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1966 California

3–⁠7 (2–⁠3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Ray Willsey.

Schedule and results

California in 1966, game by game: won at Washington State 21–6; lost vs. No. 9 Michigan 7–17; won vs. Pittsburgh 30–15; lost vs. San José State 0–24; won at Washington 24–20; lost vs. No. 3 UCLA 15–28; lost at Penn State 15–33; lost at No. 9 USC 9–35; lost vs. Army 3–6; lost vs. Stanford 7–13+15−26Won 21–6 at Washington State+15Washington StateLost 7–17 vs. No. 9 Michigan-10No. 9 MichiganWon 30–15 vs. Pittsburgh+15PittsburghLost 0–24 vs. San José State-24San José StateWon 24–20 at Washington+4WashingtonLost 15–28 vs. No. 3 UCLA-13No. 3 UCLALost 15–33 at Penn State-18Penn StateLost 9–35 at No. 9 USC-26No. 9 USCLost 3–6 vs. Army-3ArmyLost 7–13 vs. Stanford-6Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atWashington StateW 21–⁠640%
Sep 24vs9MichiganL 7–⁠1751%
Oct 1vsPittsburghW 30–⁠1567%
Oct 8vsSan José StateL 0–⁠2466%
Oct 15atWashingtonW 24–⁠2031%
Oct 22vs3UCLAL 15–⁠2833%
Oct 29atPenn StateL 15–⁠3332%
Nov 5at9USCL 9–⁠3517%
Nov 12vsArmyL 3–⁠645%
Nov 19vsStanfordL 7–⁠1350%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 13–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The tied 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 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
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠3 5th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
131–⁠197
Coach
Ray Willsey
Elo
1428 −70 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.5 No. 77 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pac-8

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Wayne StewartDBAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Jerry BradleyEAP-2

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

1966 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC4–⁠17–⁠4
UCLA3–⁠19–⁠15
Oregon State3–⁠17–⁠3
Washington4–⁠36–⁠4
California2–⁠33–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠33–⁠7
Oregon1–⁠33–⁠7
Stanford1–⁠45–⁠5

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