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1966 Wyoming

10–⁠1 (5–⁠0 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Lloyd Eaton.

Schedule and results

Wyoming in 1966, game by game: won at Air Force 13–0; won vs. Arizona State 23–6; won vs. Arizona 36–6; won vs. Utah 40–7; won vs. New Mexico 37–7; won vs. Utah State 35–10; lost at Colorado State 10–12; won at Wichita State 55–0; won at UTEP 31–7; won at BYU 47–14; won vs. Florida State 28–20+55−2Won 13–0 at Air Force+13Air ForceWon 23–6 vs. Arizona State+17Arizona StateWon 36–6 vs. Arizona+30ArizonaWon 40–7 vs. Utah+33UtahWon 37–7 vs. New Mexico+30New MexicoWon 35–10 vs. Utah State+25Utah StateLost 10–12 at Colorado State-2Colorado StateWon 55–0 at Wichita State+55Wichita StateWon 31–7 at UTEP+24UTEPWon 47–14 at BYU+33BYUWon 28–20 vs. Florida State+8Florida State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atAir ForceW 13–⁠052%
Sep 24vsArizona StateW 23–⁠660%
Oct 1vsArizonaW 36–⁠682%
Oct 8vsUtahW 40–⁠768%
Oct 15vsNew MexicoW 37–⁠782%
Oct 22vsUtah StateW 35–⁠1079%
Oct 29atColorado StateL 10–⁠1264%
Nov 5atWichita StateW 55–⁠080%
Nov 12atUTEPW 31–⁠757%
Nov 19atBYUW 47–⁠1447%
Dec 24Bowls & playoffvsFlorida StateSun BowlW 28–⁠2066%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida State 28–⁠20 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Western Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 2nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 10

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.

Western Athletic Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Led the nationVic Washington: punt return yards (443 yds)

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
355–⁠89
Coach
Lloyd Eaton
Elo
1719 +183 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
23.4 No. 4 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Rick Egloff and Tom Frazier

Drafted in 1967

The 1967 draft
Rd 1Ron Billingsley DTSan Diego Chargers
Rd 6Rick Egloff QBOakland Raiders

1966 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming5–⁠010–⁠1
BYU3–⁠28–⁠2
Arizona State3–⁠25–⁠5
Utah3–⁠25–⁠5
Arizona1–⁠43–⁠7
New Mexico0–⁠52–⁠8

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