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1966 Oregon State

7–⁠3 (3–⁠1 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Dee Andros.

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1966, game by game: lost at Michigan 0–41; won at Iowa 17–3; lost vs. No. 5 USC 0–21; lost vs. Northwestern 6–14; won vs. Idaho 14–7; won at Arizona State 18–17; won at Washington State 41–13; won vs. Arizona 31–12; won vs. Washington 24–13; won vs. Oregon 20–15+28−41Lost 0–41 at Michigan-41MichiganWon 17–3 at Iowa+14IowaLost 0–21 vs. No. 5 USC-21No. 5 USCLost 6–14 vs. Northwestern-8NorthwesternWon 14–7 vs. Idaho+7IdahoWon 18–17 at Arizona State+1Arizona StateWon 41–13 at Washington State+28Washington StateWon 31–12 vs. Arizona+19ArizonaWon 24–13 vs. Washington+11WashingtonWon 20–15 vs. Oregon+5Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atMichiganL 0–⁠4137%
Sep 24atIowaW 17–⁠349%
Oct 1vs5USCL 0–⁠2138%
Oct 8vsNorthwesternL 6–⁠1469%
Oct 15vsIdahoW 14–⁠764%
Oct 22atArizona StateW 18–⁠1737%
Oct 29atWashington StateW 41–⁠1344%
Nov 5vsArizonaW 31–⁠1275%
Nov 12vsWashingtonW 24–⁠1350%
Nov 19vsOregonW 20–⁠1569%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 20–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 26th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 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
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
171–⁠156
Coach
Dee Andros
Elo
1572 +57 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
1.0 No. 55 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bob Grim and Russ Kuhns

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 2Bob Grim WRMinnesota Vikings
Rd 3Rockne Freitas CPittsburgh Steelers

All-Pac-8

7 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Paul BrothersQB
  • Bob GrimRB
  • Pete PiferFB
  • Jim WilkinOTAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Dennis RozarioDTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Skip DiazMG
  • Russ KuhnsLBAP-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 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC4–⁠17–⁠4
UCLA3–⁠19–⁠15
Oregon State3–⁠17–⁠3
Washington4–⁠36–⁠4
California2–⁠33–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠33–⁠7
Oregon1–⁠33–⁠7
Stanford1–⁠45–⁠5

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