1966 Texas Longhorns football team
1966 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Bluebonnet Bowl Champions | |
Bluebonnet Bowl vs. Ole Miss, W 19–0 | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
1966 record | 7–4 (5–2 SWC) |
Head coach | Darrell Royal |
Home stadium |
Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130) |
1966 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#10 SMU $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1966 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1966 college football season.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 21 | 7:30 PM | #11 Houston* | #4 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | T 20–20 | 66,397 | |||
September 28 | 7:30 PM | at Texas Tech | #6 | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX (Rivalry) | W 31–21 | 50,167 | |||
October 5 | 7:30 PM | Oklahoma State* | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 31–3 | 51,000 | ||||
October 12 | 2:00 PM | vs. Oklahoma* | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | CBS | W 26–20 | 71,938 | |||
October 19 | 2:00 PM | #9 Arkansas | #17 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) | W 39–29 | 66,397 | |||
October 26 | 7:30 PM | at Rice | #13 | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 38–14 | 6,500 | |||
November 2 | 2:00 PM | #13 SMU | #11 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 38–7 | 66,397 | |||
November 9 | 2:00 PM | at Baylor | #10 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 47–26 | 40,000 | |||
November 16 | 1:00 PM | at TCU | #8 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 47–21 | 40,000 | |||
November 28 | 2:00 PM | Texas A&M | #6 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) | ABC | W 35–14 | 66,397 | ||
January 1 | 1:30 PM | vs. #8 Tennessee* | #5 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | W 36–13 | 72,000 | ||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. |
Game summaries
Texas Tech
Gregg Lott opened the contest with a 88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown while sophomore quarterback Bill Bradley also starred, hitting an 80-yard quick kick that stopped just short of the Tech goal line.[2]
References
- ↑ Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football. MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Retrieved on June 13, 2011.
- ↑ Eugene-Register Guard. 1966 Sept 25.
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