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1966 UCLA

9–⁠1 (3–⁠1 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Tommy Prothro, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1966, game by game: won vs. Pittsburgh 57–14; won at Syracuse 31–12; won vs. Missouri 24–15; won at Rice 27–24; won vs. Penn State 49–11; won at California 28–15; won vs. Air Force 38–13; lost at Washington 3–16; won vs. Stanford 10–0; won vs. No. 7 USC 14–7+43−13Won 57–14 vs. Pittsburgh+43PittsburghWon 31–12 at Syracuse+19SyracuseWon 24–15 vs. Missouri+9MissouriWon 27–24 at Rice+3RiceWon 49–11 vs. Penn State+38Penn StateWon 28–15 at California+13CaliforniaWon 38–13 vs. Air Force+25Air ForceLost 3–16 at Washington-13WashingtonWon 10–0 vs. Stanford+10StanfordWon 14–7 vs. No. 7 USC+7No. 7 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsPittsburghW 57–⁠1471%
Sep 24atSyracuseW 31–⁠1247%
Oct 1vsMissouriW 24–⁠1554%
Oct 8atRiceW 27–⁠2472%
Oct 15vsPenn StateW 49–⁠1172%
Oct 22atCaliforniaW 28–⁠1567%
Oct 29vsAir ForceW 38–⁠1386%
Nov 5atWashingtonL 3–⁠1663%
Nov 12vsStanfordW 10–⁠077%
Nov 19vs7USCW 14–⁠754%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat USC 14–⁠7; No. 5 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 16th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 4
  2. Wk 2: 2
  3. Wk 3: 2
  4. Wk 4: 2
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 3
  7. Wk 7: 3
  8. Wk 8: 3
  9. Wk 9: 8
  10. Wk 10: 8
  11. Wk 11: 6
  12. Wk 12: 5
  13. Final: 5

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.

Heisman voteGary Beban, fourth

Consensus All-AmericanMel Farr, RB

Record
9–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 2
Points
281–⁠127
Coach
Tommy Prothro
Elo
1698 +119 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.9 No. 13 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 1Mel Farr RBDetroit Lions

All-Pac-8

6 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Gary BebanQB
  • Mel FarrRB
  • Rich DeakersOGAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • John RichardsonMGAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Don ManningLBAP-2; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Dallas GriderLBAP-1

Second team

  • Larry SlagleOTAP-2
  • Dennis MurphyOTAP-2
  • Alan ClamanDTAP-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 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC4–⁠17–⁠4
UCLA3–⁠19–⁠15
Oregon State3–⁠17–⁠3
Washington4–⁠36–⁠4
California2–⁠33–⁠7
Washington State1–⁠33–⁠7
Oregon1–⁠33–⁠7
Stanford1–⁠45–⁠5

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