1966 Utah Redskins football team
American college football season
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Record | 5–5 (3–2 WAC) |
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Home stadium | Ute Stadium |
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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 | ||
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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
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 24 | at Oregon * | W 17–14 | 16,500 | [1] | |
October 8 | at Wyoming | L 7–40 | |||
October 15 | Washington State * | W 26–15 | 20,051 | ||
October 22 | at Arizona | W 24–19 | |||
October 29 |
New Mexico
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W 27–0 | ||
November 5 | at Arizona State | W 21–6 | |||
November 12 | BYU |
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L 13–35 | 28,776 | [2] |
November 19 | Utah State * |
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L 7–13 | 20,176 | [3] |
November 26 | at Texas Western * | L 20–27 | |||
December 3 | at Houston * | L 14–34 | 35,257 | [4] | |
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Personnel
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Defense
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Special teams
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Season summary
BYU
BYU Cougars (6–1) at Utah Redskins (5–1)
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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BYU | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
Utah | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
at Ute Stadium , Salt Lake City, Utah
- Date : November 12, 1966
- Game weather : Clear
- Game attendance : 28,776
- Box Score
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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
- ↑ Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 25, 1966). "Ducks caught by Utes, 21-7" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). p. 1B.
- ↑ "Carter Leads 35-13 Rout of Utah Redskins: History-Making Game Uses Varied Attack" . The Sunday Herald . November 13, 1966. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Utah State Stuns Utah; Staley Stars As Ags Trip Utes" . The Salt Lake Tribune . November 20, 1966. p. B15 – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "McVea Sparks Houston To Win Over Redskins" . The Ogden Standard-Examiner . December 4, 1966. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "1966 record" . College Football Data Warehouse . Archived from the original on February 25, 2012 . Retrieved February 10, 2010 .
- ↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF) . University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011 . Retrieved February 10, 2010 .
External links
- Game program: Washington State at Utah – October 15, 1966
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