1966 Louisville

6–⁠4 (1–⁠3 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by Frank Camp.

Schedule and results

Louisville in 1966, game by game: won at Southern Illinois 16–7; lost vs. North Texas 19–20; lost at Dayton 17–20; won vs. Drake 66–26; won at Marshall 35–15; lost at Wichita State 2–9; won vs. Kent State 23–20; lost at Cincinnati 3–17; won vs. Tulsa 29–18; won vs. East Carolina 21–7+40−14Won 16–7 at Southern Illinois+9Southern Illino…Lost 19–20 vs. North Texas-1North TexasLost 17–20 at Dayton-3DaytonWon 66–26 vs. Drake+40DrakeWon 35–15 at Marshall+20MarshallLost 2–9 at Wichita State-7Wichita StateWon 23–20 vs. Kent State+3Kent StateLost 3–17 at Cincinnati-14CincinnatiWon 29–18 vs. Tulsa+11TulsaWon 21–7 vs. East Carolina+14East Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat East Carolina 21–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 82 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.

Led the nationFrank Moore: kickoff return average (27.9)

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
1–⁠3 tied for 4th in Missouri Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
231–⁠159
Coach
Frank Camp
Elo
1491 +32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−1.1 No. 68 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 2Thomas Holzer OTSan Francisco 49ers

1966 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Texas3–⁠18–⁠2
Tulsa3–⁠16–⁠4
Cincinnati2–⁠23–⁠7
Louisville1–⁠36–⁠4
Wichita State1–⁠32–⁠8

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