1966 BYU Cougars football team

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1966 BYU Cougars football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record8–2 (3–2 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
Seasons
  1965
1967  
1966 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wyoming $ 5 0 010 1 0
BYU 3 2 08 2 0
Arizona State 3 2 05 5 0
Utah 3 2 05 5 0
Arizona 1 4 03 7 0
New Mexico 0 5 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1966 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Tommy Hudspeth, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 3–2 against conference opponents, tied for second place in the WAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 269 to 163. [1] [2]

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Quarterback Virgil Carter led the country with 2,545 yards of total offense; [3] he also led the team with 2,182 passing yards and 56 points scored. [4] [5] On November 5, 1966, he set new NCAA single-game records with 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offense against Texas Western. [6] [7] Carter's totals of 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offense stood as BYU school records until broken by Ty Detmer in 1991. [8]

The team's other statistical leaders included John Ogden with 906 rushing yards and Phil Odle with 920 receiving yards. [4] [5]

Six BYU players were selected to the all-conference team: wide receiver Phil Odle; guard Grant Wilson; quarterback Virgil Carter; fullback John Ogden; linebacker Curg Belcher; and safety Bobby Roberts. [9]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at San Jose State *W 19–917,000 [10]
September 30 Colorado State *W 27–2425,023 [11]
October 8 Utah State *
W 27–729,335 [12]
October 14 Arizona State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 7–1020,119 [13]
October 22at New Mexico W 33–618,524 [14]
October 29at Arizona W 16–14 [15]
November 5 Texas Western *
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 53–3330,284 [6]
November 12at Utah W 35–1328,776 [16]
November 19 Wyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 14–4738,333 [17]
November 26 Pacific (CA) *
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 38–014,845 [18]
  • *Non-conference game

[19]

Game summaries

At Utah

BYU Cougars (6–1) at Utah Redskins (5–1)
Quarter1234Total
BYU 7217035
Utah 706013

at Ute Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

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

Personnel

1966 BYU Cougars football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 14 Virgil Carter Sr
WR 22Casey BoyettSo
TB/WB 22Kent ObornSr
WR 88 Phil Odle Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

    Roster

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References

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