1966 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1966 Southern Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

West Virginia Mountaineers football
1966 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1966 record	3–5–2 (3–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Jim Carlen
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field
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The 1966 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1966 college football season. It was the Mountaineers' 74th overall season and they competed as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The team was led by head coach Jim Carlen, in his first year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of three wins, five losses and two ties (3–5–2 overall, 3–0 SoCon).

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	at Duke*	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	L 15–34	25,000
September 24	William & Mary	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	W 24–13	30,000
October 1	at Virginia Tech*	Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, VA (Rivalry)	T 13–13	25,000
October 8	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA (Backyard Brawl)	L 14–17	32,000
October 15	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD (Rivalry)	L 9–28	28,800
October 22	Penn State*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Rivalry)	L 6–38	30,000
October 29	Kentucky*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	T 14–14	28,000
November 5	The Citadel	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV	W 35–0	16,000
November 12	at George Washington	RFK Stadium • Washington, DC	W 21–6	12,200
November 19	Syracuse*	Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV (Ben Schwartzwalder Trophy)	L 7–32	19,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

v t e West Virginia Mountaineers football
Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall Maryland Penn State Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

1966 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
East Carolina +	4	–	1	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
William & Mary +	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
West Virginia	3	–	1	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
George Washington	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Davidson	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Richmond	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Furman	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
VMI	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll