1966 Texas Longhorns football team

1966 Texas Longhorns football
Bluebonnet Bowl champion
Conference Southwest Conference
1966 record 7–4 (5–2 SWC)
Head coach Darrell Royal (10th season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
1966 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 SMU $ 6 1 0  8 3 0
Arkansas 5 2 0  8 2 0
Texas 5 2 0  7 4 0
Texas A&M 4 3 0  4 5 1
Baylor 3 4 0  5 5 0
Texas Tech 2 5 0  4 6 0
TCU 2 5 0  2 8 0
Rice 1 6 0  2 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1966 college football season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 17 No. 9 USC* Memorial StadiumAustin, TX L 6–10   50,000
September 24 at Texas Tech Jones StadiumLubbock, TX (rivalry) W 31–21   50,167
October 1 Indiana* Seventeenth Street Football StadiumBloomington, IN W 35–0   56,000
October 8 2:00 p.m. vs. Oklahoma* Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Red River Shootout) CBS L 9–18   75,504
October 15 Arkansas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) L 7–12   65,000
October 22 Rice Rice StadiumHouston, TX (rivalry) W 14–6   60,000
October 29 SMU Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 12–13   58,500
November 5 at Baylor Baylor StadiumWaco, TX W 26–14   33,000
November 12 at TCU Amon G. Carter StadiumFort Worth, TX (rivalry) W 13–3   35,000
November 24 2:00 p.m. Texas A&M Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) ABC W 22–14   65,500
December 17 vs. Ole Miss* Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (Bluebonnet Bowl) W 19–0   67,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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Game summaries

Texas Tech

Gregg Lott opened the contest with a 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown while sophomore quarterback Bill Bradley also starred, hitting an 80-yard quick kick that stopped just short of the Tech goal line.[2]

References

  1. Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine.. MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Retrieved on June 13, 2011.
  2. Eugene-Register Guard. Set ember, 25, 1966.


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