1966 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1966 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1966 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 3–6–1 record (2–4–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

1966 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1966 record3–6–1 (2–4–1 Big Ten)
Head coachAlex Agase (3rd season)
MVPRoger Murphy
Captains
  • Cas Banaszek[1]
  • Bob Otterbacher
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1966 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Michigan State $ 7 0 0  9 0 1
No. 7 Purdue 6 1 0  9 2 0
Michigan 4 3 0  6 4 0
Illinois 4 3 0  4 6 0
Minnesota 3 3 1  4 5 1
Ohio State 3 4 0  4 5 0
Northwestern 2 4 1  3 6 1
Wisconsin 2 4 1  3 6 1
Indiana 1 5 1  1 8 1
Iowa 1 6 0  2 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Bill Melzer with 1,171 passing yards, Bob McKelvey with 459 rushing yards, and Roger Murphy with 777 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 17at Florida*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
L 7–43
September 24Indiana
L 14–26
October 1No. 4 Notre Dame*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 7–35
October 8at Oregon State*
  • Parker Stadium
  • Corvallis, OR
W 14–6
October 15at WisconsinT 3–3
October 22at Iowa
W 24–15
October 29No. 2 Michigan State
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 0–22
November 5Minnesota
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 13–28
November 12at Michigan
L 20–28
November 19Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)
W 35–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "1966 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1966 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.


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