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1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record4–5–1 (3–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPTim Wheeler
CaptainChuck Killian
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1965
1967 →
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 17at Missouri*L 0–2448,500
September 24 Stanford*W 35–2143,351
October 1 Kansas*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 14–1643,147–43,579
October 8at IndianaT 7–734,721
October 15 Iowadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN ( rivalry)
W 17–062,631
October 22at MichiganL 0–4971,749
October 29 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 17–749,489
November 5at NorthwesternW 28–1335,549
November 12 Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 0–1649,085
November 19at WisconsinL 6–745,372
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record4–5–1 (3–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPTim Wheeler
CaptainChuck Killian
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1965
1967 →
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 17at Missouri*L 0–2448,500
September 24 Stanford*W 35–2143,351
October 1 Kansas*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 14–1643,147–43,579
October 8at IndianaT 7–734,721
October 15 Iowadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN ( rivalry)
W 17–062,631
October 22at MichiganL 0–4971,749
October 29 Ohio State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 17–749,489
November 5at NorthwesternW 28–1335,549
November 12 Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 0–1649,085
November 19at WisconsinL 6–745,372
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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]

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