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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 3–5–2 (3–0 SoCon) |
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Home stadium | Mountaineer Field |
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East Carolina + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William & Mary + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
George Washington | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Davidson | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richmond | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1966 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. It was the Mountaineers' 74th overall season and they competed as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The team was led by head coach Jim Carlen, in his first year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of three wins, five losses and two ties (3–5–2 overall, 3–0 SoCon).
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | at Duke * | L 15–34 | 25,000 | [1] | |
September 24 | William & Mary |
| W 24–13 | 30,000 | [2] |
October 1 | at VPI * | T 13–13 | 25,000 | [3] | |
October 8 | at Pittsburgh * | L 14–17 | 32,345 | [4] | |
October 15 | at Maryland * | L 9–28 | 28,800 | [5] | |
October 22 | Penn State * |
| L 6–38 | 15,835–30,000 | [6] |
October 29 | Kentucky * |
| T 14–14 | 28,000 | [7] |
November 5 | The Citadel |
| W 35–0 | 16,000 | [8] |
November 12 | at George Washington | W 21–6 | 12,200 | [9] | |
November 19 | Syracuse * |
| L 7–32 | 19,000 | [10] |
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