1966 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1966 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The Hurricanes were led by head coach Charlie Tate in his third year and finished the season with a record of 8–2–1 and with a victory in the Liberty Bowl.

1966 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
1966 record8–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
1966 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame        9 0 1
Colgate        8 1 1
No. 8 Georgia Tech        9 2 0
Army        8 2 0
Dayton        8 2 0
Houston        8 2 0
Memphis State        7 2 0
No. 9 Miami (FL)        8 2 1
VPI        8 2 1
Syracuse        8 3 0
Colorado State        7 3 0
New Mexico State        7 3 0
West Texas State        7 3 0
Villanova        6 3 0
Holy Cross        6 3 1
Southern Miss        6 4 0
Texas Western        6 4 0
Tulane        5 4 1
Florida State        6 5 0
Buffalo        5 5 0
Penn State        5 5 0
Air Force        4 6 0
Boston College        4 6 0
Navy        4 6 0
Utah State        4 6 0
Xavier        4 6 0
Pacific        4 7 0
San Jose State        3 7 0
Pittsburgh        1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 17at ColoradoW 24–3-
September 24Florida StateL 20–23-
October 1at LSUL 8–10-
October 14Georgia
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 7–641,756
October 21Indiana
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 14–7-
October 28No. 5 USC
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 10–751,156
November 5at TulaneT 10–10-
November 11Pittsburgh
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 38–14-
November 18Iowa
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 44–0-
November 26at No. 9 FloridaW 21–1659,211
December 10vs. VPINo. 9W 14–725,012
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

  • Ted Hendricks, So.

Game summaries

at Colorado


Florida State


Georgia


USC


Iowa


at Florida

Miami (FL) at Florida
1 234Total
Hurricanes 0 1470 21
No. 9 Gators 0 367 16

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Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Gene TroschDefensive end124Kansas City Chiefs
Mike HaggertyTackle6140Pittsburgh Steelers

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Charlie Tate, 1966". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. "Hurricanes 'Blow' Down Florida, 21-16." Eugene Register-Guard. 1966 Nov 27.
  3. "1967 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
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