1966 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Tom Landry (10-3-1)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1966 Dallas Cowboys RosterTeam Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Tom Landry (10-3-1)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1966 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Cowboys piled up points with 445 points, and the defense gave up 239. Don Meredith passed for 2,805 yards. Bob Hayes hauled in 64 passes for 1,232 yards.
Dan Reeves ran for a team-best 757 yards for Dallas, and Don Perkins also aided the ground game.
Cornell Green intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition.
Tom Landry coached the team. The 1966 Dallas Cowboys lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Meredith | 344 | 177 | 51.5 | 2805 | 8.2 | 24 | 7.0 | 12 | 3.5 | 95 | 87.7 |
| Jerry Rhome | 36 | 21 | 58.3 | 253 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.8 | 47 | 68.4 |
| Craig Morton | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 225 | 8.3 | 3 | 11.1 | 1 | 3.7 | 41 | 98.5 |
| Dan Reeves | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 48 | 8.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 77.1 |
| Totals | 413 | 214 | 51.8 | 3331 | 8.1 | 27 | 6.5 | 14 | 3.4 | 95 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Reeves | 175 | 757 | 4.3 | 67 | 8 |
| Don Perkins | 186 | 726 | 3.9 | 24 | 8 |
| Don Meredith | 38 | 242 | 6.4 | 22 | 5 |
| Les Shy | 17 | 118 | 6.9 | 68 | 1 |
| Walt Garrison | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Mel Renfro | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Jerry Rhome | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Danny Villanueva | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Totals | 471 | 2122 | 4.5 | 68 | 24 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hayes | 64 | 1232 | 19.2 | 95 | 13 |
| Dan Reeves | 41 | 557 | 13.6 | 51 | 8 |
| Pete Gent | 27 | 474 | 17.6 | 84 | 1 |
| Frank Clarke | 26 | 355 | 13.7 | 33 | 4 |
| Don Perkins | 23 | 231 | 10.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Buddy Dial | 14 | 252 | 18.0 | 39 | 1 |
| Pettis Norman | 12 | 144 | 12.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 4 | 65 | 16.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 214 | 3331 | 15.6 | 95 | 27 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 56 | 56 | 100.0 | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 107 |
| Totals | 56 | 56 | 100.0 | 31 | 17 | 54.8 | 107 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Villanueva | 65 | 2551 | 39.2 | 58 |
| Totals | 65 | 2551 | 39.2 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Renfro | 21 | 123 | 5.9 | 38 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 17 | 106 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 258 | 6.3 | 38 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Renfro | 19 | 487 | 25.6 | 87 | 1 |
| Walt Garrison | 20 | 445 | 22.2 | 35 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Ralph Neely | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 44 | 1006 | 22.9 | 87 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell Green | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Mike Gaechter | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Obert Logan | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Warren Livingston | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Lee Jordan | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 1 |
| Dave Edwards | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| George Andrie | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Jerry Tubbs | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 303 | 17.8 | 49 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Meredith | 8 | 4 | -3 | 0 | |||
| Willie Townes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Edwards | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Colvin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Connelly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Reeves | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pettis Norman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jethro Pugh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Perkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.D. Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Howley | 0 | 1 | 97 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lilly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Donohue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Andrie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hayes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Gaechter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Rhome | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cornell Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph Neely | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Renfro | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Les Shy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 145 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Danny Villanueva | 0 | 17 | 56 | 0 | 107 | |||||||||
| Dan Reeves | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |||||||
| Don Perkins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Don Meredith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Frank Clarke | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| J.D. Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Chuck Howley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Buddy Dial | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Les Shy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Lee Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| George Andrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Cornell Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mel Renfro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Pete Gent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Willie Townes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 24 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 445 |
