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1966 Texas

7–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Darrell Royal.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1966, game by game: lost vs. No. 9 USC 6–10; won at Texas Tech 31–21; won vs. Indiana 35–0; lost vs. Oklahoma 9–18; lost vs. Arkansas 7–12; won at Rice 14–6; lost vs. SMU 12–13; won at Baylor 26–14; won at TCU 13–3; won vs. Texas A&M 22–14; won vs. Ole Miss 19–0+35−9Lost 6–10 vs. No. 9 USC-4No. 9 USCWon 31–21 at Texas Tech+10Texas TechWon 35–0 vs. Indiana+35IndianaLost 9–18 vs. Oklahoma-9OklahomaLost 7–12 vs. Arkansas-5ArkansasWon 14–6 at Rice+8RiceLost 12–13 vs. SMU-1SMUWon 26–14 at Baylor+12BaylorWon 13–3 at TCU+10TCUWon 22–14 vs. Texas A&M+8Texas A&MWon 19–0 vs. Ole Miss+19Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vs9USCL 6–⁠1051%
Sep 24atTexas TechW 31–⁠2140%
Oct 1vsIndianaW 35–⁠076%
Oct 8vsOklahomaL 9–⁠1859%
Oct 15vsArkansasL 7–⁠1245%
Oct 22atRiceW 14–⁠663%
Oct 29vsSMUL 12–⁠1362%
Nov 5atBaylorW 26–⁠1447%
Nov 12atTCUW 13–⁠358%
Nov 24vsTexas A&MW 22–⁠1477%
Dec 17Bowls & playoffvsOle MissBluebonnet BowlW 19–⁠040%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ole Miss 19–⁠0 in the Bluebonnet Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 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
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
194–⁠111
Coach
Darrell Royal
Elo
1663 +86 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.6 No. 15 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 7John Elliott OGNew York Jets
Rd 7David Conway KSan Diego Chargers

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team

First team

  • Chris GilbertRBAP; UPI
  • Howard GoadOGAP
  • Corbin RobertsonDEAP
  • Joel BrameLBUPI

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

TeamConf.OverallAP final
SMU6–⁠18–⁠310
Arkansas5–⁠28–⁠2
Texas5–⁠27–⁠4
Texas A&M4–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠5
Texas Tech2–⁠54–⁠6
TCU2–⁠52–⁠8
Rice1–⁠62–⁠8

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