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1966 Auburn

4–⁠6 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1966, game by game: won vs. Chattanooga 20–6; lost vs. Tennessee 0–28; lost at Kentucky 7–17; won vs. Wake Forest 14–6; lost vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech 3–17; won vs. TCU 7–6; lost at No. 7 Florida 27–30; won at Mississippi State 13–0; lost vs. No. 9 Georgia 13–21; lost vs. No. 3 Alabama 0–31+14−31Won 20–6 vs. Chattanooga+14ChattanoogaLost 0–28 vs. Tennessee-28TennesseeLost 7–17 at Kentucky-10KentuckyWon 14–6 vs. Wake Forest+8Wake ForestLost 3–17 vs. No. 7 Georgia Tech-14No. 7 Georgia TechWon 7–6 vs. TCU+1TCULost 27–30 at No. 7 Florida-3No. 7 FloridaWon 13–0 at Mississippi State+13Mississippi Sta…Lost 13–21 vs. No. 9 Georgia-8No. 9 GeorgiaLost 0–31 vs. No. 3 Alabama-31No. 3 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsChattanoogaW 20–⁠694%
Sep 24vsTennesseeL 0–⁠2848%
Oct 1atKentuckyL 7–⁠1740%
Oct 8vsWake ForestW 14–⁠673%
Oct 15vs7Georgia TechL 3–⁠1740%
Oct 22vsTCUW 7–⁠659%
Oct 29at7FloridaL 27–⁠3017%
Nov 5atMississippi StateW 13–⁠048%
Nov 12vs9GeorgiaL 13–⁠2132%
Dec 3vs3AlabamaL 0–⁠3116%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 31–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 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
4–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠5 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
104–⁠162
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1481 −52 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.1 No. 48 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Gusty YearoutLBAP-2; UPI
  • Tommy LancefordPAP

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1966 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠03
Georgia5–⁠010–⁠14
Florida4–⁠19–⁠2
Ole Miss5–⁠28–⁠3
Tennessee3–⁠28–⁠3
LSU2–⁠35–⁠4–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
Auburn1–⁠54–⁠6
Mississippi State0–⁠62–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠51–⁠9

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