Gopher Football 1966 Season

1966 Schedule Date Opponent W/L/T Score 09/17/1966 @ Missouri (6-3-1) L 0-24 09/24/1966 Stanford (5-5) W 35-21 10/01/1966 Kansas (2-7-1) L 14-16 10/08/1966 @ Indiana (1-8-1) T 7-7 10/15/1966 Homecoming Iowa (2-8) W 17-0 10/22/1966 @ Michigan (6-4) L 0-49 10/29/1966 Ohio State (4-5) W 17-7 11/05/1966 @ Northwestern (3-6-1) W 28-13 11/12/1966 Purdue (9-2) L 0-16 11/19/1966 @ Wisconsin (3-6-1) L 6-7

1966 Big Ten Standings Team Conference Overall W L T PCT W L T PCT Michigan State 7 0 0 1.000 9 0 1 .950 Purdue 6 1 0 .857 9 2 0 .818 Michigan 4 3 0 .571 6 4 0 .600 Illinois 4 3 0 .571 4 6 0 .400 Minnesota 3 3 1 .500 4 5 1 .450 Ohio State 3 4 0 .429 4 5 0 .444 Northwestern 2 4 1 .357 3 6 1 .350 Wisconsin 2 4 1 .357 3 6 1 .350 Indiana 1 5 1 .214 1 8 1 .150 Iowa 1 6 0 .143 2 8 0 .200

Season notes:

Coached by Murray Warmath (13th season).

1966 Poll Results

Associated Press

United Press

1. Notre Dame 9-0-1 2. Michigan State 9-0-1 3. Alabama 11-0-0 4. Georgia 10-1-0 5. UCLA 9-1-0 6. Nebraska 9-2-0 7. Purdue 9-2-0 8. Georgia Tech 9-2-0 9. Miami (FL) 8-2-1 10. Southern Methodist 8-3-0

1. Notre Dame 9-0-1 2. Michigan State 9-0-1 3. Alabama 11-0-0 4. Georgia 10-1-0 5. UCLA 9-1-0 6. Purdue 9-2-0 7. Nebraska 9-2-0 8. Georgia Tech 9-2-0 9. Southern Methodist 8-3-0 10. Miami (FL) 8-2-1 11. Florida 9-2-0 12. Mississippi 8-3-0 13. Arkansas 8-2-0 14. Tennessee 8-3-0 15. Wyoming 10-1-0 16. Syracuse 8-3-0 17. Houston 8-2-0 18. Southern California 7-4-0 19. Oregon State 7-3-0 20. Virginia Tech 8-2-1

1966 Season Big Ten Bowl Results Rose Bowl - 01/02/1967 Purdue 14, Southern California 13 Previous season (1965) Next season (1967) Back to the football historical records page... Back to the University of Minnesota page... Back to Eric's home page...

1966 Season Bowl Results Orange Bowl - 01/02/1967 Florida 27, Georgia Tech 12 Sugar Bowl - 01/02/1967 Alabama 34, Nebraska 7 Cotton Bowl - 12/31/1966 Georgia 24, Southern Methodist 9 Sun Bowl - 12/24/1966 Wyoming 28, Florida State 20 Gator Bowl - 12/31/1966 Tennessee 18, Syracuse 12 Tangerine Bowl - 12/10/1966 Morgan State 14, West Chester 6 Liberty Bowl - 12/10/1966 Miami (FL) 14, Virginia Tech 7 Bluebonnet Bowl - 12/17/1966 Texas 19, Mississippi 0