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1966 Kansas State

0–⁠9–⁠1 (0–⁠6–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Doug Weaver.

Schedule and results

Kansas State in 1966, game by game: lost at Army 6–21; lost vs. New Mexico 8–28; lost at Colorado 0–10; lost vs. Missouri 0–27; lost at No. 6 Nebraska 10–21; lost at Cincinnati 14–28; tied vs. Kansas 3–3; lost at Oklahoma 6–37; lost vs. Iowa State 13–30; lost vs. Oklahoma State 6–21+7−31Lost 6–21 at Army-15ArmyLost 8–28 vs. New Mexico-20New MexicoLost 0–10 at Colorado-10ColoradoLost 0–27 vs. Missouri-27MissouriLost 10–21 at No. 6 Nebraska-11No. 6 NebraskaLost 14–28 at Cincinnati-14CincinnatiTied 3–3 vs. Kansas0KansasLost 6–37 at Oklahoma-31OklahomaLost 13–30 vs. Iowa State-17Iowa StateLost 6–21 vs. Oklahoma State-15Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atArmyL 6–⁠2122%
Sep 24vsNew MexicoL 8–⁠2837%
Oct 1atColoradoL 0–⁠1017%
Oct 8vsMissouriL 0–⁠2716%
Oct 15at6NebraskaL 10–⁠216%
Oct 22atCincinnatiL 14–⁠2825%
Oct 29vsKansasT 3–⁠339%
Nov 5atOklahomaL 6–⁠3712%
Nov 12vsIowa StateL 13–⁠3035%
Nov 19vsOklahoma StateL 6–⁠2134%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 21–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

Record
0–⁠9–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠6–⁠1 tied for 7th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
66–⁠226
Coach
Doug Weaver
Elo
1221 −106 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−14.7 No. 105 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Cornelius DavisBAP-1
  • Danny LankasLBAP-1

Second team

  • Dave JonesEAP-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 Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska6–⁠19–⁠26
Colorado5–⁠27–⁠3
Missouri4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oklahoma State4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oklahoma4–⁠36–⁠4
Iowa State2–⁠3–⁠22–⁠6–⁠2
Kansas0–⁠6–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Kansas State0–⁠6–⁠10–⁠9–⁠1

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