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 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 13th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 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 at five home games was 248,248, an average of 49,600 per game. The largest crowd was against Iowa.[3]

Schedule

September 17at Missouri*

L 0–24 48,500 September 24Stanford*

W 35–21 43,351 October 1Kansas*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis

L 14–16 43,579 October 8at Indiana

T 7–7 34,721 October 15Iowadagger

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis (Rivalry)

W 17–0 62,631 October 22at Michigan

L 0–49 71,749 October 29Ohio State

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis

W 17–7 49,489 November 5at Northwestern

W 28–13 35,549 November 12Purdue

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis

L 0–16 49,085 November 19at Wisconsin

L 6–7 45,372

Template:CFB Schedule End

References

  1. ^ "1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]