1966 Richmond

2–⁠8 (2–⁠4 Southern Conference), coached by Frank Jones.

Schedule and results

Richmond in 1966, game by game: lost at Dayton 0–23; lost at The Citadel 6–24; lost at Mississippi State 0–20; lost vs. VMI 20–34; lost at West Texas 7–41; won vs. Davidson 23–17; lost at Southern Miss 0–27; won vs. Furman 24–14; lost at East Carolina 16–28; lost vs. William & Mary 19–35+10−34Lost 0–23 at Dayton-23DaytonLost 6–24 at The Citadel-18The CitadelLost 0–20 at Mississippi State-20Mississippi Sta…Lost 20–34 vs. VMI-14VMILost 7–41 at West Texas-34West TexasWon 23–17 vs. Davidson+6DavidsonLost 0–27 at Southern Miss-27Southern MissWon 24–14 vs. Furman+10FurmanLost 16–28 at East Carolina-12East CarolinaLost 19–35 vs. William & Mary-16William & Mary
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to William & Mary 35–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 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
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠4 7th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
115–⁠263
Coach
Frank Jones
Elo
1210 −81 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−27.1 No. 115 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Larry Zunich and Larry Pew

1966 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
West Virginia3–⁠03–⁠5–⁠2
William & Mary4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
East Carolina4–⁠1–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
George Washington4–⁠34–⁠6
Davidson2–⁠34–⁠5
The Citadel3–⁠54–⁠6
Richmond2–⁠42–⁠8
VMI1–⁠32–⁠8
Furman1–⁠42–⁠7–⁠1

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