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1966 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1966
team	West Virginia Mountaineers
sport	football
conference	Southern Conference
short_conf	SoCon
record	3–5–2
conf_record	3–0
head_coach	Jim Carlen
hc_year	1st
stadium	Mountaineer Field

The 1966 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1966 NCAA University Division 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

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References

(September 18, 1966). "Duke storms from behind to rout West Virginia 34–15". The Danville Register.
(September 25, 1966). "Forn runs down Indians as Mountaineers win, 24–13". Pensacola News Journal.
(October 2, 1966). "Virginia Tech and West Virginia battle to 13–13 tie". Bristol Herald Courier.
(October 9, 1966). "Pitt rally tops WVU". The News and Observer.
(October 16, 1966). "Pastrana, Terps come to life, give West Virginia 28–9 lacing". Daily Press.
(October 23, 1966). "Nittany Lions handily defeat Mountaineers, 38–6". Beckley Post-Herald & The Raleigh Register.
(October 30, 1966). "West Virginia ties Kentucky 14–14". Tallahassee Democrat.
(November 6, 1966). "West Virginia romps, 35–0". The Shreveport Times.
(November 13, 1966). "Mountaineers bomb GW behind 1st quarter explosion". The Beckley Post-Herald.
(November 20, 1966). "Syracuse thumps West Va., 34–7, for eighth straight". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel.
"WVU 1966 Schedule". The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

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