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1966 Oklahoma

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Big Eight), coached by Jim MacKenzie.

Schedule and results

Oklahoma in 1966, game by game: won vs. Oregon 17–0; won at Iowa State 33–11; won vs. Texas 18–9; won at Kansas 35–0; lost vs. No. 1 Notre Dame 0–38; lost at Colorado 21–24; won vs. Kansas State 37–6; lost vs. Missouri 7–10; won vs. No. 4 Nebraska 10–9; lost at Oklahoma State 14–15+35−38Won 17–0 vs. Oregon+17OregonWon 33–11 at Iowa State+22Iowa StateWon 18–9 vs. Texas+9TexasWon 35–0 at Kansas+35KansasLost 0–38 vs. No. 1 Notre Dame-38No. 1 Notre DameLost 21–24 at Colorado-3ColoradoWon 37–6 vs. Kansas State+31Kansas StateLost 7–10 vs. Missouri-3MissouriWon 10–9 vs. No. 4 Nebraska+1No. 4 NebraskaLost 14–15 at Oklahoma State-1Oklahoma State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsOregonW 17–⁠056%
Sep 24atIowa StateW 33–⁠1151%
Oct 8vsTexasW 18–⁠941%
Oct 15atKansasW 35–⁠061%
Oct 22vs1Notre DameL 0–⁠3843%
Oct 29atColoradoL 21–⁠2447%
Nov 5vsKansas StateW 37–⁠688%
Nov 12vsMissouriL 7–⁠1056%
Nov 24vs4NebraskaW 10–⁠931%
Dec 3atOklahoma StateL 14–⁠1560%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 15–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 10

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
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 5th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
192–⁠122
Coach
Jim MacKenzie
Elo
1548 +59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.0 No. 19 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Barry Switzer
Defensive coordinator
Chuck Fairbanks
Captains
Ed Hall and Jim Riley

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 2Jim Riley DTMiami Dolphins
Rd 3Ben Hart RBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 4James Roy Jackson WROakland Raiders

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Ben HartEAP-1
  • Ed HallOTAP-1
  • Eugene RossDBAP-1

Second team

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.