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1966 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1966 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Independent
1966 record 5–5
Head coach Joe Paterno (1st year)
Captain Mike Irwin
Captain John Runnells
Home stadium Beaver Stadium
(Capacity: 46,284)
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Notre Dame           9 0 1
Colgate           8 1 1
#8 Georgia Tech           9 2 0
Army           8 2 0
Dayton           8 2 0
Houston           8 2 0
Memphis           7 2 0
#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
UTEP           6 4 0
Rutgers           5 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
1 2 3 4 Total
Maryland 7 0 0 0 7
• Penn St 11 0 0 4 15

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

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


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