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1966 Washington State

3–⁠7 (1–⁠3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Bert Clark.

Schedule and results

Washington State in 1966, game by game: lost vs. California 6–21; lost at Houston 7–21; lost vs. Baylor 14–20; won vs. Arizona State 24–15; lost at Utah 15–26; won at Idaho 14–7; lost vs. Oregon State 13–41; won at Oregon 14–13; lost at Arizona 18–28; lost vs. Washington 7–19+9−28Lost 6–21 vs. California-15CaliforniaLost 7–21 at Houston-14HoustonLost 14–20 vs. Baylor-6BaylorWon 24–15 vs. Arizona State+9Arizona StateLost 15–26 at Utah-11UtahWon 14–7 at Idaho+7IdahoLost 13–41 vs. Oregon State-28Oregon StateWon 14–13 at Oregon+1OregonLost 18–28 at Arizona-10ArizonaLost 7–19 vs. Washington-12Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsCaliforniaL 6–⁠2160%
Sep 23atHoustonL 7–⁠2137%
Oct 1vsBaylorL 14–⁠2048%
Oct 9vsArizona StateW 24–⁠1548%
Oct 15atUtahL 15–⁠2638%
Oct 22atIdahoW 14–⁠749%
Oct 29vsOregon StateL 13–⁠4156%
Nov 5atOregonW 14–⁠1333%
Nov 12atArizonaL 18–⁠2852%
Nov 19vsWashingtonL 7–⁠1936%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Washington 19–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 111 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
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠3 tied for 6th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠211
Coach
Bert Clark
Elo
1399 −116 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.9 No. 81 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 2Rich Sheron TENew York Jets
Rd 6Bud Norris TEMiami Dolphins

All-Pac-8

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Doug FlansburgEAP-1; UPI-1; Coaches-1
  • Ron VrlicakCUPI-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • George JugumLBAP-2
  • Dave PetersonDBAP-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.