1966 BYU Cougars football team

1966 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record8–2 (3–2 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1966 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under head coach Tommy Hudspeth, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 3–2 against conference opponents, tied for second place in the WAC, and outscored opponents by a total of 269 to 163.[1][2]

Quarterback Virgil Carter led the country with 2,545 yards of total offense;[3] he also led the team with 2,182 passing yards and 56 points scored.[4][5] On November 5, 1966, he set new NCAA single-game records with 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offense against Texas Western.[6][7] Carter's totals of 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offense stood as BYU school records until broken by Ty Detmer in 1991.[8]

The team's other statistical leaders included John Ogden with 906 rushing yards and Phil Odle with 920 receiving yards.[4][5]

Six BYU players were selected to the all-conference team: wide receiver Phil Odle; guard Grant Wilson; quarterback Virgil Carter; fullback John Ogden; linebacker Curg Belcher; and safety Bobby Roberts.[9]

  1. ^ "1966 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 169. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  3. ^ BYU Football 2015 Almanac, pp. 118, 120.
  4. ^ a b "1966 Brigham Young Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  5. ^ a b BYU Football 2015 Almanac, pp. 162-164.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference TW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ BYU Football 2015 Almanac, p. 118.
  8. ^ BYU Football 2015 Almanac, p. 120.
  9. ^ BYU Football 2015 Almanac, p. 128.