1966 Texas Longhorns football team

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1966 Texas Longhorns football
Bluebonnet Bowl champion
Bluebonnet Bowl, W 19–0 vs. Ole Miss
Conference Southwest Conference
Record7–4 (5–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
Seasons
  1965
1967  
1966 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 SMU $ 6 1 08 3 0
Arkansas 5 2 08 2 0
Texas 5 2 07 4 0
Texas A&M 4 3 04 5 1
Baylor 3 4 05 5 0
Texas Tech 2 5 04 6 0
TCU 2 5 02 8 0
Rice 1 6 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 172:30 p.m.No. 9 USC * ABC L 6–1050,000
September 247:30 p.m.at Texas Tech W 31–2150,167
October 17:30 p.m. Indiana *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 35–056,000
October 82:00 p.m.vs. Oklahoma *L 9–1875,504
October 152:30 p.m. Arkansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 7–1265,000
October 227:30 p.m.at Rice W 14–660,000
October 292:00 p.m. SMU
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 12–1358,500
November 52:00 p.m.at Baylor W 26–1433,000
November 121:00 p.m.at TCU W 13–335,000
November 242:00 p.m. Texas A&M
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 22–1465,500
December 171:00 p.m.vs. Ole Miss *
W 19–067,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries

USC

USC at Texas
1234Total
No. 9 Trojans370010
Longhorns00066


Texas Tech

Gregg Lott opened the contest with an 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown while sophomore quarterback Bill Bradley also starred, hitting an 80-yard quick kick that stopped just short of the Tech goal line. [2]

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References

  1. Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine . MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Retrieved on June 13, 2011.
  2. Eugene-Register Guard. September, 25, 1966.