1966 Utah Redskins football team

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1966 Utah Redskins football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (3–2 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumUte Stadium
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Wyoming $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
BYU 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Arizona State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Utah 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arizona 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
New Mexico 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1966 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Mike Giddings, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–2 against conference opponents, placing in a three-way tie for second in the WAC. Home games were played on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Oregon*
W 17–1416,500[1]
October 8at Wyoming
L 7–40
October 15Washington State*
W 26–1520,051
October 22at Arizona
W 24–19
October 29New Mexicodagger
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 27–0
November 5at Arizona State
W 21–6
November 12BYU
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
L 13–3528,776[2]
November 19Utah State*
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
L 7–1320,176[3]
November 26at Texas Western*
L 20–27
December 3at Houston*
L 14–3435,257[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[5][6]

Personnel[edit]

1966 Utah Utes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Darrell Bigelow
QB Jack Gehrke
HB Ben Woodson
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary[edit]

BYU[edit]

BYU Cougars (6–1) at Utah Redskins (5–1)
Period 1 2 34Total
BYU 7 21 7035
Utah 7 0 6013

at Ute Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: November 12, 1966
  • Game weather: Clear
  • Game attendance: 28,776
  • Box Score
Game information

After the season[edit]

NFL/AFL draft[edit]

Two Utah players were selected in the 1967 NFL/AFL Draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL/AFL team
Richard Tate Defensive back 5 130 Green Bay Packers
Ben Woodson Running back 15 384 Oakland Raiders

References[edit]

  1. ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 25, 1966). "Ducks caught by Utes, 21-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  2. ^ "Carter Leads 35-13 Rout of Utah Redskins: History-Making Game Uses Varied Attack". The Sunday Herald. November 13, 1966. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Utah State Stuns Utah; Staley Stars As Ags Trip Utes". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 20, 1966. p. B15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "McVea Sparks Houston To Win Over Redskins". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 4, 1966. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1966 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  6. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2010.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1966_Utah_Redskins_football_team&oldid=1170781341"