1966 Utah Redskins football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (3–2 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumUte Stadium
1966 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 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
Rankings from Coaches Poll

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.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Oregon*W 17–1416,500[1]
October 8at WyomingL 7–40
October 15Washington State*W 26–1520,051
October 22at ArizonaW 24–19
October 29New Mexicodagger
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 27–0
November 5at Arizona StateW 21–6
November 12BYU
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
L 13–3528,776[2]
November 19Utah State*
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
L 7–1320,176[3]
November 26at Texas Western*L 20–27
December 3at Houston*L 14–3435,257[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[5][6]

Personnel

1966 Utah Utes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Darrell Bigelow
QB Jack Gehrke
HB Ben Woodson
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    Season summary

    BYU

    BYU Cougars (6–1) at Utah Redskins (5–1)
    Period 1 2 34Total
    BYU 7 21 7035
    Utah 7 0 6013

    at Ute Stadium, Salt Lake City, Utah

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

    After the season

    NFL/AFL draft

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

    PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL/AFL team
    Richard TateDefensive back5130Green Bay Packers
    Ben WoodsonRunning back15384Oakland Raiders

    References

    1. Uhrhammer, Jerry (September 25, 1966). "Ducks caught by Utes, 21-7". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
    2. "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.
    3. "Utah State Stuns Utah; Staley Stars As Ags Trip Utes". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 20, 1966. p. B15 via Newspapers.com.
    4. "McVea Sparks Houston To Win Over Redskins". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. December 4, 1966. p. 3B via Newspapers.com.
    5. "1966 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
    6. "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
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