1966 Ohio State

4–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by Woody Hayes.

Schedule and results

Ohio State in 1966, game by game: won vs. TCU 14–7; lost vs. Washington 22–38; lost at Illinois 9–10; lost vs. No. 1 Michigan State 8–11; won vs. Wisconsin 24–13; lost at Minnesota 7–17; won vs. Indiana 7–0; won at Iowa 14–10; lost vs. Michigan 3–17+11−16Won 14–7 vs. TCU+7TCULost 22–38 vs. Washington-16WashingtonLost 9–10 at Illinois-1IllinoisLost 8–11 vs. No. 1 Michigan State-3No. 1 Michigan StateWon 24–13 vs. Wisconsin+11WisconsinLost 7–17 at Minnesota-10MinnesotaWon 7–0 vs. Indiana+7IndianaWon 14–10 at Iowa+4IowaLost 3–17 vs. Michigan-14Michigan
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsTCUW 14–⁠765%
Oct 1vsWashingtonL 22–⁠3867%
Oct 8atIllinoisL 9–⁠1049%
Oct 15vs1Michigan StateL 8–⁠1133%
Oct 22vsWisconsinW 24–⁠1371%
Oct 29atMinnesotaL 7–⁠1750%
Nov 5vsIndianaW 7–⁠076%
Nov 12atIowaW 14–⁠1069%
Nov 19vsMichiganL 3–⁠1754%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan 17–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 104th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 128 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
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
108–⁠123
Coach
Woody Hayes
Elo
1518 −63 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.6 No. 66 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Mike Current, John Fill and Ray Pryor
Most valuable player
Ray Pryor

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 3Mike Current OTDenver Broncos
Rd 7Bo Rein WRBaltimore Colts

All-Big Ten

3 first team

First team

  • Bo ReinRB
  • Ray PryorCAP-1; UPI-1
  • Dick HimesDTUPI-1

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
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan State7–⁠09–⁠0–⁠12
Purdue6–⁠19–⁠27
Michigan4–⁠36–⁠4
Illinois4–⁠34–⁠6
Minnesota3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Ohio State3–⁠44–⁠5
Wisconsin2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Northwestern2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠8–⁠1
Iowa1–⁠62–⁠8

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