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1966 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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Conference
  
Big Eight Conference

AP
  
No. 6

Head coach
  
Bob Devaney (5th year)

Coaches
  
No. 7

1966 record
  
9–2 (6–1 Big 8)

Home stadium
  
Memorial Stadium

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

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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

    • 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

    1966 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team Wikipedia
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