1966 Illinois
4–6 (4–3 Big Ten), coached by Pete Elliott. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Wisconsin 49–14Nov 12
By 35 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | at SMU | L 7–26 | 59% |
| Sep 24 | vs Missouri | L 14–21 | 44% |
| Oct 1 | vs 1Michigan State | L 10–26 | 34% |
| Oct 8 | vs Ohio State | W 10–9 | 51% |
| Oct 15 | at Indiana | W 24–10 | 54% |
| Oct 22 | vs Stanford | L 3–6 | 65% |
| Oct 29 | at Purdue | L 21–25 | 32% |
| Nov 5 | at Michigan | W 28–21 | 31% |
| Nov 12 | vs Wisconsin | W 49–14 | 77% |
| Nov 19 | at Northwestern | L 7–35 | 61% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Northwestern 35–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Ten.
In program history: The tied 63rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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
- 4–6
- Conference
- 4–3 tied for 3rd in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 173–193
- Coach
- Pete Elliott
- Elo
- 1512 −68 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.0 No. 46 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Bo Batchelder and Kai Anderson
- Most valuable player
- Ron Guenther
All-Big Ten
2 first team, 5 second teamFirst team
Ken KmiecDEAP-1; UPI-2- Bruce SullivanDBAP-1; UPI-1
Second team
- John WrightEAP-2; UPI-2
- Ron GuentherOGUPI-2
- Fred HarmsDTAP-2
- Dave TomasulaLBUPI-2
- Phil KnellDBAP-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 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State | 7–0 | 9–0–1 | 2 |
| Purdue | 6–1 | 9–2 | 7 |
| Michigan | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Illinois | 4–3 | 4–6 | |
 Minnesota | 3–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Ohio State | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Wisconsin | 2–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Northwestern | 2–4–1 | 3–6–1 | |
| Indiana | 1–5–1 | 1–8–1 | |
 Iowa | 1–6 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.