1966 NAIA football season

1966 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1966 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions;

1966 NAIA football season
Regular season	August–November 1966
Postseason	November 26–December 10, 1966
National Championship	Tulsa, OK
Champion	Waynesburg

The 1966 NAIA football season, as part of the 1966 college football season in the United States, was the eleventh season of college football sponsored by the NAIA.

The season was played from August to November 1966, culminating in the 1966 NAIA Championship Bowl, played this year on December 10, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1]

Waynesburg defeated Wisconsin State–Whitewater in the Championship Bowl, 42–21, to win their first NAIA national title.[2]

Conference standings

1966 Evergreen Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Eastern Washington $	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
Puget Sound	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Central Washington	2	–	2	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
Western Washington	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Whitworth	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1966 Lone Star Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
East Texas State $	4	–	1	–	2	5	–	3	–	2
Southwest Texas State	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Sam Houston State	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Sul Ross	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Stephen F. Austin	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Howard Payne	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Texas A&I	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
McMurry	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	8	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1966 Mid-Ohio Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Defiance $	2	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Bluffton	1	–	1	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
Wilmington (OH)	0	–	2	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1966 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Tarkio +	3	–	0	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
William Jewell +	2	–	0	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Central Methodist	2	–	1	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Missouri Valley	1	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Culver–Stockton	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Graceland	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

1966 Nebraska College Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Wayne State (NE) $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Kearney State	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Hastings	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
Peru State	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Chadron State	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion

1966 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Northern State $	5	–	0	–	1	6	–	1	–	2
Southern State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Black Hills State	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
General Beadle	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
South Dakota Tech	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Dakota Wesleyan	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Huron	1	–	4	–	1	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion

1966 Tri-State Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Yankton +	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Westmar +	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Sioux Falls	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Concordia (NE)	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Dana	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Midland	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Northwestern (IA)	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

Postseason

Bracket

Semifinals November 26, 1966		Championship December 10, 1966 Tulsa, OK


Waynesburg	30

New Mexico Highlands*	27
		Waynesburg	42

		Wisconsin State–Whitewater	21
Central (IA)	18

Wisconsin State–Whitewater*	41

Championship game outstanding players

Back: Rich Dahar, Waynesburg
Lineman: Dennis Williamson, Wisconsin State–Whitewater

References

"1966 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
"NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

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[1] "1966 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

[2] "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.