1966 Missouri Tigers football team
| 1966 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
| 1966 record | 6–3–1 (4–2–1 Big 8) |
| Head coach | Dan Devine (9th year) |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6 Nebraska $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1966 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1966 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–2–1 against Big 8 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the Big 8, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 121 to 116. Dan Devine was the head coach for the ninth of 13 seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
The team's statistical leaders included Charlie Brown with 576 rushing yards, Gary Kombrink with 433 passing yards and 645 yards of total offense, Chuck Weber with 157 receiving yards, and Bill Bates with 27 points scored.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | |||
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| September 17 | Minnesota* | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO | W 24–0 | ||||||
| September 24 | at Illinois* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 21–14 | ||||||
| October 1 | at No. 2 UCLA* | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | L 15–24 | ||||||
| October 8 | at Kansas State | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS | W 27–0 | ||||||
| October 15 | Oklahoma State | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO | W 7–0 | ||||||
| October 22 | Iowa State | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO (Telephone Trophy) | T 10–10 | ||||||
| October 29 | at No. 8 Nebraska | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE | L 0–35 | ||||||
| November 5 | Colorado | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO | L 0–26 | ||||||
| November 12 | at Oklahoma | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | W 10–7 | ||||||
| November 19 | Kansas | Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO | W 7–0 | ||||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
Game summaries
Kansas
The 75th meeting between the two rivals was a defensive struggle that was finally broken in the third quarter. On third-and-seven from their own 46, Earl Denny caught a pass from Gary Kombrink in stride at the Kansas 38 and went in to score.[5]
References
- ↑ "1966 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 158. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. pp. 26–27. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
- ↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Aug-18.
- ↑ Eugene-Register Guard. 1966 Nov 20.