1966 Arizona State

5–⁠5 (3–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Frank Kush.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1966, game by game: won vs. UTEP 30–26; lost at Wyoming 6–23; lost vs. West Texas 20–21; lost at Washington State 15–24; won at BYU 10–7; lost vs. Oregon State 17–18; lost vs. Utah 6–21; won vs. Oregon 14–10; won vs. New Mexico 28–7; won at Arizona 20–17+21−17Won 30–26 vs. UTEP+4UTEPLost 6–23 at Wyoming-17WyomingLost 20–21 vs. West Texas-1West TexasLost 15–24 at Washington State-9Washington StateWon 10–7 at BYU+3BYULost 17–18 vs. Oregon State-1Oregon StateLost 6–21 vs. Utah-15UtahWon 14–10 vs. Oregon+4OregonWon 28–7 vs. New Mexico+21New MexicoWon 20–17 at Arizona+3Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona 20–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 62nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1966.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
166–⁠174
Coach
Frank Kush
Elo
1511 −23 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.9 No. 57 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 1John Pitts DBBuffalo Bills
Rd 4Travis Williams RBGreen Bay Packers

1966 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming5–⁠010–⁠1
BYU3–⁠28–⁠2
Arizona State3–⁠25–⁠5
Utah3–⁠25–⁠5
Arizona1–⁠43–⁠7
New Mexico0–⁠52–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.