1966 Utah State

4–⁠6, coached by Tony Knap.

Schedule and results

Utah State in 1966, game by game: lost at New Mexico 8–17; lost at No. 4 Nebraska 7–28; lost vs. New Mexico State 7–23; lost at BYU 7–27; lost vs. Colorado State 7–10; lost at Wyoming 10–35; won at Pacific 47–9; won vs. San José State 27–7; won at Utah 13–7; won at Hawai’i 48–0+48−25Lost 8–17 at New Mexico-9New MexicoLost 7–28 at No. 4 Nebraska-21No. 4 NebraskaLost 7–23 vs. New Mexico State-16New Mexico StateLost 7–27 at BYU-20BYULost 7–10 vs. Colorado State-3Colorado StateLost 10–35 at Wyoming-25WyomingWon 47–9 at Pacific+38PacificWon 27–7 vs. San José State+20San José StateWon 13–7 at Utah+6UtahWon 48–0 at Hawai’i+48Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 48–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 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.

Led the nationMacArthur Lane: yards per carry (7.6)

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
181–⁠163
Coach
Tony Knap
Elo
1523 −57 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.5 No. 65 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 2Spain Musgrove DTWashington Redskins
Rd 2Jim LeMoine TEBuffalo Bills
Rd 3Henry King DBNew York Jets