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1966 Washington

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Jim Owens.

Schedule and results

Washington in 1966, game by game: won vs. Idaho 19–7; lost vs. Air Force 0–10; won at Ohio State 38–22; lost at No. 6 USC 14–17; lost vs. California 20–24; won vs. Oregon 10–7; won at Stanford 22–20; won vs. No. 3 UCLA 16–3; lost at Oregon State 13–24; won at Washington State 19–7+16−11Won 19–7 vs. Idaho+12IdahoLost 0–10 vs. Air Force-10Air ForceWon 38–22 at Ohio State+16Ohio StateLost 14–17 at No. 6 USC-3No. 6 USCLost 20–24 vs. California-4CaliforniaWon 10–7 vs. Oregon+3OregonWon 22–20 at Stanford+2StanfordWon 16–3 vs. No. 3 UCLA+13No. 3 UCLALost 13–24 at Oregon State-11Oregon StateWon 19–7 at Washington State+12Washington State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsIdahoW 19–⁠770%
Sep 24vsAir ForceL 0–⁠1074%
Oct 1atOhio StateW 38–⁠2233%
Oct 8at6USCL 14–⁠1728%
Oct 15vsCaliforniaL 20–⁠2469%
Oct 22vsOregonW 10–⁠766%
Oct 29atStanfordW 22–⁠2048%
Nov 5vs3UCLAW 16–⁠337%
Nov 12atOregon StateL 13–⁠2450%
Nov 19atWashington StateW 19–⁠764%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington State 19–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 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.

Consensus All-AmericanTom Greenlee, DT

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
171–⁠141
Coach
Jim Owens
Elo
1587 +33 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.1 No. 41 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Tom Greenlee and Mike Ryan

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 1Dave Williams WRSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 4Tom Greenlee DBChicago Bears

All-Pac-8

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

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.