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1966 Tennessee

8–⁠3 (3–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Dickey.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1966, game by game: won at Auburn 28–0; won vs. Rice 23–3; lost at No. 9 Georgia Tech 3–6; lost vs. No. 3 Alabama 10–11; won vs. South Carolina 29–17; won vs. Army 38–7; won vs. Chattanooga 28–10; lost vs. Ole Miss 7–14; won vs. Kentucky 28–19; won at Vanderbilt 28–0; won vs. Syracuse 18–12+31−7Won 28–0 at Auburn+28AuburnWon 23–3 vs. Rice+20RiceLost 3–6 at No. 9 Georgia Tech-3No. 9 Georgia TechLost 10–11 vs. No. 3 Alabama-1No. 3 AlabamaWon 29–17 vs. South Carolina+12South CarolinaWon 38–7 vs. Army+31ArmyWon 28–10 vs. Chattanooga+18ChattanoogaLost 7–14 vs. Ole Miss-7Ole MissWon 28–19 vs. Kentucky+9KentuckyWon 28–0 at Vanderbilt+28VanderbiltWon 18–12 vs. Syracuse+6Syracuse
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24atAuburnW 28–⁠052%
Oct 1vsRiceW 23–⁠380%
Oct 8at9Georgia TechL 3–⁠648%
Oct 15vs3AlabamaL 10–⁠1144%
Oct 22vsSouth CarolinaW 29–⁠1781%
Oct 29vsArmyW 38–⁠769%
Nov 5vsChattanoogaW 28–⁠1097%
Nov 12vsOle MissL 7–⁠1458%
Nov 19vsKentuckyW 28–⁠1980%
Nov 26atVanderbiltW 28–⁠080%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsSyracuseGator BowlW 18–⁠1247%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Syracuse 18–⁠12 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 3: 10
  3. Wk 4: 8
  4. Wk 8: 10
  5. Wk 9: 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.

Led the nationDewey Warren: passer rating (142.2)

Consensus All-AmericanPaul Naumoff, LB

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠2 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
240–⁠99
Coach
Doug Dickey
Elo
1676 +71 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.7 No. 8 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 3Paul Naumoff LBDetroit Lions
Rd 4Ron Widby KNew Orleans Saints

All-SEC

4 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dewey WarrenQBAP-2
  • Charlie FultonRBAP-2
  • Bobby MorelMGAP-2
  • Doug ArchibaldLBAP-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 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠011–⁠03
Georgia5–⁠010–⁠14
Florida4–⁠19–⁠2
Ole Miss5–⁠28–⁠3
Tennessee3–⁠28–⁠3
LSU2–⁠35–⁠4–⁠1
Kentucky2–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
Auburn1–⁠54–⁠6
Mississippi State0–⁠62–⁠8
Vanderbilt0–⁠51–⁠9

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