1966 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1966

| team = Nebraska Cornhuskers

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Big Eight Conference

| short_conf = Big 8

| CoachRank = 7

| APRank = 6

| record = 9–2

| conf_record = 6–1

| head_coach = Bob Devaney

| hc_year = 5th

| captain =

| stadium = Memorial Stadium

| champion = Big 8 champion

| bowl = Sugar Bowl

| bowl_result = L 7–34 vs. Alabama

}}

The 1966 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as a member of the Big Eight Conference in the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1966

| poll = AP

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 17

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 3

| opponent = TCU

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE

| score = 14–10

| attend = 60,974

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wichita-falls-times-cornhuskers-slip-pas/168690207/|work=Wichita Falls Times|title=Cornhuskers slip past TCU, 14–10|date=September 18, 1966|accessdate=March 23, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 24

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 4

| opponent = Utah State

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE

| score = 28–7

| attend = 63,543

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 1

| time = 12:30 pm

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 6

| opponent = Iowa State

| site_stadium = Clyde Williams Field

| site_cityst = Ames, IA

| score = 12–6

| attend = 25,548

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 8

| time = 12:30 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 7

| opponent = Wisconsin

| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 31–3

| attend = 52,428

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 15

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| rank = 6

| opponent = Kansas State

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 21–10

| attend = 64,108

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 22

| time = 1:30 pm

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 7

| opponent = Colorado

| site_stadium = Folsom Field

| site_cityst = Boulder CO

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 21–19

| attend = 46,112

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 29

| time = 12:15 pm

| w/l = w

| rank = 8

| opponent = Missouri

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE

| tv = ABC

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 35–0

| attend = 64,489

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 5

| time = 1:30PM

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 6

| opponent = Kansas

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Lawrence, KS

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 24–13

| attend = 40,881

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 12

| time = 2:00PM

| w/l = w

| rank = 4

| opponent = Oklahoma State

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE

| score = 21–6

| attend = 65,102

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 24

| time = 2:00PM

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 4

| opponent = Oklahoma

| site_stadium = Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Norman, OK

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = ABC

| score = 9–10

| attend = 42,884

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = January 2, 1967

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| neutral = y

| rank = 6

| opponent = Alabama

| opprank = 3

| site_stadium = Tulane Stadium

| site_cityst = New Orleans, LA

| gamename = Sugar Bowl

| tv = NBC

| score = 7–34

| attend = 82,000

}}

Roster

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2 Ahlschwede, Bob LG (So.)
67 Allers, LaVerne LG (Sr.)
55 Alvarez, Barry LB (Jr.)
65 Armstrong, Joe RG (So.)
90 Ashman, Carl LT (So.)
8 Beechner, Sam S (So.)
27 Best, Bob S (So.)
76 Brichacek, Gary LT (Sr.)
69 Brichacek, Mel LG (So.)
40 Brunk, Kenny HB (Jr.)
41 Buckler, George FB (Jr.)
52 Buda, Joe C (So.)
95 Buda, Sam DT (So.)
68 Canarsky, Leonard LT (So.)
21 Carstens, Kaye CB (Sr.)
71 Casbeer, Tom DT (So.)
15 Churchich, Bob QB (Sr.)
62 Coleman, (Edward)Ricard LB (Sr.)
80 Coleman, Langston DT (Sr.)
99 Cooper, Louis DT (So.)
35 Critchlow, Paul FB (So.)
70 Czap, Dick DT (Sr.)
13 Daiss, Bill CB (So.)
45 Davis, Dick HB (So.)
92 Delaney, Dan DE (So.)
32 Fiala, Adrian CB (So.)
11 Fierro, Al QB (So.)
74 Fitzgerald, Richard LT (Sr.)
28 Frost, Larry HB (So.)
47 Galbraith, Denis FB (So.)
78 Gatziolis, Jim RT (Sr.)
3 Green, Laurie CB (So.)
34 Green, Mike HB (So.)
22 Gregory, Ben HB (Jr.)
57 Grell, Stan LG (Sr.)
38 Haasch, Richard HB (Jr.)
58 Hansen, Ed LT (So.)
79 Hansen, Larry DT (Jr.)
16 Harding, Bruce QB (So.)
39 Hartman, Dan S (So.)
53 Hill, Robert C (Sr.)
98 Hornbacher, Bill MG (So.)
43 Janik, Leonard LB (Jr.)
81 Jarmon, Sherwin E (So.)
4 Jubeck, Tom FB (So.)
84 Kimmel, Miles E (So.)
20 Kirkland, Ron HB (Sr.)
13 Kobza, Dan LB (So.)
61 Kudrna, Roger RG (Sr.)

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42 Kuehl, Alan CB (Jr.)
94 Kusserow, Ken C (So.)
91 Liggett, Bob DE (So.)
49 Lints, Bob MG (So.)
93 McCarthy, Curtis DE (So.)
64 McCord, M.Jim DT (Jr.)
58 Meagher, Harry MG (Jr.)
66 Meylan, Wayne MG (Jr.)
37 Moore, Bob DE (So.)
89 Morrison, Dennis E (Jr.)
30 Mueller, Marv CB (Jr.)
56 Narish, Louis DT (Sr.)
17 Nettelmann, Bill S (Jr.)
59 Osberg, James RG (Sr.)
33 Pappas, Tom LB (Sr.)
10 Patrick, Frank QB (So.)
88 Patton, Jerry DE (Jr.)
77 Pavoris, Ed DT (Sr.)
85 Penney, Tom E (So.)
54 Petersen, Kelly C (Sr.)
73 Pickens, Robert RT (Sr.)
26 Poggemeyer, Ronald S (Sr.)
6 Quinten, Karl CB (So.)
5 Raymondi, Mike LB (So.)
82 Richnafsky, Dennis SE (Jr.)
97 Rudd, Michael RG (Sr.)
63 Senkbeil, Lynn LB (Sr.)
12 Sigler, Ernie QB (So.)
83 Smith, Tom E (Jr.)
50 Stigge, Russ LB (So.)
72 Stith, Carel DT (Sr.)
48 Tatman, Pete FB (Sr.)
75 Taucher, Robert RT (Jr.)
25 Thorell, Dennis S (Sr.)
51 Unrath, James C (Sr.)
36 Wachholtz, Larry S (Sr.)
18 Walls, Don MG (Jr.)
46 Washington, Joe DE (So.)
7 Watson, Jim S (So.)
14 Weber, Wayne QB (Jr.)
90 Weinman, Bob DE (Jr.)
96 Wilks, Jerry RT (Sr.)
31 Wilson, Harry HB (Sr.)
44 Winters, Charlie FB (Jr.)
87 Wynn, Mike E (So.)
24 Yannon, Buster HB (So.)
1 Young, Lynn RT (So.)
29 Ziegler, Mick HB (So.)
86 Zimmer, Ivan DE (Jr.)

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Depth chart

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{| style="width:110%"

Defensive starters

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! HB

Dennis Thorell

Bob Best

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! HB

Larry Wachholtz

Ronald Poggemeyer

| align="Center" |

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! LB !! LB

Rick Coleman

Lynn Senkbeil

Barry Alvarez

Leonard Janik

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! CB

Marv Mueller

Alan Kuehl

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DE	DT	NT	DT	DE
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Jerry Patton	Carel Stith	Wayne Meylan	Jim McCord	Langston Coleman
Ivan Zimmer	John Strohmyer	Bob Lints	Harry Meagher	Bob Weinman

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! CB

Kaye Carstens

Ben Gregory

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| align="center" |

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Offensive starters

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{| style="width:100%"

| align="left" |

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! TE

Dennis Morrison

Miles Kimmel

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
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Gary Brichacek	LaVerne Allers	Kelly Petersen	Joe Armstrong	Robert Pickens
Ed Hansen	Mel Brichacek	Robert Hill	James Osberg	Robert Taucher

TE
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Tom Penney
Dennis Richnafsky

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| align="center" |

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! QB

Bob Churchich

Wayne Weber

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! LB !! RB !! FB

Ron Kirkland

Harry Wilson

Pete Tatman

Ben Gregory

Dick Davis

Charlie Winters

Coaching staff

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style="font-size:smaller" \| Name	Title	style="text-align:center;"\| First year in this position	style="text-align:center;"\| Years at Nebraska	Alma mater
Bob Devaney	\|Head coach	style="text-align:center;"\|1962	style="text-align:center;"\|1962–1972	Alma
Tom Osborne	\|	style="text-align:center;"\|1964	style="text-align:center;"\|1964–1997	Hastings
John Melton	\| Freshman	style="text-align:center;"\|1962	style="text-align:center;"\|1962–1988	Wyoming
Cletus Fischer	\|Freshman Line	style="text-align:center;"\|1960	style="text-align:center;"\|1960–1985	Nebraska
Mike Corgan	\|Offensive backs	style="text-align:center;"\|1962	style="text-align:center;"\|1962–1982	Notre Dame
George Kelly	\|Defensive line	style="text-align:center;"\|1960	style="text-align:center;"\|1960–1968
Monte Kiffin	\|Graduate assistant	style="text-align:center;"\|1966	style="text-align:center;"\|1966–1976	Nebraska
Jim Ross	\|Defensive backs	style="text-align:center;"\|1962	style="text-align:center;"\|1962–1976
Carl Selmer	\|Offensive line	style="text-align:center;"\|1962	style="text-align:center;"\|1962–1972

:{{small|Source:}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huskermax.com/coaches.html|title=Nebraska head coaches|access-date=2010-08-16|publisher=HuskerMax| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100719123605/http://www.huskermax.com/coaches.html| archive-date= 19 July 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huskermax.com/coaches/assistants.html|title=Assistant coaches|access-date=2010-08-16|publisher=HuskerMax| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100721014938/http://www.huskermax.com/coaches/assistants.html| archive-date= 21 July 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q_QvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W0gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5438%2C4872194 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |agency=UPI |title=Devaney given big pay boost |date=December 19, 1966 |page=D5}}

Game summaries

=TCU=

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=Utah State=

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|Host=#4 Nebraska

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|date=September 24

|Location=Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska

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=Iowa State=

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|Host=Iowa State

|H1=0|H2=6|H3=0|H4=0

|date=October 1

|Location=Clyde Williams Field, Ames, Iowa

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=Wisconsin=

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|Visitor =#7 Nebraska

|V1=3|V2=7|V3=14|V4=7

|Host=Wisconsin

|H1=3|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0

|date=October 8

|Location=Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin

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=Kansas State=

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|Visitor =Kansas State

|V1=0|V2=0|V3=3|V4=7

|Host=#6 Nebraska

|H1=7|H2=7|H3=0|H4=7

|Date=October 15

|Location=Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska

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=Colorado=

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|Visitor =#7 Nebraska

|V1=7|V2=0|V3=0|V4=14

|Host=Colorado

|H1=6|H2=13|H3=0|H4=0

|Date=October 22

|Location=Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado

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=Missouri=

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|Host=#8 Nebraska

|H1=0|H2=14|H3=14|H4=7

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|Location=Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska

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=Kansas=

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|Visitor =#6 Nebraska

|V1=0|V2=18|V3=0|V4=6

|Host=Kansas

|H1=0|H2=0|H3=7|H4=6

|Date=November 5

|Location=Memorial Stadium, Lawrence, Kansas

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=Oklahoma State=

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=Oklahoma=

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=Alabama=

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|H1=17|H2=7|H3=3|H4=7

|Date=January 2

|Location=Tulane Stadium, New Orleans

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Rankings

{{Ranking movements

| poll1lastweek = 11

| poll1title = AP

| poll1_0 = 3

| poll1_1 = 4

| poll1_2 = 6

| poll1_3 = 7

| poll1_4 = 6

| poll1_5 = 7

| poll1_6 = 8

| poll1_7 = 6

| poll1_8 = 4

| poll1_9 = 4

| poll1_10 = 6

| poll1_11 = 6

| poll2lastweek = 11

| poll2title = Coaches

| poll2_0 = N/A

| poll2_1 = N/A

| poll2_2 = N/A

| poll2_3 = N/A

| poll2_4 = N/A

| poll2_5 = N/A

| poll2_6 = N/A

| poll2_7 = N/A

| poll2_8 = N/A

| poll2_9 = N/A

| poll2_10 = N/A

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Awards

NCAA 5th District Coach of the Year: Bob Devaney
UPI Big 8 Player of the Year: Wayne Meylan
All American: LaVerne Allers, Wayne Meylan, Larry Wachholtz
All Big 8: LaVerne Allers, Kaye Carstens, Bob Churchich, Wayne Meylan, Kelly Petersen, Bob Pickens, Lynn Senkbeil, Carel Stith, Larry Wachholtz, Harry Wilson

{{cite web|url=http://huskermax.com/honors/honors_1966.html|title=1966 Nebraska Football Honors|access-date=2010-08-16|publisher=HuskerMax}}

Future professional players

Kaye Carstens, 1967 13th-round pick of the Chicago Bears
Dick Czap, 1966 12th-round pick of the Cleveland Browns
Dick Davis, 1969 12th-round pick of the Cleveland Browns
Ben Gregory, 1968 5th-round pick of the Buffalo Bills
Ron Kirkland, 1967 9th-round pick of the Indianapolis Colts
Wayne Meylan, 1968 4th-round pick of the Cleveland Browns
Bob Pickens, 1966 3rd-round pick of the Bears
Carel Stith, 1967 4th-round pick of the Houston Oilers
Bob Taucher, 1968 7th-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys
Pete Tatman, 1967 10th-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings
Harry Wilson, 1967 3rd-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles

References

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Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons

Category:Big Eight Conference football champion seasons

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