1966 Los Angeles Rams season

1966 Los Angeles Rams season
Head coach	George Allen
Owner	Dan Reeves
Home field	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	8–6
Division place	3rd NFL Western
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1966 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 29th year with the National Football League and the 21st season in Los Angeles.

The Rams had an 8–6 record, their first winning season since 1958, and only their second since 1955, when the Rams went all the way to the NFL Championship Game. Los Angeles finished in third place in the Western Conference, four games behind the Green Bay Packers. The Rams were led by first-year head coach George Allen, who was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002.

Roster

1966 Los Angeles Rams roster

Quarterbacks

18 Roman Gabriel

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

86 Marlin McKeever
87 Billy Truax

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

55 Maxie Baughan
58 Dan Currie

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

30 Bruce Gossett K
13 Jon Kilgore P

Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 11	at Atlanta Falcons	W, 19–14	1–0	54,418
2	September 16	Chicago Bears	W, 31–17	2–0	58,916
3	September 25	at Green Bay Packers	L, 24–13	2–1	50,861
4	September 30	San Francisco 49ers	W, 34–3	3–1	45,642
5	October 9	at Detroit Lions	W, 14–7	4–1	52,793
6	October 16	at Minnesota Vikings	L, 35–7	4–2	47,426
7	October 23	at Chicago Bears	L, 17–10	5–2	47,475
8	October 30	Baltimore Colts	L, 17–3	5–3	57,898
9	November 6	at San Francisco 49ers	L, 21–13	5–4	35,372
10	November 13	New York Giants	W, 55–14	6–4	34,746
11	November 20	Minnesota Vikings	W, 21–6	7–4	38,775
12	November 27	at Baltimore Colts	W, 23–7	8–4	60,238
13	December 4	Detroit Lions	W, 23–3	9–4	40,039
14	December 11	Bye
15	December 18	Green Bay Packers	L, 27–23	9–5	72,416

A bye week was necessary in 1966, as the league expanded to an odd-number (15) of teams (Atlanta); one team was idle each week.

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Rams	3	13	3	0	19
Falcons	0	7	7	0	14

Date: September 11
Location: Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta, GA
Game weather: 71°F; wind 7

Scoring summary

Q1	LA	Gossett 15 yard field goal	LA 3–0

Q2	LA	Snow 51 yard pass from Gabriel (Gossett kick)	LA 10–0

Q2	LA	Gossett 15 yard field goal	LA 13–0

Q2	LA	Gossett 23 yard field goal	LA 16–0

Q2	ATL	Barnes 53 yard pass from Johnson (Traynham kick)	LA 16–7

Q3	ATL	Johnson 3 yard run (Traynham kick)	LA 16–14

Q3	LA	Gossett 22 yard field goal	LA 19–14

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Standings

NFL Western Conference
	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Green Bay Packers	12	2	0	.857	10–2	335	163	W5
Baltimore Colts	9	5	0	.643	7–5	314	226	W1
Los Angeles Rams	8	6	0	.571	6–6	289	212	L1
San Francisco 49ers	6	6	2	.500	5–5–2	320	325	L1
Chicago Bears	5	7	2	.417	4–6–2	234	272	W1
Detroit Lions	4	9	1	.308	3–8–1	206	317	L3
Minnesota Vikings	4	9	1	.308	4–7–1	206	304	L1

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-15.

Preceded by < 1965	Los Angeles Rams seasons 1966	Succeeded by 1967 >

Los Angeles Rams

Founded in 1936 Played in Cleveland (1936–1945) and St. Louis (1995–2015) Based in Los Angeles, California Headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California

Franchise	History in Cleveland in St. Louis Coaches Players First-round draft picks Seasons Statistics Starting quarterbacks Awards Broadcasters

Stadiums	Cleveland Municipal Stadium League Park Shaw Stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Anaheim Stadium Busch Stadium Edward Jones Dome City of Champions Stadium (planned)

Culture	Cheerleaders Rampage Heaven Can Wait (film) Melonheads

Lore	The Greatest Show on Turf Bull Elephant backfield Fearsome Foursome

Rivalries	San Francisco 49ers Kansas City Chiefs

Retired numbers	7 28 29 74 75 78 80 85

Division championships (13)	1967 1969 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1985 1999 2001 2003

Conference championships (8)	1945 1949 1950 1951 1955 1979 1999 2001

League championships (3)	1945 1951 1999 (XXXIV)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1937–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: West Division

Former league affiliation	League: American Football League (1936)

Seasons (79)	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Cleveland / St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams seasons

Cleveland 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 Suspended operations 1943 1944 1945 Los Angeles 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 St. Louis 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Los Angeles 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship (1920–1966) or Super Bowl (1967–) victory Italics indicates NFL Championship (1920–1966) or Super Bowl (1967–) appearance

1966 NFL season

Eastern Conference	Atlanta	Philadelphia	Baltimore	Los Angeles	Western Conference
	Cleveland	Pittsburgh	Chicago	Minnesota
	Dallas	St. Louis	Detroit	San Francisco
	NY Giants	Washington	Green Bay

Related: 1966 AFL Season

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