1966 Florida State Seminoles football team

1966 Florida State Seminoles football
Sun Bowl, L 20–28 vs. Wyoming
Conference	Independent
Record	6–5
Head coach	Bill Peterson (7th season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium (Capacity: 40,500)

1966 NCAA University Division independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		–				9	–	0	–	1
Colgate		–		–				8	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Georgia Tech		–		–				9	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–				8	–	2	–	0
Dayton		–		–				8	–	2	–	0
Houston		–		–				8	–	2	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				7	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–				8	–	2	–	1
Virginia Tech		–		–				8	–	2	–	1
Syracuse		–		–				8	–	3	–	0
Colorado State		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
New Mexico State		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
West Texas State		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
Villanova		–		–				6	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–				6	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–				6	–	4	–	0
Texas Western		–		–				6	–	4	–	0
Tulane		–		–				5	–	4	–	1
Florida State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Buffalo		–		–				5	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		–				5	–	5	–	0
Air Force		–		–				4	–	6	–	0
Boston College		–		–				4	–	6	–	0
Navy		–		–				4	–	6	–	0
Utah State		–		–				4	–	6	–	0
Xavier		–		–				4	–	6	–	0
Pacific		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
San Jose State		–		–				3	–	7	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 17	Houston	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	L 13–21
September 24	at Miami (FL)	Orange Bowl Miami (rivalry)	W 23–20
October 8	No. 10 Florida	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida (rivalry)	L 19–22
October 15	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas	W 42–33
October 22	Mississippi State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	W 10–0
October 29	at VPI	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, Virginia	L 21–23
November 5	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	W 32–10
November 12	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, New York	L 21–37
November 19	Wake Forest	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	W 28–0
November 26	Maryland	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, Florida	W 45–21
December 24	vs. Wyoming	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, Texas (Sun Bowl)	L 20–28
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game