1966 Texas A&M
4–5–1 (4–3 Southwest Conference), coached by Gene Stallings. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat TCU 35–7Oct 15
By 28 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | at Georgia Tech | L 3–38 | 22% |
| Sep 24 | at Tulane | L 13–21 | 37% |
| Oct 1 | vs Texas Tech | W 35–14 | 35% |
| Oct 8 | at LSU | T 7–7 | 21% |
| Oct 15 | vs TCU | W 35–7 | 47% |
| Oct 22 | at Baylor | W 17–13 | 27% |
| Oct 29 | vs 9Arkansas | L 0–34 | 31% |
| Nov 5 | at SMU | L 14–21 | 31% |
| Nov 12 | at Rice | W 7–6 | 55% |
| Nov 24 | at Texas | L 14–22 | 23% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas 22–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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
- 4–5–1
- Conference
- 4–3 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 145–183
- Coach
- Gene Stallings
- Elo
- 1456 +43 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.6 No. 34 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1967
The 1967 draft| Rd 5 | Randy Matson DT | Atlanta Falcons |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first teamFirst team
Wendell HousleyRBAP; UPI- Mo MoormanOTAP
From Wikipedia’s 1966 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1966 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMU | 6–1 | 8–3 | 10 |
| Arkansas | 5–2 | 8–2 | |
| Texas | 5–2 | 7–4 | |
| Texas A&M | 4–3 | 4–5–1 | |
| Baylor | 3–4 | 5–5 | |
| Texas Tech | 2–5 | 4–6 | |
| TCU | 2–5 | 2–8 | |
| Rice | 1–6 | 2–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.