1966 Denver Broncos Statistics

American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 4th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Mac Speedie (0-2)
Coach: Ray Malavasi (4-8)
Location: Denver, Colorado

1966 Denver Broncos Roster
1966 Denver Broncos Results

The Denver Broncos of the American Football League ended the 1966 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the AFL's West Division.

The Broncos scored only 196 points, worst in the league, and the leaky defense allowed 381. Max Choboian tossed for 1,110 yards. Abner Haynes hauled in 46 passes, while Al Denson accumulated 725 receiving yards, while Lionel Taylor contributed to the receiving game, too.

Wendell Hayes ran for a team-best 417 yards for Denver.

Willie Brown and Goldie Sellers each picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition.

Mac Speedie and Ray Malavasi coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Max Choboian	163	82	50.3	1110	6.8	4	2.5	12	7.4	79	49.9
John McCormick	193	68	35.2	993	5.1	6	3.1	15	7.8	64	30.9
Mickey Slaughter	25	7	28.0	124	5.0	1	4.0	0	0.0	67	61.1
Scotty Glacken	11	6	54.5	84	7.6	1	9.1	0	0.0	22	109.7
Tobin Rote	8	3	37.5	40	5.0	0	0.0	1	12.5	20	14.6
Abner Haynes	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	402	166	41.3	2351	5.8	12	3.0	30	7.5	79

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Wendell Hayes	105	417	4.0	56	1
Abner Haynes	129	304	2.4	20	2
Charley Mitchell	70	199	2.8	21	0
Bob Scarpitto	4	110	27.5	63	1
Darrell Lester	34	84	2.5	10	0
Max Choboian	21	45	2.1	12	2
Mickey Slaughter	1	10	10.0	10	0
Mike Kellogg	6	3	0.5	5	0
John McCormick	4	2	0.5	3	0
Scotty Glacken	2	-1	-0.5	5	0
Totals	376	1173	3.1	63	6

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Abner Haynes	46	480	10.4	52	1
Al Denson	36	725	20.1	65	3
Lionel Taylor	35	448	12.8	29	1
Bob Scarpitto	21	335	16.0	62	4
Charley Mitchell	14	239	17.1	79	2
Wendell Hayes	8	49	6.1	29	0
Darrell Lester	2	26	13.0	21	1
Eric Crabtree	1	38	38.0	38	0
Jason Franci	1	8	8.0	8	0
Mike Kellogg	1	5	5.0	5	0
Lonnie Wright	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	166	2351	14.2	79	12

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Gary Kroner	20	20	100.0	25	14	56.0	62
Totals	20	20	100.0	25	14	56.0	62

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bob Scarpitto	77	3480	45.2	70
Totals	77	3480	45.2	70

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Abner Haynes	10	119	11.9	42
Lew Scott	7	56	8.0	21
Goldie Sellers	6	49	8.2	17
Nemiah Wilson	2	10	5.0	10
Darrell Lester	1	1	1.0	1
Totals	26	235	9.0	42

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Goldie Sellers	19	541	28.5	100	2
Nemiah Wilson	10	309	30.9	100	1
Lew Scott	9	282	31.3	77	0
Abner Haynes	9	229	25.4	43	0
Eric Crabtree	5	129	25.8	32	0
Charley Mitchell	3	55	18.3	26	0
Darrell Lester	1	11	11.0	11	0
Jerry Sturm	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jerry Inman	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	58	1558	26.9	100	3

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Willie Brown	3	37	12.3	31
Goldie Sellers	3	24	8.0	24
Archie Matsos	2	10	5.0	5
Jerry Hopkins	2	9	4.5	9
Lonnie Wright	1	15	15.0	15
John Bramlett	1	12	12.0	12
Nemiah Wilson	1	2	2.0	2
Totals	13	109	8.4	31

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FTD
Nemiah Wilson		0	3
Jerry Sturm			1	0
John McCormick			3	0
Max Choboian			4
Mike Kellogg			1	0
Mickey Slaughter			1	0
Charley Mitchell			3
Goldie Sellers		0	4
Eric Crabtree			1	0
Darrell Lester			3
Abner Haynes			11
Bob Scarpitto			1
Totals	0	0	36	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Gary Kroner									14	20	0			62
Bob Scarpitto	1	4							0	0	0	1		32
Abner Haynes	2	1	0	0					0	0	0			18
Al Denson		3							0	0	0			18
Goldie Sellers			0	2		0			0	0	0			12
Max Choboian	2								0	0	0			12
Charley Mitchell	0	2		0					0	0	0			12
Nemiah Wilson			0	1		0			0	0	0			6
John Bramlett						0		1	0	0	0			6
Darrell Lester	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Wendell Hayes	1	0							0	0	0			6
Lionel Taylor		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	6	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	14	20	0	1	0	196