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1966 Davidson

4–⁠5 (2–⁠3 Southern Conference), coached by Homer Smith.

Schedule and results

Davidson in 1966, game by game: won vs. George Washington 13–9; lost at Furman 26–28; lost at East Carolina 7–50; won at Presbyterian 49–13; lost at Richmond 17–23; won vs. The Citadel 21–17; won at Lehigh 34–27; lost at Wofford 28–40; lost vs. Wittenberg 14–16+36−43Won 13–9 vs. George Washington+4George Washingt…Lost 26–28 at Furman-2FurmanLost 7–50 at East Carolina-43East CarolinaWon 49–13 at Presbyterian+36PresbyterianLost 17–23 at Richmond-6RichmondWon 21–17 vs. The Citadel+4The CitadelWon 34–27 at Lehigh+7LehighLost 28–40 at Wofford-12WoffordLost 14–16 vs. Wittenberg-2Wittenberg
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsGeorge WashingtonW 13–⁠920%
Sep 24atFurmanL 26–⁠2851%
Oct 8atEast CarolinaL 7–⁠5012%
Oct 15atPresbyterianW 49–⁠1344%
Oct 22atRichmondL 17–⁠2343%
Oct 29vsThe CitadelW 21–⁠1744%
Nov 5atLehighW 34–⁠2770%
Nov 12atWoffordL 28–⁠4045%
Nov 19vsWittenbergL 14–⁠1660%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wittenberg 16–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠3 5th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
209–⁠223
Coach
Homer Smith
Elo
1190 +29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−30.9 No. 118 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1966 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
West Virginia3–⁠03–⁠5–⁠2
William & Mary4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
East Carolina4–⁠1–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
George Washington4–⁠34–⁠6
Davidson2–⁠34–⁠5
The Citadel3–⁠54–⁠6
Richmond2–⁠42–⁠8
VMI1–⁠32–⁠8
Furman1–⁠42–⁠7–⁠1

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