1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1966 record | 4–5–1 (3–3–1 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Murray Warmath (13th season) |
MVP | Tim Wheeler |
Captain | Chuck Killian |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Michigan State $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Purdue | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 13th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 160 to 124.[1]
Linebacker Tim Wheeler received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Defensive lineman Ron Kamzelski and defensive lineman Bob Stein were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]
Total attendance at five home games was 248,248, an average of 49,600 per game. The largest crowd was against Iowa.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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September 17 | at Missouri* | Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri | L 0–24 | 48,500 | |||||
September 24 | Stanford* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 35–21 | 43,351 | |||||
October 1 | Kansas* | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | L 14–16 | 43,579 | |||||
October 8 | at Indiana | Seventeenth Street Football Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana | T 7–7 | 34,721 | |||||
October 15 | Iowa |
Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis (Rivalry) | W 17–0 | 62,631 | |||||
October 22 | at Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan (Little Brown Jug) | L 0–49 | 71,749 | |||||
October 29 | Ohio State | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 17–7 | 49,489 | |||||
November 5 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | W 28–13 | 35,549 | |||||
November 12 | Purdue | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | L 0–16 | 49,085 | |||||
November 19 | at Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin (Rivalry) | L 6–7 | 45,372 | |||||
*Non-conference game. |
References
- ↑ "1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
- ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
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