1966 Minnesota
4–5–1 (3–3–1 Big Ten), coached by Murray Warmath. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Iowa 17–0Oct 15
By 17 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | at Missouri | L 0–24 | 30% |
| Sep 24 | vs Stanford | W 35–21 | 56% |
| Oct 1 | vs Kansas | L 14–16 | 69% |
| Oct 8 | at Indiana | T 7–7 | 55% |
| Oct 15 | vs Iowa | W 17–0 | 75% |
| Oct 22 | at Michigan | L 0–49 | 40% |
| Oct 29 | vs Ohio State | W 17–7 | 50% |
| Nov 5 | at Northwestern | W 28–13 | 52% |
| Nov 12 | vs Purdue | L 0–16 | 47% |
| Nov 19 | at Wisconsin | L 6–7 | 63% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 7–6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 85th-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
- 4–5–1
- Conference
- 3–3–1 5th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 124–160
- Coach
- Murray Warmath
- Elo
- 1514 −15 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −2.5 No. 71 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Chuck Killian
- Most valuable player
- Tim Wheeler
Drafted in 1967
The 1967 draft| Rd 5 | Ken Last WR | Minnesota Vikings |
All-Big Ten
3 second teamSecond team
Charles KillianCAP-2- Edward DurenMGUPI-2
- Gary ReiersonLBAP-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.