1966 Iowa
2–8 (1–6 Big Ten), coached by Ray Nagel. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Arizona 31–20Sep 17
By 11 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Arizona | W 31–20 | 56% |
| Sep 24 | vs Oregon State | L 3–17 | 51% |
| Oct 1 | vs Wisconsin | L 0–7 | 55% |
| Oct 8 | at Purdue | L 0–35 | 18% |
| Oct 15 | at Minnesota | L 0–17 | 25% |
| Oct 22 | vs Northwestern | L 15–24 | 46% |
| Oct 29 | vs Indiana | W 20–19 | 50% |
| Nov 5 | at 2Michigan State | L 7–56 | 6% |
| Nov 12 | vs Ohio State | L 10–14 | 31% |
| Nov 18 | at Miami | L 0–44 | 15% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Miami 44–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 128th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 on file).
- Record
- 2–8
- Conference
- 1–6 10th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 86–253
- Coach
- Ray Nagel
- Elo
- 1327 −92 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −12.1 No. 100 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Dick Gibbs and Dan Hilsabeck
- Most valuable player
- Dick Gibbs
Drafted in 1967
The 1967 draft| Rd 7 | Bob Ziolkowski OT | Green Bay Packers |
All-Big Ten
2 second teamSecond team
Dave MorelandLBAP-2; UPI-2- Dick GibbsDBAP-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.