1966 Arizona Wildcats football team

The 1966 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Jim LaRue, the Wildcats compiled a 3–7 record (1–4 against WAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the WAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 250 to 192. The team captains were Woody King and Roger Calderwood.[1][2] The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona. LaRue was fired after the season due to a poor win–loss record.[3]

1966 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record3–7 (1–4 WAC)
Head coach
CaptainWoody King, Roger Calderwood
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
1966 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 15 Wyoming $ 5 –0 –010 –1 –0
BYU 3 –2 –08 –2 –0
Arizona State 3 –2 –05 –5 –0
Utah 3 –2 –05 –5 –0
Arizona 1 –4 –03 –7 –0
New Mexico 0 –5 –02 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The team's statistical leaders included Mark Reed with 2,368 passing yards, Brad Hubbert with 501 rushing yards, and Jim Greth with 1,003 receiving yards.[4]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at Iowa*
L 20–31
September 24Kansas*
L 13–3533,147
October 1at Wyoming
L 6–36
October 8at New Mexico
W 36–15
October 22Utah
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
L 19–24
October 29BYU
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
L 14–16[5]
November 5at Oregon State*
L 12–3113,067[6]
November 12Washington State*
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 28–1823,000
November 19Iowa State*
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 27–2423,904
November 26Arizona State
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ (rivalry)
L 17–20[7]
  • *Non-conference game

Season notes
  • Arizona played three teams in the season that would be future conference foes for the Wildcats (Utah, Oregon State, and Washington State), although Utah and Arizona were in the same conference at the time (WAC), and both eventually joined Washington State and Oregon State to form the Pac-12 (Arizona joined the conference in 1978 while Utah joined in 2011).
  • The Wildcats failed to win a conference home game in the season.

References
  1. "1966 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  2. "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. pp. 102, 106. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  3. "UA fires football coach LaRue, cites 'wins and losses'". The Arizona Republic. December 1, 1966.
  4. "1966 Arizona Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  5. Abe Chanin (October 30, 1966). "Reed Outpasses Carter, But Cats Lose, 16-14". The Arizona Daily Star. pp. 1A, 1E – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Pifer's yards spark Beavers". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. November 6, 1966. p. 1B.
  7. "ASU Beats Cats 20-17; Reed's Heroics Fail". The Arizona Republic. November 27, 1966. p. 1A – via Newspapers.com.
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