1966 Sacramento State Hornets football team
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Far Western champion | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| 1966 record | 8–2 (6–0 FWC) |
| Head coach | Ray Clemons (6th season) |
| Home stadium | Charles C. Hughes Stadium |
| 1966 Far Western Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacramento State $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco State | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Humboldt State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Hayward | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1966 Sacramento State Hornets football team represented Sacramento State College[note 1] during the 1966 College Division football season.
Sacramento State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC)[note 2]. The Hornets were led by sixth-year head coach Ray Clemons. They played home games at Charles C. Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. The team finished the season as champion of the FWC, undefeated in conference play, with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2, 6–0 FWC). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 205–102 for the season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||||||
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| September 17 | at UC Santa Barbara* | Campus Stadium • Santa Barbara, California | L 9–24 | ||||||
| September 24 | at Santa Clara* | Buck Shaw Stadium • Santa Clara, California | L 3–7 | ||||||
| October 1 | Cal Poly Pomona[note 3]* | Charles C. Hughes Stadium • Sacramento, California | W 26–17 | ||||||
| October 8 | at Cal State Hayward[note 4] | Pioneer Stadium • Hayward, California | W 38–6 | ||||||
| October 15 | San Francisco | Hughes Stadium • Sacramento, California | W 23–7 | ||||||
| October 22 | Humboldt State[note 5] | Hughes Stadium • Sacramento, California | W 17–0 | ||||||
| October 29 | UC Davis[note 6] | Hughes Stadium • Sacramento, California (Rivalry) | W 36–24 | ||||||
| November 5 | at San Francisco State[note 7] | Cox Stadium • San Francisco, California | W 10–9 | ||||||
| November 12 | at Nevada | Mackay Stadium • Reno, Nevada | W 13–8 | ||||||
| November 19 | Chico State[note 8] | Hughes Stadium • Sacramento, California | W 30–0 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Team players in the NFL
The following Sacramento State players were selected in the 1967 NFL Draft.[2][3][4]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Al Nicholas | Fullback | 15 | 371 | Atlanta Falcons |
Notes
- ↑ California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947 to 1971.
- ↑ The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982.
- ↑ California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was officially known as California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis from 1966 to 1971. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (Pomona).
- ↑ California State University, East Bay was known as California State College at Hayward from 1963 to 1971.
- ↑ Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
- ↑ The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
- ↑ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
- ↑ California State University, Chico was known as Chico State College from 1935 to 1971.
References
- ↑ "Cal St.-Sacramento Yearly Results". Retrieved March 5, 2017.
- ↑ "1967 NFL Draft". Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ↑ "Sacramento St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ↑ "Draft History: Sacramento State". Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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