1966 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1966 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented Penn State University during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.[1] It was Joe Paterno's first season as head coach of Penn State.

1966 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–5
Head coach
Captains
  • Mike Irwin
  • John Runnells
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium (capacity: 46,284)
1966 NCAA University Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17MarylandW 15–740,911
September 24at No. 1 Michigan StateL 8–4264,860
October 1at ArmyL 0–1131,112
October 8Boston College
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 30–2130,924
October 15at No. 4 UCLAL 11–4937,271
October 22at West VirginiaW 38–615,835
October 29Californiadagger
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 33–1533,332
November 5Syracuse
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABC RegionalL 10–1245,126
November 12at No. 5 Georgia TechL 0–2150,172
November 19at PittsburghW 48–2430,467
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Maryland

1 234Total
Maryland 7 000 7
Penn St 11 004 15

[2]

Michigan State

Roster

1966 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 73 Dave Bradley So
OT 77 Rich Buzin Jr
WR 23 Bob Campbell So
C 53 Bill Lenkaitis So
QB 25 Tom Sherman Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 79 Mike McBath Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

NFL/AFL Common Draft

Three Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1967 NFL/AFL Common Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
2nd2753Dave RoweDefensive tackleNew Orleans Saints
10th20257John RunnellsLinebackerBoston Patriots
16th22415Mike IrwinDefensive back/Running backBuffalo Bills

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. "Penn State Trips Terrapins, 15-7." Palm Beach Post. 1966 Sept 18. Retrieved 2014-Jan-14.


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