1966 Utah Redskins football team

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1966
Utah Redskins football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (3–2 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumUte Stadium
Seasons
1966 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Wyoming $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
BYU 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Arizona State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Utah 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arizona 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
New Mexico 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1966 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Mike Giddings, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–2 against conference opponents, placing in a three-way tie for second in the WAC. Home games were played on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at
Oregon*
W 17–1416,500[1]
October 8at Wyoming
L 7–40
October 15Washington State*
W 26–1520,051
October 22at Arizona
W 24–19
October 29New Mexicodagger
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 27–0
November 5at
Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ
    		• W 21–6
    November 12BYU
    • Ute Stadium
    • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
    		L 13–3528,776[2]
    November 19Utah State*
    • Ute Stadium
    • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
    		L 7–1320,176[3]
    November 26at
    Sun Bowl Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
    		• L 20–27
    December 3at Houston*
    		L 14–3435,257[4]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming

    [5][6]

    Personnel

    1966 Utah Utes football team roster
    Players Coaches
    Offense
    Pos. # Name Class
    QB Darrell Bigelow
    QB Jack Gehrke
    HB Ben Woodson
    		Defense
    Pos. # Name Class
    		Special teams
    Pos. # Name Class
    Head coach
    Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Season summary

    BYU

    BYU Cougars (6–1) at Utah Redskins (5–1)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    BYU 7 21 7035
    Utah 7 0 6013

    at

    Salt Lake City, Utah

    • Date: November 12, 1966
    • Game weather: Clear
    • Game attendance: 28,776
    • Box Score
    Game information

    After the season

    NFL/AFL draft

    Two Utah players were selected in the

    1967 NFL/AFL Draft
    .

    Player Position Round Pick NFL/AFL team
    Richard Tate Defensive back 5 130 Green Bay Packers
    Ben Woodson Running back 15 384 Oakland Raiders

    References

    1. ^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 25, 1966). "Ducks caught by Utes, 21-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
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    5. ^ "1966 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
    6. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2010.

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