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Minnesota Football Team History


Minnesota Golden Gophers
University of Minnesota
 Minneapolis, MN
Founded: 1851
Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium
Capacity: 50,805
Colors: Maroon & Gold
Coach: Murray Warmath
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1882  <-- 1965 <- 1966 -> 1967 --> 2024
1966 Season Highlights
 Murray Warmath enters his 13th season as Head Coach at Minnesota.
 
1966 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 17  @ Missouri  0   24   L       
 Sat., Sep. 24  vs. Stanford  35   21   W       
 Sat., Oct. 1  vs. Kansas  14   16   L       
 Sat., Oct. 8  @ Indiana  7   7   T       
 Sat., Oct. 15  vs. Iowa  17   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 22  @ Michigan  0   49   L       
 Sat., Oct. 29  vs. Ohio State  17   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 5  @ Northwestern  28   13   W       
 Sat., Nov. 12  vs. Purdue  0   16   L       
 Sat., Nov. 19  @ Wisconsin  6   7   L       
 
1966 Season Totals
  Record4-5 -1
  Points Scored124
  Scoring Average12.4
  Points Allowed160
  Defense Average16.0
  Opponents Record41-54
  Conference Record3-3
  Home Record3-2
  Away Record1-3 -1
1966 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1966 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Illinois 4-6173193 4-3149140  Peter R. Elliot
Minnesota 4-5-1124160 3-3-17599  Murray Warmath
Indiana 1-8-1104229 1-5-187160  John Pont
Michigan State 9-0-129399 7-021371  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Purdue 9-2297154Won  14-136-119289  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Michigan 6-4236138 4-3171110  Chalmers Bump Elliott
Ohio State 4-5108123 3-47278  Wayne Woody Hayes
Northwestern 3-6-1137213 2-4-1109129  Alex Agase
Wisconsin 3-6-187212 2-4-161133  Milton Milt Bruhn
Iowa 2-886253 1-652172  Raymond R. Ray Nagel

1966 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1966 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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