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. Led by third-year head coach Charlie Tate, the Hurricanes played their home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. Miami finished the season with a record of 8–2–1 and a victory in the Liberty Bowl over Virginia Tech.

1966 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
1966 record8–2–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(capacity: 70,097)
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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at ColoradoW 24–339,000
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 10–1040,000[1]
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

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Roster

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

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References

  1. "UM settles for 10–10 tie with Tulane". Fort Lauderdale News. November 6, 1966. Retrieved October 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Charlie Tate, 1966". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  3. "Hurricanes 'Blow' Down Florida, 21-16." Eugene Register-Guard. 1966 Nov 27.
  4. "1967 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
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