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1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers 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 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1966 college football season. In their 13th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 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 for the season was 248,248, which averaged to 49,600. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[3]

Schedule

09/17/1966at Missouri*

L 24-0 48,500 09/24/1966Stanford*

W 35-21 43,351 10/01/1966Kansas*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 16-14 43,579 10/08/1966at Indiana

T 7-7 34,721 10/15/1966Iowa

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 17-0 62,631 10/22/1966at Michigan

L 49-0 71,749 10/29/1966Ohio State

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

W 17-7 49,489 11/05/1966at Northwestern

W 28-13 35,549 11/12/1966Purdue

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN

L 16-0 49,085 11/19/1966at Wisconsin

L 7-6 45,372

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "Minnesota Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160