1966 Missouri Tigers football team

1966 Missouri Tigers football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1966 record	6–3–1 (4–2–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Dan Devine
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1966 Big 8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Nebraska $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Colorado	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Missouri	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma State	4	–	2	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	3	–	2	2	–	6	–	2
Kansas	0	–	6	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Kansas State	0	–	6	–	1	0	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri during the 1966 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 17	Minnesota*	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 24–0
September 24	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 21–14
October 1	at #2 UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 15–24
October 8	at Kansas State	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 27–0
October 15	Oklahoma State	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 7–0
October 22	Iowa State	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO (Telephone Trophy)	T 10–10
October 29	at #8 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	L 0–35
November 5	Colorado	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	L 0–26
November 12	at Oklahoma	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 10–7
November 19	Kansas	Memorial Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 7–0
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game summaries

Kansas

The 75th meeting between the two rivals was a defensive struggle that was finally broken in the third quarter. On third-and-seven from their own 46, Earl Denny caught a pass from Gary Kombrink in stride at the Kansas 38 and went in to score.^[2]

References

↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Aug-18.
↑ Eugene-Register Guard. 1966 Nov 20.

Missouri Tigers football

Venues	Rollins Field (1890–1926) Faurot Field (1926–present)

Rivalries	Arkansas: Battle Line Rivalry Illinois Iowa State (Telephone Trophy) Kansas: Border War Nebraska (Victory Bell) Oklahoma (Tiger–Sooner Peace Pipe)

Culture and lore	Truman the Tiger Marching Mizzou 1911 Kansas game Fifth Down Game (1990) Flea Kicker

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical Leaders

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