1966 Gettysburg Bullets football team

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1966 Gettysburg Bullets football
Conference Middle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record7–2 (4–2 MAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Rod Albright
  • Dick Shirk
  • Brian Tierney
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
 1965
1967 
1966 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University Division
Delaware x 6 0 06 3 0
Gettysburg 4 2 07 2 0
Temple 2 2 06 3 0
Lafayette 2 3 03 6 0
Bucknell 2 3 04 5 0
Hofstra 1 3 02 8 0
Lehigh 0 4 00 9 0
Northern College Division
Wilkes x 7 0 08 0 0
Upsala 6 1 06 2 0
Delaware Valley 4 2 05 3 0
Lycoming 4 3 04 4 0
Moravian 4 4 14 4 1
Albright 4 4 04 5 0
Juniata 3 3 04 4 0
Wagner 1 3 12 6 1
Susquehanna * 1 2 03 6 0
Southern College Division
Swarthmore x 6 0 16 0 1
Drexel 4 1 06 1 1
Franklin & Marshall 3 2 23 3 2
Dickinson 4 3 14 3 1
Western Maryland 2 3 04 5 0
Ursinus 2 4 12 5 1
Muhlenberg 2 6 12 6 1
Lebanon Valley 2 6 02 6 0
Pennsylvania Military 2 6 02 7 0
Haverford 1 5 01 6 0
Johns Hopkins 0 4 20 6 2
West Chester * 0 0 08 1 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1966 Gettysburg Bullets football team was an American football team that represented Gettysburg College during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. The Bullets placed second in the University Division of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC), but were awarded the Lambert Cup as the best football team at a mid-sized college in the East. The team played its home games at Musselman Stadium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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During its 10th year under head coach Eugene M. Haas, this team compiled a 7–2 record. Rod Albright, Dick Shirk and Brian Tierney were the team captains. [1]

Gettysburg finished the year on a six-game win streak. After the second straight win, the Bullets entered the UPI small college poll at No. 18; two weeks later they rose to No. 17, and remained in that rank at the end of the year.

Both of Gettysburg's early-season losses were to divisional rivals, yielding a 4–2 MAC University Division record, good for only second place. Nonetheless, the Bullets leapfrogged Delaware – which had beaten them in the league standings and in their head-to-head matchup – in the Lambert Cup balloting. Gettysburg had not been the top choice of any of the selectors, but were mentioned among the top 10 on each of the 10 ballots. The surprise selection irked fans of Delaware, which had been named No. 1 on five of the ballots, but entirely omitted from two of them. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 Hofstra
W 17–16 2,500 [3]
September 24 at Bucknell L 10–16 6,000 [4]
October 1 No. 13 Delaware
  • Musselman Stadium
  • Gettysburg, PA
L 0–3 1,600–1,900 [5] [6]
October 8 at Albright *
W 34–7 7,500 [7]
October 15 Lehigh Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Musselman Stadium
  • Gettysburg, PA
W 31–13 5,800 [8]
October 22 Merchant Marine *No. 18
W 20–16 2,000 [9]
October 29 at Lafayette No. 18 W 19–18 9,000 [10]
November 5 at Juniata *No. 17
W 33–21 2,000 [11]
November 12 at Temple No. 17 W 21–19 6,200 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from UPI Coaches Poll released prior to the game

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