1966 Miami Dolphins Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the AFL's East Division
Coach: George Wilson (3-11)
Location: Miami, Florida
1966 Miami Dolphins RosterTeam Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the AFL's East Division
Coach: George Wilson (3-11)
Location: Miami, Florida
1966 Miami Dolphins Results
The Miami Dolphins of the American Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the AFL's East Division.
The Dolphins eked out just 213 points, and the defense allowed 362. Dick Wood passed for 993 yards, and George Wilson spent time under center, too. Dave Kocourek paced pass catchers, hauling in 27 passes, while Bo Roberson accumulated 519 receiving yards, while Joe Auer contributed to the receiving game as well.
Joe Auer ran for a team-best 416 yards for Miami.
The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 46 turnovers, topping in the league. Willie West picked off 8 errant tosses from the opposition.
George Wilson coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Wood | 230 | 83 | 36.1 | 993 | 4.3 | 4 | 1.7 | 14 | 6.1 | 71 | 30.6 |
| George Wilson | 112 | 46 | 41.1 | 764 | 6.8 | 5 | 4.5 | 10 | 8.9 | 80 | 42.4 |
| John Stofa | 57 | 29 | 50.9 | 425 | 7.5 | 4 | 7.0 | 2 | 3.5 | 48 | 84.3 |
| Rick Norton | 55 | 21 | 38.2 | 192 | 3.5 | 3 | 5.5 | 6 | 10.9 | 43 | 27.0 |
| Totals | 454 | 179 | 39.4 | 2374 | 5.2 | 16 | 3.5 | 32 | 7.0 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sammy 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 | 7 | 1 |
| Rick Norton | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 394 | 1410 | 3.6 | 41 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Kocourek | 27 | 320 | 11.9 | 43 | 2 |
| Bo Roberson | 26 | 519 | 20.0 | 80 | 2 |
| Joe Auer | 22 | 263 | 12.0 | 27 | 4 |
| Karl Noonan | 17 | 224 | 13.2 | 35 | 1 |
| Frank Jackson | 16 | 317 | 19.8 | 48 | 2 |
| Billy Joe | 13 | 116 | 8.9 | 67 | 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 |
| Sammy Price | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wes Matthews | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| George Chesser | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 179 | 2374 | 13.3 | 80 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wilson | 42 | 1772 | 42.2 | 63 |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 33 | 1222 | 37.0 | 54 |
| George Chesser | 7 | 233 | 33.3 | 39 |
| Totals | 82 | 3227 | 39.4 | 63 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Auer | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 56 | 0 |
| Bob Neff | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Wes Matthews | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 204 | 9.7 | 56 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Auer | 28 | 698 | 24.9 | 95 | 1 |
| Bob Neff | 15 | 376 | 25.1 | 90 | 0 |
| Wes Matthews | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Frank Jackson | 4 | 105 | 26.2 | 34 | 0 |
| Billy Hunter | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Pete Jaquess | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 23 | 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 |
| Totals | 65 | 1484 | 22.8 | 95 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie West | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Jimmy Warren | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 70 | 1 |
| Dick Westmoreland | 4 | 104 | 26.0 | 42 | 1 |
| Tom Erlandson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Pete Jaquess | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 27 | 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 |
| Bob Neff | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Frank Emanuel | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jack Rudolph | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 522 | 16.8 | 70 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie Gilchrist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Wood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Neff | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Warren | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Stofa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Hunter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wes Matthews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Norton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Joe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Auer | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Jaquess | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Faison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 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 |
| Joe Auer | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
| Gene Mingo | 0 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 53 | |||||||||
| Frank Jackson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bo Roberson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dave Kocourek | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Billy Joe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
| Karl Noonan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John Roderick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bill Cronin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Pete Jaquess | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dick Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rick Casares | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Earl Faison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dick Westmoreland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Warren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tom Erlandson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Cookie Gilchrist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| George Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 219 |
