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1966 Clemson

6–⁠4 (6–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Frank Howard.

Schedule and results

Clemson in 1966, game by game: won vs. Virginia 40–35; lost at No. 9 Georgia Tech 12–13; lost at No. 4 Alabama 0–26; won vs. Duke 9–6; lost at No. 5 USC 0–30; won at Wake Forest 23–21; won vs. North Carolina 27–3; won at Maryland 14–10; lost at NC State 14–23; won vs. South Carolina 35–10+25−30Won 40–35 vs. Virginia+5VirginiaLost 12–13 at No. 9 Georgia Tech-1No. 9 Georgia TechLost 0–26 at No. 4 Alabama-26No. 4 AlabamaWon 9–6 vs. Duke+3DukeLost 0–30 at No. 5 USC-30No. 5 USCWon 23–21 at Wake Forest+2Wake ForestWon 27–3 vs. North Carolina+24North CarolinaWon 14–10 at Maryland+4MarylandLost 14–23 at NC State-9NC StateWon 35–10 vs. South Carolina+25South Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsVirginiaW 40–⁠3558%
Oct 1at9Georgia TechL 12–⁠1327%
Oct 8at4AlabamaL 0–⁠2616%
Oct 15vsDukeW 9–⁠644%
Oct 22at5USCL 0–⁠3018%
Oct 29atWake ForestW 23–⁠2153%
Nov 5vsNorth CarolinaW 27–⁠359%
Nov 12atMarylandW 14–⁠1044%
Nov 19atNC StateL 14–⁠2341%
Nov 26vsSouth CarolinaW 35–⁠1075%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat South Carolina 35–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; Atlantic Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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.

Atlantic Coast Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
174–⁠177
Coach
Frank Howard
Elo
1529 +58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.9 No. 36 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Mike Facciolo

All-ACC

5 first team

First 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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠16–⁠4
NC State5–⁠25–⁠5
Maryland3–⁠34–⁠6
Virginia3–⁠34–⁠6
Duke2–⁠35–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠43–⁠7
South Carolina1–⁠31–⁠9
North Carolina1–⁠42–⁠8

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