | 20 | 33 | 0 | 93 | ||||||||||
| Curtis McClinton | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Bert Coan | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| Chris Burford | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
| Mike Garrett | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||
| Otis Taylor | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| Fred Arbanas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||
| Tommy Brooker | 2 | 13 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Reggie Carolan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Gene Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Johnny Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Frank Pitts | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bobby Bell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Willie Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Fletcher Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Jerrel Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 19 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 448 |
