The 1966 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Jim LaRue, the Wildcats compiled a 3–7 record (1–4 against WAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the WAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 250 to 192. The team captains were Woody King and Roger Calderwood.[1][2] The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. LaRue was fired after the season due to a poor win–loss record.[3]
1966 Arizona Wildcats football | |
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Record | 3–7 (1–4 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Woody King, Roger Calderwood |
Home stadium | Arizona Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Wyoming $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included Mark Reed with 2,368 passing yards, Brad Hubbert with 501 rushing yards, and Jim Greth with 1,003 receiving yards.[4]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 17 | at Iowa* | L 20–31 | |||||
September 24 | Kansas* | L 13–35 | 33,147 | ||||
October 1 | at Wyoming | L 6–36 | |||||
October 8 | at New Mexico | W 36–15 | |||||
October 22 | Utah |
| L 19–24 | ||||
October 29 | BYU |
| L 14–16 | [5] | |||
November 5 | at Oregon State* | L 12–31 | 13,067 | [6] | |||
November 12 | Washington State* |
| W 28–18 | 23,000 | |||
November 19 | Iowa State* |
| W 27–24 | 23,904 | |||
November 26 | Arizona State |
| L 17–20 | [7] | |||
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Season notes
- Arizona played three teams in the season that would be future conference foes for the Wildcats (Utah, Oregon State, and Washington State), although Utah and Arizona were in the same conference at the time (WAC), and both eventually joined Washington State and Oregon State to form the Pac-12 (Arizona joined the conference in 1978 while Utah joined in 2011).
- The Wildcats failed to win a conference home game in the season.
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