1966 Texas Tech
4–6 (2–5 Southwest Conference), coached by J.T. King. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 6 Arkansas 21–16Nov 19
Arkansas was ranked No. 6, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | at Kansas | W 23–7 | 59% |
| Sep 24 | vs Texas | L 21–31 | 60% |
| Oct 1 | at Texas A&M | L 14–35 | 65% |
| Oct 8 | at TCU | L 3–6 | 43% |
| Oct 15 | vs Florida State | L 33–42 | 53% |
| Oct 22 | vs SMU | L 7–24 | 51% |
| Oct 29 | at Rice | W 35–19 | 47% |
| Nov 5 | vs Oklahoma State | W 10–7 | 63% |
| Nov 12 | vs Baylor | L 14–29 | 53% |
| Nov 19 | vs 6Arkansas | W 21–16 | 22% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Arkansas 21–16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 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
- 4–6
- Conference
- 2–5 tied for 6th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 181–216
- Coach
- J.T. King
- Elo
- 1478 −73 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.8 No. 42 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Offense
- T formation
- Defense
- 4–3
All-Southwest Conference
1 first teamFirst team
Larry GilbertEAP; UPI
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.