1966 Michigan Wolverines football team

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1966 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1966 college football season. The team's head coach was Bump Elliott. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium.

Schedule

September 17Oregon State*

W 41–0 56,097 September 24at California*No. 9/6

W 17–7 41,302 October 1North Carolina*No. 8/7

  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI

L 7–21 88,233 October 8at No. 1/1 Michigan State

L 7–20 78,833 October 15No. 9/9 Purdue

  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI

L 21–22 79,642 October 22Minnesotadagger

W 49–0 71,749 October 29at Wisconsin

W 28–17 51,861 November 5Illinois

  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI (Series)

L 21–28 59,322 November 12Northwestern

  • Michigan Stadium
  • Ann Arbor, MI

W 28–20 58,556 November 19at Ohio State

W 17–3 83,403

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Game summaries

Ohio State

1 234Total
• Michigan 3 770 17
Ohio St 0 300 3

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Statistical leaders

Rushing

Player Attempts Net yards Yards per attempt Touchdowns
Dave Fisher 131 672 5.1 2
Carl Ward 128 519 4.0 2
Jim Detwiler 86 411 4.8 4

Passing

Player Attempts Completions Interceptions Comp % Yards Yds/Comp TD
Dick Vidmer 225 117 7 52.0 1609 13.8 10

Receiving

Player Receptions Yards Yds/Recp TD
Jack Clancy 76 1077 14.2 4
Jim Detwiler 9 165 18.3 3
Carl Ward 10 146 14.6 2

Kickoff returns

Player Returns Yards Yds/Return TD Long
Jim Detwiler 8 183 22.9 0 19
Carl Ward 5 109 21.8 0 40
Ernie Sharpe 3 45 15.0 0 17

Punt returns

Player Returns Yards Yds/Return TD Long
Rick Volk 12 131 10.9 0 10
Dick Sygar 7 102 14.6 1 13

Awards and honors

  • Captain: Jack Clancy
  • All-Americans: Jack Clancy, Rick Volk
  • All-Conference: Rick Volk, Jack Clancy, Don Bailey, Jim Detwiler, Dave Fisher, Frank Nunley
  • Most Valuable Player: Jack Clancy
  • Meyer Morton Award: Don Bailey
  • John Maulbetsch Award: Tom Stincic
  • Arthur Robinsion Scholarship Award: Clayton Wilhite

Coaching staff

References

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