1966 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

1966 Big Eight Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1966 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
1966 Oklahoma State Cowboys football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1966 record	4–5–1 (4–2–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Phil Cutchin (4th season);
Home stadium	Lewis Field (Capacity: 39,000)
	Seasons ← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	at No. 5 Arkansas*	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, Arkansas	L 10–17	47,000
October 1	Houston*	Astrodome Houston	L 9–35	36,104
October 8	Colorado	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 11–10	27,000
October 15	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, Missouri	L 0–7	54,000
October 22	Kansas	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 10–7	22,148
October 29	Iowa State	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	T 14–14	30,310
November 5	at Texas Tech*	Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas	L 7–10	28,175
November 12	at No. 4 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	L 6–21	65,102
November 19	at Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Manhattan, Kansas	W 21–6	9,300
December 3	Oklahoma	Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma (Bedlam Series)	W 15–14	36,581
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries[]

Oklahoma[]

Oklahoma State defensive backs Charlie Trimble and Willard Nahrgang stopped Oklahoma tailback Ron Shotts at the two on the conversion play to preserve their second straight win over the Sooners.^[2]

After the season[]

The 1967 NFL/AFL Draft was held on March 14–15, 1967. The following Cowboys were selected.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
3	66	Dennis Randall	Defensive end	New York Jets
3	67	Harold Akin	Tackle	San Diego Chargers
3	71	Leon Ward	Linebacker	Baltimore Colts
12	307	J. B. Christian	Guard	Baltimore Colts
17	435	Terry Bacigalupo	Defensive end	St. Louis Cardinals

References[]

^ "1966 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^ "Defensive Duo Crushes Sooner Charge; State Wins." Eugene Register-Guard. 1966 Dec 5.
^ "1967 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

[1] "1966 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.

[2] "Defensive Duo Crushes Sooner Charge; State Wins." Eugene Register-Guard. 1966 Dec 5.

[3] "1967 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.

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Venues	Boone Pickens Stadium (1920–present) Sherman E. Smith Training Center
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Oklahoma: Bedlam Series Tulsa
Culture & lore	Bullet Pistol Pete "The Waving Song" "Ride 'Em Cowboys" Marching band 1951 Drake game 2011 Iowa State game 2015 homecoming parade crash
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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National championship seasons in bold

1966 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 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