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1966 Florida State

6–⁠5, coached by Bill Peterson.

Schedule and results

Florida State in 1966, game by game: lost vs. Houston 13–21; won at Miami 23–20; lost vs. No. 10 Florida 19–22; won at Texas Tech 42–33; won vs. Mississippi State 10–0; lost at Virginia Tech 21–23; won at South Carolina 32–10; lost at Syracuse 21–37; won vs. Wake Forest 28–0; won vs. Maryland 45–21; lost vs. Wyoming 20–28+28−16Lost 13–21 vs. Houston-8HoustonWon 23–20 at Miami+3MiamiLost 19–22 vs. No. 10 Florida-3No. 10 FloridaWon 42–33 at Texas Tech+9Texas TechWon 10–0 vs. Mississippi State+10Mississippi Sta…Lost 21–23 at Virginia Tech-2Virginia TechWon 32–10 at South Carolina+22South CarolinaLost 21–37 at Syracuse-16SyracuseWon 28–0 vs. Wake Forest+28Wake ForestWon 45–21 vs. Maryland+24MarylandLost 20–28 vs. Wyoming-8Wyoming
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsHoustonL 13–⁠2166%
Sep 24atMiamiW 23–⁠2035%
Oct 8vs10FloridaL 19–⁠2243%
Oct 15atTexas TechW 42–⁠3347%
Oct 22vsMississippi StateW 10–⁠070%
Oct 29atVirginia TechL 21–⁠2339%
Nov 5atSouth CarolinaW 32–⁠1063%
Nov 12atSyracuseL 21–⁠3734%
Nov 19vsWake ForestW 28–⁠075%
Nov 26vsMarylandW 45–⁠2174%
Dec 24Bowls & playoffvsWyomingSun BowlL 20–⁠2834%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wyoming 28–⁠20 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 49th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 78 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
6–⁠5
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
274–⁠215
Coach
Bill Peterson
Elo
1575 +28 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.7 No. 17 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bill Crutchfield
Defensive coordinator
Bob Harbison
Offense
Pro set
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 3Del Williams CNew Orleans Saints