1966 Navy Midshipmen football team

1966 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference	Independent
1966 record	4–6
Head coach	Bill Elias (2nd season)
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons

1966 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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		–		–				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
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

The 1966 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1966 college football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by second-year head coach Bill Elias.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	Boston College	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 27–7
September 24	at SMU	Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 3-21	58,000
October 1	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	L 7–15
October 8	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 14–28
September 24	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 24-7
October 22	William & Mary	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 21–0
October 29	vs. Notre Dame	JFK Stadium Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 7–31	70,101
November 5	Duke	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	L 7–9
November 12	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 30–14
November 26	vs. Army	JFK Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 7–20
Homecoming

Roster

1966 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 16 Bassi, PhilPhil Bassi QB 15 Cartwright, JohnJohn Cartwright 5.0 !Jr TE 84 Clark, MikeMike Clark G 60 Cocozzo, TimTim Cocozzo RB 35 Daley, TomTom Daley C 58 Dittmann, HarryHarry Dittmann C 54 Lemon, RonRon Lemon G 66 Lohr, DaveDave Lohr G 67 Meinhold, ArtArt Meinhold RB 24 Murray, TerryTerry Murray RB 48 Newton, BillBill Newton QB 18 Pease, KenKen Pease T 75 Red, RichRich Red T 79 Ruland, KitKit Ruland WR 80 Shrawder, TomTom Shrawder WR 82 Taylor, RodRod Taylor	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 28 Bayer, RickRick Bayer DT 77 Carr, EmersonEmerson Carr DB 26 DeGeorge, BernieBernie DeGeorge DE 87 Dow, BillBill Dow LB 51 Downing, DonDon Downing LB 69 Eisenhauer, PetePete Eisenhauer DB 38 Goebel, JimJim Goebel DB 34 Lammers, RogersRogers Lammers DB 49 McDaniel, ScottScott McDaniel DB 11 McIntosh, JohnJohn McIntosh DE 74 McKean, TomTom McKean LB 56 Poole, FrancisFrancis Poole DE 85 Schantz, CurtCurt Schantz DT 78 Tate, DaveDave Tate	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Bill Elias Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt