1966 NAIA football season

American college football season

1966 NAIA football season

Regular season| August–November 1966
Postseason| November 26–December 10, 1966
National Championship| Tulsa, OK
Champion| Waynesburg

* ← 1965
* NAIA football season
* 1967 →

The 1966 NAIA football season was the eleventh season of college football sponsored by the NAIA.

The season was played from August to November 1966, culminating in the 1966 NAIA Championship Bowl, played this year on December 10, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1]

Waynesburg defeated Whitewater State in the Championship Bowl, 42–21, to win their first NAIA national title.[2]

## Conference standings

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1966 Alabama Collegiate Conference football standings |

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Jacksonville State $  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Florence State | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Troy State | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Livingston State | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1966 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Arkansas A&M \+  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Ouachita Baptist \+  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Arkansas State Teachers \+  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Harding | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Southern Arkansas | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Arkansas Tech | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 1
Henderson State | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

1966 Carolinas Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Lenoir Rhyne \+  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Presbyterian \+  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Guilford | 4  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 1
Catawba | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Newberry | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 1
Western Carolina | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Appalachian State | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 1
Elon | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

1966 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 15 Fort Hays State \+  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 14 Pittsburg State \+  | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Emporia State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Washburn | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Omaha | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 College Conference of Illinois football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Augustana (IL) $  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Carthage | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
North Central (IL) | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Illinois Wesleyan | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Carroll (WI) | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Millikin | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
North Park | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 7  | – | 1

* $ – Conference champion

1966 Eastern Football Conference football standings |

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Southern Connecticut State $  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Bridgeport | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Central Connecticut State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Trenton State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Montclair State | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Glassboro State | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 1

* $ – Conference champion

1966 Evergreen Conference football standings |

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No. 19 Eastern Washington $  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 1
Puget Sound | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Central Washington | 2  | – | 2  | – | 2 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 2
Western Washington | 2  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 2
Whitworth | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 Gateway Conference football standings |

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Milton $  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Northwestern (WI) | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Lakeland | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Eureka | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1966 Gulf States Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 4 Northwestern State $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 0
Southwestern Louisiana | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
McNeese State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Northeast Louisiana State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Southeastern Louisiana | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Louisiana Tech | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 Iowa Conference football standings |

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No. 5 Central (IA) $^  | 7  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
Luther | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Upper Iowa | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Buena Vista | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Dubuque | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Simpson (IA) | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Wartburg | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
William Penn | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 18 College of Emporia \+  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 11 Ottawa \+  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Southwestern (KS) | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Baker | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Friends | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Bethany (KS) | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
McPherson | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Kansas Wesleyan | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Sterling | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Bethel (KS) | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 Lone Star Conference football standings |

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East Texas State $  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 2 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 2
Southwest Texas State | 4  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
Sam Houston State | 4  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Sul Ross | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Stephen F. Austin | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Howard Payne | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 1
Texas A&I | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
McMurry | 0  | – | 6  | – | 1 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 1

* $ – Conference champion

1966 Mid-Ohio Conference football standings |

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No. 10 Defiance $  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 0  | – | 0
Ashland | 1  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 2
Bluffton | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1
Wilmington (OH) | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 Midwest Conference football standings |

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Lawrence \+  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
Ripon \+  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
St. Olaf \+  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
Beloit | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Carleton | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Coe | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Cornell (IA) | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Grinnell | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Monmouth (IL) | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Knox | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

1966 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 9 Hamline $  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Gustavus Adolphus | 4  | – | 1  | – | 2 |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 2
Minnesota–Duluth | 4  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Concordia (MN) | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Saint John's (MN) | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 1
Augsburg | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
St. Thomas (MN) | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 1
Macalester | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings |

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Tarkio \+  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
William Jewell \+  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Central Methodist | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Missouri Valley | 1  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Culver–Stockton | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Graceland | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

1966 Montana Collegiate Conference football standings |

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Upper Division
Eastern Montana x$  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 1
Western Montana | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Carroll (MT) | 3  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Lower Division
Northern Montana x  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0
Montana Tech | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0
Rocky Mountain | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* x – Division champion/co-champions

1966 Nebraska College Conference football standings |

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Wayne State (NE) $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 20 Kearney State | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Hastings | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1
Peru State | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Chadron State | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings |

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Mayville State \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Jamestown \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0
Minot State | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Valley City State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Ellendale | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | ?  | – | ?  | – | ?
Wahpeton Science | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | ?  | – | ?  | – | ?
Dickinson State | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* Dickinson State forfeited a win over Ellendale.

1966 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Moorhead State $  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Mankato State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 2
St. Cloud State | 2  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Michigan Tech | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0
Bemidji State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Winona State | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1966 Northwest Conference football standings |

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No. 7 Lewis & Clark $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Linfield | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Willamette | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
College of Idaho | 2  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Pacific Lutheran | 1  | – | 3  | – | 2 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 2
Pacific (OR) | 1  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Whitman | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings |

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East Central $  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 1
Central State (OK) | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
SW Oklahoma State | 5  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
NW Oklahoma State | 4  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Langston | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
SE Oklahoma State | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Northeastern State | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 1
Panhandle A&M | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 10  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1966 Oregon Collegiate Conference football standings |

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Oregon College $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Southern Oregon | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Eastern Oregon | 2  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Oregon Tech | 1  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0
George Fox | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1966 Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference football standings |

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East Division
West Chester xy  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 3  | – | 0
East Stroudsburg | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Cheyney | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 3  | – | 0
Bloomsburg | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Mansfield | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Millersville | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Kutztown | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 1
West Division
No. 6 Clarion xy$  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 0  | – | 0
California (PA) | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Shippensburg | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Lock Haven | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Slippery Rock | 1  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Edinboro | 0  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 1  | – | 6  | – | 1
Championship: Clarion 28, West Chester 26

* $ – Conference champion
* x – Division champion/co-champions
* y – Championship game participant

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings |

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Western State (CO) $  | 3  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0
Adams State | 2  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Colorado Mines | 1  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Colorado State–Greeley | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1966 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Northern State $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 1  | – | 2
Southern State (SD) | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Black Hills State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 1
General Beadle | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
South Dakota Tech | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Dakota Wesleyan | 1  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Huron | 1  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 1

* $ – Conference champion

1966 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Redlands $  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Pomona | 3  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Whittier | 3  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 2
Occidental | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Claremont-Mudd | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0
Caltech | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* Caltech forfeited to Whittier.

1966 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Southern \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
No. 13 Grambling \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Texas Southern | 4  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 1
Jackson State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Prairie View A&M | 3  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Alcorn A&M | 2  | – | 3  | – | 2 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 2
Arkansas AM&N | 2  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 1
Wiley | 0  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0

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1966 Tri-State Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
Yankton \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Westmar \+  | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Sioux Falls | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Dana | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Concordia (NE) | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 2
Midland | 2  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
Northwestern (IA) | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0

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1966 West Penn Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 1 Waynesburg $^  | 2  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 11  | – | 0  | – | 0
Grove City | 1  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 8  | – | 0  | – | 1
Westminster (PA) | 1  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Geneva | 0  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA playoff participant

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1966 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 8 Concord $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 16 Fairmont State | 6  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0
West Virginia Wesleyan | 3  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Bluefield State | 2  | – | 1  | – | 2 |  |  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 2
West Liberty State | 3  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 2  | – | 1
Salem | 2  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 1
West Virginia Tech | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Glenville State | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0
West Virginia State | 1  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Shepherd | 0  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* Conference standings based on power ratings

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 2 Whitewater State $^  | 8  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 0
River Falls State | 6  | – | 1  | – | 1 |  |  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 1
Stevens Point State | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
La Crosse State | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Platteville State | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Oshkosh State | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Stout State | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Eau Claire State | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 1
Superior State | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA poll
1966 NAIA independents football records |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 12 Doane |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 0  | – | 1
Cal Lutheran |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Emory and Henry |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 3 New Mexico Highlands ^  |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Carson–Newman |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 1
Austin |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Wofford |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 1
Georgetown (KY) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Azusa Pacific |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Wheaton (IL) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Simon Fraser |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Westminster (UT) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0
Hillsdale |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Iowa Wesleyan |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0
Findlay |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
La Verne |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Earlham |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 1
Southern Colorado State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Eastern New Mexico |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
St. Mary of the Plains |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 1  | – | 10  | – | 0
Rankings from NAIA poll

## Postseason

[edit]

### Bracket

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| Semifinals
November 26, 1966 | | | Championship
December 10, 1966
Tulsa, OK |

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| Waynesburg | 30 | |
| New Mexico Highlands* | 27 |
| | Waynesburg | 42 |
|  |
| | | Whitewater State | 21 |
| Central (IA) | 18 |

| Whitewater State* | 41 |

### Championship game outstanding players

[edit]

* Back: Rich Dahar, Waynesburg
* Lineman: Dennis Williamson, Whitewater State

## See also

[edit]

* 1966 NCAA University Division football season
* 1966 NCAA College Division football season

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "1966 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
2. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11\. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.

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