1966 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

The 1966 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1966.

1966 UC Riverside Highlanders football
ConferenceIndependent
1966 record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumHighlander Stadium
1966 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Parsons      9 2 0
Drake      8 2 0
Northern Illinois      8 2 0
Santa Clara      7 2 0
Cortland      6 2 0
Northeastern      6 2 0
Akron      6 3 0
Samford      6 3 1
Carnegie Tech      5 3 0
Eastern Michigan      5 3 1
UC Santa Barbara      6 4 0
Wheaton (IL)      5 4 0
Cal Poly Pomona      5 5 0
Chattanooga      5 5 0
Colorado College      4 4 0
Wabash      4 4 1
Milwaukee      4 5 1
Southern Illinois      4 5 1
UC Riverside      4 5 0
Tampa      4 5 0
Rose Poly      3 4 1
Hawaii      4 6 0
Portland State      4 6 0
La Verne      3 6 0
Lake Forest      2 5 0
Wayne State (MI)      2 6 0

UC Riverside was led by second-year head coach Pete Kettela. They played home games at Highlander Stadium in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 235–182 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 24at UC Davis[note 1]L 7–27
October 1La Verne
W 48–6
October 8at San FranciscoL 23–42
October 15at Redlands
L 0–27
October 22Claremont-Mudd[note 3]
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 36–7
October 29Pomona-Pitzer
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
L 15–31
November 4Caltech
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 43–0
November 12Azusa Pacific
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 41–6
November 19at California Lutheran
L 22–36

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Team players in the NFL

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1967 NFL Draft. [2][3][4]

Notes

  1. The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
  2. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season
  3. The athletic teams for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps did not include Scripps College prior to 1980.

References

  1. "1966 - California-Riverside". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. "1967 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  4. "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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