1966 Texas Longhorns football team

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1966 Texas Longhorns football
Bluebonnet Bowl champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
1966 record7–4 (5–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 60,130)
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 172:30 p.m.No. 9 USC*L 6–1050,000
September 247:30 p.m.at Texas Tech
W 31–2150,167
October 17:30 p.m.Indiana*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 35–056,000
October 82:00 p.m.vs. Oklahoma*
CBSL 9–1875,504
October 152:30 p.m.Arkansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 7–1265,000
October 227:30 p.m.RiceW 14–660,000
October 292:00 p.m.SMU
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 12–1358,500
November 52:00 p.m.at Baylor
W 26–1433,000
November 121:00 p.m.at TCUW 13–335,000
November 242:00 p.m.Texas A&M
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
ABCW 22–1465,500
December 171:00 p.m.vs. Ole Miss*
W 19–067,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[1]

Game summaries[]

USC[]

USC at Texas
1 234Total
No. 9 Trojans 3 700 10
Longhorns 0 006 6
  • Date: September 17
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Austin, Texas
  • Game attendance: 42,000


Texas Tech[]

Gregg Lott opened the contest with an 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[]

  1. ^ Official website of the Texas Longhorns – Texas Football Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine. MackBrown-TexasFootball.com. Retrieved on June 13, 2011.
  2. ^ Eugene-Register Guard. September, 25, 1966.
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