1966 Utah Redskins football team

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1966 Utah Redskins football
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (3–2 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Ute Stadium
Seasons
  1965
1967  
1966 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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 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.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Oregon *W 17–1416,500 [1]
October 8at Wyoming L 7–4013,283 [2]
October 15 Washington State *W 26–1520,051 [3]
October 22at Arizona W 24–1928,600 [4]
October 29 New Mexico Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 27–021,088 [5]
November 5at Arizona State W 21–642,500 [6]
November 12 BYU
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
L 13–3528,776 [7]
November 19 Utah State *
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
L 7–1320,176 [8]
November 26at Texas Western *L 20–2716,527 [9]
December 3at Houston *L 14–3435,257 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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Game summaries

BYU

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 Utah Utes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Darrell Bigelow
QB Jack Gehrke
HB Ben Woodson
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE Norm McBride
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
    • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

NFL/AFL draft

Two Utah players were selected in the 1967 NFL/AFL draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL/AFL team
Richard Tate Defensive back 5130 Green Bay Packers
Ben Woodson Running back 15384 Oakland Raiders

References

  1. Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 25, 1966). "Ducks caught by Utes, 21–7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  2. "Wyoming's Egloff leads lopsided win over Arizona". Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph. October 2, 1966. Retrieved September 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Utah beats WSU 26–15". The Sunday Herald. October 16, 1966. Retrieved September 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Utah holds off Arizona, 24–19". Albuquerque Journal. October 23, 1966. Retrieved September 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Utah smashes Lobos". The Arizona Daily Star. October 30, 1966. Retrieved September 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Utah grinds out victory over ASU". The Arizona Daily Star. November 6, 1966. Retrieved September 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "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.
  8. "Utah State Stuns Utah; Staley Stars As Ags Trip Utes". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 20, 1966. p. B15 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Texas Western rallies for 27–20 victory over Utah". The Sacramento Bee. November 27, 1966. Retrieved September 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "McVea Sparks Houston To Win Over Redskins". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 4, 1966. p. 3B via Newspapers.com.
  11. "1966 NCAA Football Statistics (Utah)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved September 15, 2024.
  12. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2010.