1966 Stanford Indians football team
The 1966 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.
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| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
| 1966 record | 5–5 (1–4 AAWU) |
| Head coach | John Ralston (4th season) |
| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 UCLA | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Season
The Indians were coached by John Ralston in his fourth season. The team was 4–1 outside their conference, but won only one conference game, defeating rival California for the sixth straight season, establishing the longest winning streak by one team in the Big Game until the 2001 Stanford team surpassed the record.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 17 | San Jose State* | W 25–21 | |
| September 24 | at Minnesota* | L 21–35 | |
| October 1 | Tulane* |
| W 33–14 |
| October 8 | vs. Oregon |
| L 3–7 |
| October 15 | No. 5 USC |
| L 7–21 |
| October 22 | at Illinois* | W 6–3 | |
| October 29 | Washington |
| L 20–22 |
| November 14 | at Air Force* | W 21–6 | |
| November 12 | at No. 8 UCLA | L 0–10 | |
| November 19 | at California |
| W 13–7 |
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Players drafted by the NFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Dave Lewis | Quarterback | 5 | 109 | New York Giants |
| Mike Hibler | Linebacker | 5 | 131 | Oakland Raiders |
| Tim Sheehan | Center | 10 | 261 | Houston Oilers |
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References
- "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1966–1970". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
- "1967 NFL Draft". Retrieved May 24, 2013.
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