1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1966 record 4-5-1 (3-3-1 Big Ten)
Head coach Murray Warmath (13th year)
MVP Tim Wheeler
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1965 1967 »
1966 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Michigan State $ 7 – 0 – 0     9 – 0 – 1
#7 Purdue 6 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
Michigan 4 – 3 – 0     6 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 3 – 1     4 – 5 – 1
Ohio State 3 – 4 – 0     4 – 5 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 4 – 1     3 – 6 – 1
Wisconsin 2 – 4 – 1     3 – 6 – 1
Indiana 1 – 5 – 1     1 – 8 – 1
Iowa 1 – 6 – 0     2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1966 college football season. In their 13th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 4-5-1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 160 to 124.[1]

Linebacker Tim Wheeler received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Defensive lineman Ron Kamzelski and defensive lineman Bob Stein were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]

Total attendance for the season was 248,248, which averaged to 49,600. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
09/17/1966 at Missouri* Faurot Field • Columbia, MO L 24-0   48,500
09/24/1966 Stanford* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 35-21   43,351
10/01/1966 Kansas* Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 16-14   43,579
10/08/1966 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN T 7-7   34,721
10/15/1966 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 17-0   62,631
10/22/1966 at Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI L 49-0   71,749
10/29/1966 Ohio State Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN W 17-7   49,489
11/05/1966 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 28-13   35,549
11/12/1966 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 16-0   49,085
11/19/1966 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI L 7-6   45,372
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

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