1966 Baylor
5–5 (3–4 Southwest Conference), coached by John Bridgers. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 5 Arkansas 7–0Oct 8
Arkansas was ranked No. 5, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs Syracuse | W 35–12 | 48% |
| Sep 24 | vs Colorado | L 7–13 | 68% |
| Oct 1 | at Washington State | W 20–14 | 52% |
| Oct 8 | at 5Arkansas | W 7–0 | 24% |
| Oct 22 | vs Texas A&M | L 13–17 | 73% |
| Oct 29 | at TCU | L 0–6 | 56% |
| Nov 5 | vs Texas | L 14–26 | 53% |
| Nov 12 | at Texas Tech | W 29–14 | 47% |
| Nov 19 | at SMU | L 22–24 | 40% |
| Nov 26 | vs Rice | W 21–14 | 75% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 21–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 48th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 2: 10
- Wk 5: 10
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 3–4 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 10
- Points
- 168–140
- Coach
- John Bridgers
- Elo
- 1541 +14 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.3 No. 23 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Dwight Hood and Terry Southall
Drafted in 1967
The 1967 draft| Rd 5 | Dwight Hood DT | Green Bay Packers |
| Rd 6 | Terry Southall QB | Baltimore Colts |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first teamFirst team
Greg PipesDefensive guardsAP; UPI
From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1966 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMU | 6–1 | 8–3 | 10 |
| Arkansas | 5–2 | 8–2 | |
| Texas | 5–2 | 7–4 | |
| Texas A&M | 4–3 | 4–5–1 | |
| Baylor | 3–4 | 5–5 | |
| Texas Tech | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
| TCU | 2–5 | 2–8 | |
| Rice | 1–6 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.