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1966 Missouri

6–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Dan Devine.

Schedule and results

Missouri in 1966, game by game: won vs. Minnesota 24–0; won at Illinois 21–14; lost at No. 2 UCLA 15–24; won at Kansas State 27–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 7–0; tied vs. Iowa State 10–10; lost at No. 8 Nebraska 0–35; lost vs. Colorado 0–26; won at Oklahoma 10–7; won vs. Kansas 7–0+27−35Won 24–0 vs. Minnesota+24MinnesotaWon 21–14 at Illinois+7IllinoisLost 15–24 at No. 2 UCLA-9No. 2 UCLAWon 27–0 at Kansas State+27Kansas StateWon 7–0 vs. Oklahoma State+7Oklahoma StateTied 10–10 vs. Iowa State0Iowa StateLost 0–35 at No. 8 Nebraska-35No. 8 NebraskaLost 0–26 vs. Colorado-26ColoradoWon 10–7 at Oklahoma+3OklahomaWon 7–0 vs. Kansas+7Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsMinnesotaW 24–⁠070%
Sep 24atIllinoisW 21–⁠1456%
Oct 1at2UCLAL 15–⁠2446%
Oct 8atKansas StateW 27–⁠084%
Oct 15vsOklahoma StateW 7–⁠083%
Oct 22vsIowa StateT 10–⁠1085%
Oct 29at8NebraskaL 0–⁠3534%
Nov 5vsColoradoL 0–⁠2667%
Nov 12atOklahomaW 10–⁠744%
Nov 19vsKansasW 7–⁠083%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Kansas 7–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 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
6–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 tied for 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
121–⁠116
Coach
Dan Devine
Elo
1595 −24 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.0 No. 45 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 3Earl Denny WRMinnesota Vikings
Rd 7William Powell LBGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Eight

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Dan SchuppanDEAP-1
  • Jim WhitakerDBAP-1

Second team

  • Alan PepperOGAP-2
  • Charlie BrownBAP-2
  • Bill PowellDTAP-2
  • Garry GrossnickleDBAP-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.