1966 Big Ten Conference football season information
Sports season
1966 Big Ten Conference football season
Sport
American football
Number of teams
10
Top draft pick
Bubba Smith
Champion
Michigan State
Runners-up
Purdue
Season MVP
Bob Griese
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 2 Michigan State $
7
–
0
–
0
9
–
0
–
1
No. 7 Purdue
6
–
1
–
0
9
–
2
–
0
Michigan
4
–
3
–
0
6
–
4
–
0
Illinois
4
–
3
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Minnesota
3
–
3
–
1
4
–
5
–
1
Ohio State
3
–
4
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Northwestern
2
–
4
–
1
3
–
6
–
1
Wisconsin
2
–
4
–
1
3
–
6
–
1
Indiana
1
–
5
–
1
1
–
8
–
1
Iowa
1
–
6
–
0
2
–
8
–
0
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1966 Big Ten Conference football season was the 71st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1966 NCAA University Division football season.
The 1966 Michigan State Spartans football team, under head coach Duffy Daugherty, won the Big Ten football championship, compiled a 9–0–1 record, and was ranked No. 2 in the final AP Poll. Four Spartans' players were among the first eight selections in the 1967 NFL/AFL Draft: defensive tackle Bubba Smith (first); running back Clinton Jones (second); linebacker George Webster (fifth); and flanker Gene Washington (eighth).
The 1966 Purdue Boilermakers football team, under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, finished in second place with a 9–2 record and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll. The Boilermakers received the conference's berth to play in the 1967 Rose Bowl because of the Big Ten's "no-repeat" rule and defeated USC, 14–13. Purdue quarterback Bob Griese led the conference in passing yards and total yards and won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Big Ten's most valuable player and the Sammy Baugh Trophy as the nation's top collegiate passer. Griese also finished second behind Steve Spurrier in the voting for the 1966 Heisman Trophy.
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