1966 UTEP

6–⁠4, coached by Robert Dobbs.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1966, game by game: lost at Arizona State 26–30; lost at North Texas 9–12; won vs. New Mexico 51–3; won at West Texas 9–3; won vs. Texas–Arlington 68–21; won vs. San José State 35–0; lost at BYU 33–53; lost vs. Wyoming 7–31; won vs. New Mexico State 28–14; won vs. Utah 27–20+48−24Lost 26–30 at Arizona State-4Arizona StateLost 9–12 at North Texas-3North TexasWon 51–3 vs. New Mexico+48New MexicoWon 9–3 at West Texas+6West TexasWon 68–21 vs. Texas–Arlington+47Texas–ArlingtonWon 35–0 vs. San José State+35San José StateLost 33–53 at BYU-20BYULost 7–31 vs. Wyoming-24WyomingWon 28–14 vs. New Mexico State+14New Mexico StateWon 27–20 vs. Utah+7Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah 27–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 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
6–⁠4
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
293–⁠187
Coach
Robert Dobbs
Elo
1552 +45 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
9.9 No. 26 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 4Chuck Hughes WRPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Bill Wilkerson DEBuffalo Bills