1966–67 Chicago Bulls season

The 1966–67 Chicago Bulls season was the first season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1966–67 Chicago Bulls season
Head coachJohnny "Red" Kerr
General managerDick Klein
Owner(s)Dick Klein
ArenaInternational Amphitheatre
Results
Record33–48 (.407)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(lost to Hawks 0–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
RadioWGN
(Lou Boudreau, Vince Lloyd)

Draft picks
Main article: 1966 NBA draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players drafted by the franchise that played at least one NBA game.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 10 Dave Schellhase G  United States Purdue
2 20 Erwin Mueller F/C  United States San Francisco

Roster
1966–67 Chicago Bulls roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 19 Boozer, Bob 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1937-04-26 Kansas State
C 12 Bowman, Nate 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1943-03-19 Wichita State
F 16 Clemens, Barry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943-05-01 Ohio Wesleyan
F 15 Erickson, Keith 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1944-04-19 UCLA
F 9 Kojis, Don 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1939-01-15 Marquette
F 18 McLemore, McCoy 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1942-04-03 Drake
C 14 Mueller, Erwin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1944-03-12 San Francisco
G 5 Rodgers, Guy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1935-09-01 Temple
G 8 Schellhase, Dave 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1944-10-14 Purdue
G 4 Sloan, Jerry 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1942-03-28 Evansville
G 6 Ward, Gerry 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1941-09-06 Boston College
F 7 Washington, Jim 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1943-07-01 Villanova
C 17 Wilson, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1942-05-09 Cincinnati
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
Last transaction: November 25, 1966

Regular season

The brand-new Chicago Bulls franchise earned its first victory on October 15, 1966, with a 104–97 win over the St. Louis Hawks. The team's coach was Johnny "Red" Kerr, a former player with the Syracuse Nationals, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Baltimore Bullets. He is one of a select group of players to surpass the 10,000 mark in both rebounds and points, and he held the league record for consecutive games played with 844 until Randy Smith eclipsed his mark during the 1982–83 season.

Chicago's starting lineup on opening night included Len Chappell, Bob Boozer, Don Kojis, Jerry Sloan, and Guy Rodgers. In the team's victorious debut against St. Louis, Rodgers poured in a game-high 37 points. Three days later the Bulls ran their record to 2–0 by defeating the San Francisco Warriors, 119-116. Then, behind 34 points and 18 assists from Rodgers, Chicago upped its winning streak to three games with a 134–124 triumph over the defending Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers.

Chicago finished with a 33–48 record, the best ever by an expansion team in its first year of play. The Bulls secured a playoff berth in the Western Division, but the Hawks eliminated them in the opening round. Kerr was named NBA Coach of the Year, and center Erwin Mueller made the NBA All-Rookie Team. Rodgers led the NBA in assists with 11.2 per game (including a club-record 24 against the New York Knicks on December 21) and also topped the team in scoring at 18.0 points per game. Rodgers and Sloan represented the new franchise in the 1967 NBA All-Star Game.

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-San Francisco Warriors 4437.543–18–1011–1915–824–12
x-St. Louis Hawks 3942.481518–1112–219–1021–15
x-Los Angeles Lakers 3645.444821–1812–203–714–22
x-Chicago Bulls 3348.4071117–199–177–1217–19
Detroit Pistons 3051.3701412–189–199–1414–22

Record vs. opponents
1966–67 NBA records
Team BAL BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK PHI SFW STL
Baltimore —1–83–63–62–72–72–71–82–74–5
Boston 8–1—8–18–16–35–49–05–46–35–4
Chicago 6–31–8—5–44–56–33–61–83–64–5
Cincinnati 6–31–84–5—7–23–66–31–85–46–3
Detroit 7–23–65–42–7—5–44–50–92–72–7
Los Angeles 7–24–53–66–34–5—4–51–83–64–5
New York 7–20–96–33–65–45–4—1–85–44–5
Philadelphia 8–14–58–18–19–08–18–1—7–28–1
San Francisco 7–23–66–34–57–26–34–52–7—5–4
St. Louis 5–44–55–43–67–25–45–41–84–5—

Game log
1966–67 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 15@ St. Louis104–97Guy Rodgers (36)1–0
2October 18San Francisco116–119Jerry Sloan (26)2–0
3October 19Los Angeles124–134Guy Rodgers (34)3–0
4October 20N San Francisco121–111Guy Rodgers (26)3–1
5October 21@ Los Angeles108–101Keith Erickson (20)4–1
6October 23New York124–105Bob Boozer (20)4–2
7October 27N Boston100–123Jerry Sloan (25)4–3
8October 28N Detroit129–117Bob Boozer (31)4–4
9November 1San Francisco137–121Erwin Mueller (31)4–5
10November 2Baltimore94–102Erwin Mueller (26)5–5
11November 3N Boston108–137Guy Rodgers (16)5–6
12November 5@ Cincinnati113–99Jerry Sloan (22)6–6
13November 6St. Louis102–134Keith Erickson (22)7–6
14November 8Boston112–101Jerry Sloan (21)7–7
15November 9New York103–98Guy Rodgers (36)7–8
16November 11@ Philadelphia113–126Bob Boozer (22)7–9
17November 13Philadelphia132–126Guy Rodgers (35)7–10
18November 15@ St. Louis99–107Bob Boozer (18)7–11
19November 17@ Baltimore102–120Guy Rodgers (24)7–12
20November 18N Philadelphia145–120Barry Clemens (16)7–13
21November 19@ New York104–116Bob Boozer (19)7–14
22November 23@ Los Angeles130–154Guy Rodgers (25)7–15
23November 25@ Los Angeles121–117Bob Boozer (17)8–15
24November 26@ San Francisco129–131Don Kojis (24)8–16
25November 29N San Francisco108–101Bob Boozer (19)8–17
26December 3@ Detroit98–104Bob Boozer (29)8–18
27December 6@ Philadelphia119–129Keith Erickson (28)8–19
28December 7Philadelphia117–103Jim Washington (20)8–20
29December 8N Baltimore132–120Bob Boozer (30)9–20
30December 10@ Boston110–125Jerry Sloan (25)9–21
31December 13N Baltimore94–122Jerry Sloan (30)9–22
32December 14N Detroit87–93Jerry Sloan (17)10–22
33December 16N Cincinnati120–128Jerry Sloan (30)11–22
34December 17@ Baltimore110–106Jerry Sloan (27)12–22
35December 19N St. Louis97–102Jerry Sloan (24)13–22
36December 21New York107–110Boozer, Kojis (22)14–22
37December 23Detroit103–102Guy Rodgers (27)14–23
38December 25@ New York132–133Bob Boozer (40)14–24
39December 26Baltimore96–108Guy Rodgers (34)15–24
40December 30Boston110–106Bob Boozer (26)15–25
41January 3Cincinnati111–116Guy Rodgers (39)16–25
42January 4@ Philadelphia115–136Boozer, Mueller (20)16–26
43January 6@ Detroit135–126Guy Rodgers (30)17–26
44January 7@ Cincinnati112–125Erwin Mueller (25)17–27
45January 8Philadelphia117–108Erwin Mueller (26)17–28
46January 11Cincinnati106–102Jerry Sloan (28)17–29
47January 13@ Boston102–122Bob Boozer (19)17–30
48January 14Los Angeles121–122Guy Rodgers (39)18–30
49January 15New York116–131Bob Boozer (33)19–30
50January 17Boston109–101Jerry Sloan (28)19–31
51January 18N San Francisco107–111Jim Washington (19)20–31
52January 19N Philadelphia127–102Don Kojis (17)20–32
53January 20Detroit124–125 (OT)Bob Boozer (27)21–32
54January 22Baltimore114–118Bob Boozer (26)22–32
55January 24Detroit108–95Guy Rodgers (21)22–33
56January 25St. Louis103–102Boozer, Sloan (18)22–34
57January 29Los Angeles142–122Bob Boozer (29)22–35
58February 3Cincinnati113–118Don Kojis (23)23–35
59February 4@ St. Louis111–119Jerry Sloan (18)23–36
60February 5San Francisco142–141 (OT)Bob Boozer (32)23–37
61February 7Detroit98–90McCoy McLemore (23)23–38
62February 8N New York106–103Boozer, Sloan (25)23–39
63February 10N New York122–121Jim Washington (21)23–40
64February 11St. Louis104–98Jerry Sloan (24)23–41
65February 12@ Los Angeles121–129Don Kojis (42)23–42
66February 16N San Francisco125–124Bob Boozer (22)23–43
67February 19@ Los Angeles133–119Jerry Sloan (31)24–43
68February 22N New York103–117Bob Boozer (23)25–43
69February 26@ Baltimore106–124Don Kojis (18)25–44
70March 1N Philadelphia122–129Jerry Sloan (22)26–44
71March 2N Boston108–114Bob Boozer (20)26–45
72March 4@ St. Louis125–122Boozer, Mueller (20)27–45
73March 5Cincinnati106–113Guy Rodgers (29)28–45
74March 7Boston114–117Guy Rodgers (22)29–45
75March 10Baltimore115–132Don Kojis (22)30–45
76March 11@ Cincinnati119–147Guy Rodgers (16)30–46
77March 13Cincinnati133–117Bob Boozer (29)30–47
78March 14St. Louis111–98Jerry Sloan (30)30–48
79March 15@ Detroit98–91Jerry Sloan (32)31–48
80March 17San Francisco117–120Erwin Mueller (27)32–48
81March 19Los Angeles109–122Bob Boozer (24)33–48

Playoffs
1967 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 0–3 (home: 0–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 21 @ St. Louis L 100–114 Kojis, Boozer (18) Bob Boozer (13) Rodgers, Clemens (2) Kiel Auditorium
4,704		 0–1
2 March 23 St. Louis L 107–113 Bob Boozer (25) Kojis, Boozer (11) Guy Rodgers (11) International Amphitheatre
3,739		 0–2
3 March 25 @ St. Louis L 106–119 McCoy McLemore (18) Bob Boozer (11) Guy Rodgers (5) Kiel Auditorium
7,018		 0–3
1967 schedule

Awards and records

References
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