THE COWBOYS GALLERY
PICTURES, BIOS AND STATS OF OUR FAVORITE COWBOY HEROS		 THE HISTORY ARCHIVES
 ANNUAL ROSTERS, STATS, SCHEDULES, SCORES AND DRAFTS
THE  LEGENDS THE  ALL-PROS THE  COWBOYS 1960's 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Head Coach : Tom Landry 1966 Home : Cotton Bowl

1966 Team Roster
66 George Andrie AP PB DE
68 Jim Boeke T
82 Frank Clarke WR
77 Jim Colvin T
53 Mike Connelly C
45 Dick Daniels S
26 Buddy Dial WR
62 Leon Donohue G
52 Dave Edwards LB
27 Mike Gaetcher S
32 Walt Garrison HB
35 Pete Gent WR
34 Cornell Green AP PB DB
22 Bob Hayes AP PB WR
56 Harold Hays LB
54 Chuck Howley AP PB LB
23 Mike Johnson CB
55 Lee Roy Jordan AP LB
74 Bob Lilly AP PB DT
72 Tony Liscio AP G
41 Warren Livingston CB
25 Obert Logan S
51 Dave Manders PB C
17 Don Meredith AP PB QB
14 Craig Morton QB
73 Ralph Neely AP T
76 John Niland G
84 Pettis Norman TE
43 Don Perkins  PB FB
75 Jethro Pugh DT
30 Dan Reeves AP LL TD's (16) HB
20 Mel Renfro AP PB DB
13 Jerry Rhome QB
70 Bill Sanderman T
46 Les Shy DB
24 J.D. Smith HB
79 Larry Stephens DE
71 Willie Townes T
50 Jerry Tubbs LB
11 Danny Villanueva K
57 Malcolm Walker C
65 John Wilbur T
*starters - all pro - probowl

1966 Draft
1 John Niland G Iowa
2 Willie Townes T Tulsa
3 to San Francisco
4 to Baltimore
5 to San Francisco
5 Walt Garrison HB Oklahoma State
6 Bob Dunlevy E West Virginia
7 Arthur Robinson E Florida A&M
8 Don Kunitt HB Penn State
9 Darrell Elam E W. Virginia Tech
10 Mason Mitchell HB Washington
11 Austin Denny E Tennesse
12 Les Shy DB Long Beach State
12 Craig Baynam HB Georgia Tech
13 Ron Lamb HB South Carolina
14 Lewis Turner HB Norfolk State
15 Mark Gartung T Oregon State
16 Tom Piggee HB Cal State SF
17 George Allen T W. Texas State
18 Steve Orr T Washington
19 Byron Johnson T Central Wash.
20 Lou Hudson WR Minnesota



1966 Schedule
Sept.18 NY GIANTS 52-7
Sept. 25 MINNESOTA 28-17
Oct. 2 at Atlanta 47-14
Oct. 9 PHILADELPHIA   56-7
Oct. 16 at St.Louis 10-10
Oct. 23 at Cleveland 30-21
Oct. 30 PITTSBURGH 52-21
Nov. 6 at Philadelphia 24-23
Nov. 13 at Washington 31-30
Nov. 20 at Pittsburgh 20-7
Nov. 24 CLEVELAND 26-14
Dec. 4 ST. LOUIS 31-17
Dec. 11 WASHINGTON 34-31
Dec. 18 at NY Giants 17-7
Jan. 1

NFL Championship Game GREEN BAY

 34-27


1966 East. Conf. Standings
DAL 10 3 1 .769
CLE 9 5 0 .643
PHI 9 5 0 .643
STL 8 5 1 .615
WAS 7 7 0 .500
PIT 5 8 1 .385
ATL 3 11 0 .214
NYG 1 12 1 .077


1966 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 413 214 51.8 3331 8.1 27 14
OPP 457 212 46.4 2802 6.1 17 17
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 471 2122 4.5 24 445 31.8
OPP 415 1176 3.3 6 239 17.1
[ LEAGUE LEADER ]


Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Villanueva

 17/31 56/56 107
OPP 12/31 29/29 65


Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Renfro 19 487 25.6 87t 1
Garrison 20 445 22.0 35 0
Reeves 3 56 18.7 21 0
Neely 2 18 9.0 13 0
DAL 44 1006 22.8 87t 1
OPP 78 1699 21.8 93t 3

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Villanueva 65 2551 39.2 3 14 58 1 36.7
OPP 79 3349 42.4 3 21 67 0 38.4








Passing
  Att Comp % Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
Meredith  344 177  51.5 2805  8.15 24   12 79.9
Rhome 36 21 58.3 253 7.03 0 1 45.0
Morton 27 13 48.1 225 8.33 3 1 65.0
Reeves  6  3 50.0  48 8.00  0  0  66.7
DAL  413 214 51.8  3331 8.07  27  14  74.8
OPP 457 212 46.4  2802 6.13 17 17 63.1


Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Reeves 175 757 4.3 67 8
Perkins 186 726 3.9 24 8
Meredith 38 242 6.4 22 5
Shy 17 118 6.9 68 1
Garrison 16 62 3.9 13 1
Renfro 8 52 6.5 27 0
Morton 7 50 7.1 12 0
Clarke 8 49 6.1 26 0
Rhome 7 37 5.4 11 0
Villanueva 1 23 23.0 23 0
Smith 7 7 1.0 2 1
Hayes 1 -1 0.0 0 0
DAL  471  2122  4.5  68  24
OPP 356 1176 3.3 41 6


Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Hayes 64 1232 19.3 95t 13
Reeves 41 557 13.6 51t 8
Gent 27 474 17.6 84 1
Clarke 26 355 13.7 33 4
Perkins 23 231 10.0 39 0
Dial 14 252 18.0 39 1
Norman 12 144 12.0 31 0
Renfro 4 65 16.3 42 0
Garrison 2 18 9.0 17 0
Smith 1 3 3.0 3 0
DAL 214 3331 15.6 95t 27
OPP 212 2802 13.2 78t 17


Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Green 4 88 22.0 41t 1
Graechter 3 28 9.3 23 0
Renfro 2 57 28.5 33 0
Logan 2 44 22.0 22 1
Livingston 2 13 6.5 13 0
Jordan 1 49 49.0 49t 1
Edwards 1 12 12.0 12 0
Andrie 1 6 6.0 6t 1
Tubbs 1 6 6.0 6 0
DAL 17 303 17.8 49t 4
OPP 14 274 19.6 58 1


Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Renfro 21 6 123 5.9 38 0
Hayes 17 4 106 6.2 18 0
Howley 1 0 30 30.0 30 0
Reeves 2 2 -1 -0.5 14 0
DAL 41 12 258 6.3 38 0
OPP 26 26 108 4.3 67 1