1966 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team

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1966 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
1966 record5–5
Head coach
Home stadiumKellogg Field
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 NCAA College Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Parsons   –   9 – 2 – 0
Drake   –   8 – 2 – 0
Northern Illinois   –   8 – 2 – 0
IUP   –   7 – 2 – 0
Santa Clara   –   7 – 2 – 0
Cortland   –   6 – 2 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 2 – 0
Akron   –   6 – 3 – 0
Samford   –   6 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 0
Eastern Michigan   –   5 – 3 – 1
UC Santa Barbara   –   6 – 4 – 0
Wheaton (IL)   –   5 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 5 – 0
Cal Poly Pomona   –   5 – 5 – 0
Chattanooga   –   5 – 5 – 0
Colorado College   –   4 – 4 – 0
Wabash   –   4 – 4 – 1
Milwaukee   –   4 – 5 – 1
Southern Illinois   –   4 – 5 – 1
UC Riverside   –   4 – 5 – 0
Tampa   –   4 – 5 – 0
Rose Poly   –   3 – 4 – 1
Hawaii   –   4 – 6 – 0
Portland State   –   4 – 6 – 0
La Verne   –   3 – 6 – 0
Mississippi Valley State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Lake Forest   –   2 – 5 – 0
Wayne State (MI)   –   2 – 6 – 0

The 1966 Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football team represented California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis[note 1] during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. Cal Poly played for the last time as an independent in 1966. They would join the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) in 1967, but the football team's games did not count as conference play until 1969.

Cal Poly Pomona was led by tenth-year head coach Don Warhurst. They played home games at Kellogg Field in Pomona, California. The Broncos finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 264–263 for the season. This was the last season at the helm for coach Warhurst. In ten years, he finished with a record of 56–33–2, a .626 winning percentage.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 17Pomona-Pitzer
W 41–31
September 24at Whittier
W 21–14
October 1at Sacramento State[note 2]
L 17–26
October 8at San Francisco State[note 3]
L 26–28
October 15Northern Arizona
  • Kellogg Field
  • Pomona, California
L 0–26
October 22at UC Santa Barbara
L 20–43
October 29at Humboldt State[note 4]
W 43–22
November 5Valley State[note 5]
  • Kellogg Field
  • Pomona, California
W 49–24
November 12UC Davis[note 6]
  • Kellogg Field
  • Pomona, California
W 35–13
November 19Santa Clara
  • Kellogg Field
  • Pomona, California
L 12–36

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Team players in the NFL[]

No Cal Poly Pomona players were selected in the 1967 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

Notes[]

  1. ^ California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) was officially known as California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis from 1966 to 1971. However, it was more commonly known as Cal Poly (Pomona).
  2. ^ California State University, Sacramento was known as Sacramento State College from 1947 to 1971.
  3. ^ San Francisco State University was known as San Francisco State College from 1935 to 1971.
  4. ^ Humboldt State University was known as Humboldt State College from 1935 to 1971.
  5. ^ California State University, Northridge was known as San Fernando Valley State College from 1958 to 1971.
  6. ^ The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.

References[]

  1. ^ "1966 - Cal Poly-Pomona". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "Cal Poly Pomona football (1947‐1982)" (PDF). Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. ^ "1967 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. ^ "Cal Poly-Pomona Players/Alumni". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. ^ "Draft History: Cal Poly-Pomona". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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