Boston College Eagles

Missoula, MT

Dr. Mann-Grundig

1966 NCAA Soccer Championship

Michigan State University

football

OU 18-9

Team Champions: UCLA

St. John's Red Storm

The 1966 National Football League Championship Game was the 34th NFL championship, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. It was the final game of the 1966 NFL season.It determined the champion of the National Football League (NFL), which met the champion of the American Football League (AFL) in Super Bowl I, then formally referred to as the first AFL–NFL World Championship Game. The Western Conference champion Green Bay Packers (12–2), defending league champions, were hosted by the Dallas Cowboys (10–3–1), the Eastern Conference champions.The home field for the NFL Championship alternated between the two conferences; even-numbered years were hosted by the Eastern and odd-numbered by the Western. Starting with the 1975 season, playoff sites were determined by regular season record, rather than a rotational basis.The New Year's college bowl game at the Cotton Bowl for the 1966 season included the SMU Mustangs of Dallas. It was played the day before, New Year's Eve, which required a quick turnaround to transform the natural grass field. The two games were filled to the 75,504 capacity, but both local teams came up short.

Army Black Knights

Norman, Oklahoma

Big Sky Conference

1966 Major League Baseball season

Jim Simpson and Tony Kubek

1966 Orszagos Bajnoksag I (men's water polo)

Alabama

The 1966 Oakland Raiders season began with the team trying to improve on their 8–5–1 record from 1965. The 1966 season was the seventh season in Oakland and in the American Football League. 1966 also saw the team move their home games from Frank Youell Field to the new Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum.

The 1966 New Zealand Grand Prix was a race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 8 January 1966. The race had 19 starters.It was the 13th New Zealand Grand Prix, and doubled as the opening round of the 1966 Tasman Series. Graham Hill won his second consecutive NZGP.

1966 Mestaruussarja

Terry Hanratty 2-yard run

Texas

Idaho

Oklahoma
yes

Kent State Golden Flashes

South Course

The 1966 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1966 college football season. The Hurricanes were led by head coach Charlie Tate in his third year and finished the season with a record of 8–2–1 and with a victory in the Liberty Bowl.

ND 24-7

The 1966 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 13–22 December 1965.Abdelfattah Abou Taleb won his third consecutive title defeating Aftab Jawaid. The competition came under criticism for the modern day physicality which increased the chances of players getting injured, in the first round Ward was taken to hospital following a head injury received whilst playing Jawaid. The champion Taleb also came under fire for his aggressive attitude, particularly in the final.

Western Division

Abdelfattah Abou Taleb

1966 Norwegian Football Cup

BEL

Virginia Tech

Lawrence, KA

Cal Poly Pomona

VGran Premio de Mexico

Villanova

Miami Hurricanes

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The 1966 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested March 11−12, 1966 at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan at the second annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate University Division indoor track and field events in the United States.Kansas topped the team standings, finishing one point ahead of USC. It was the Jayhawks' first title in program history.

1966 New England Patriots season

NYU

Notre Dame vs. Michigan State, 1966

AP Poll released prior to game
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.

1966 Minnesota Twins

Bowling Green

Notre Dame, IN

Aziz

1966 NCAA football season

Montana Grizzlies

1966 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

Saint Louis

Statistics of Mestaruussarja in the 1966 season.

Colby

Semifinals

Manhattan

Notre Dame Stadium

Grand National Series

1966 NCAA Division I-A football season

OU 6-3
Andy White 2-yard run

1966 Mexican Grand Prix

Cavender 4-yard run

The 1966 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on May 22, 1966. It was race 1 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the first of a new era for Formula One, the 'return to power' as engine regulations were altered from 1.5 litres of maximum engine displacement to 3.0 litres.

The 1966 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1966 college football season as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky). The Grizzlies were led by third-year head coach Hugh Davidson, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of one win and eight losses (1–8, 0–4 Big Sky).

baseball
USC Trojans

Jeremy Lyon

Atlantic Coast Conference

David Conway 25-yard field goal

St. John's
Northwestern Wildcats

New Zealand

1966 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Cal Poly Pomona Broncos
The following poll makes up the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball rankings. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.

1966 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

1966 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

NASCAR Grand National Series

The 1966 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca on October 23, 1966. It was race 9 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the fifth Mexican Grand Prix. The race was held over 65 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a race distance of 325 kilometres.The race was won by British driver John Surtees driving a Cooper T81, his first such victory since leaving Scuderia Ferrari to join Cooper Car Company. Surtees lead home the newly crowned world champion Australian owner-driver Jack Brabham driving a Brabham BT20 by eight seconds. A lap down in third place, also driving a Brabham BT20 was Brabham's team mate New Zealander Denny Hulme.Surtees victory promoted him to second place in the championship, vaulting past Austrian driver Jochen Rindt of the Cooper team.

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The 1966 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1966 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Bill Hess, the Bobcats compiled a 5–5 record (3–3 against MAC opponents), finished in fourth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 183 to 149.The team's statistical leaders included Bob Houmard with 641 rushing yards, Ron Delucca with 655 passing yards, and Jay Maupin with 447 receiving yards.

The "Game of the Century"

United Kingdom

New York Jets

1966 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

ND 38-0

MIA 7–3

Taleb

Oklahoma State Cowboys

Western Michigan Broncos

Permanent racing facility

Howard Wirtz

1966 NCAA University Division baseball season

Sunny

Dan Harshman 23-yard pass from Coley O'Brien
Nick Eddy 96-yard kickoff return

Mississippi State

1966 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships

The 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1966. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1965 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the twentieth time in 1966, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Ohio State claimed the championship.

Cotton

The 1966 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held in September 1966 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York. It was the 2nd Mr. Olympia competition held.

Barfield 23 yard field goal

Northeastern

The 1966 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1966 college football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by head coach Jim Mackenzie.

St. Louis

1966 National Basketball Association Playoffs

Saint Mary's
The 1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team represented Ohio State University in the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by Marty Karow in his 16th season at Ohio State.The Buckeyes won the College World Series, defeating the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the championship game.

Memorial Stadium

The 1966 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 37th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 12, 1966, at the new Busch Memorial Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. The game resulted in a 2–1 victory, in 10 innings, for the NL played in the memorable humid, and hot 105 °F (41 °C) day.

Mid-American Conference

Wisconsin

#7 Nebraska

The 1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game is considered one of the greatest and most controversial games in college football history played between Michigan State and Notre Dame. The game was played in Michigan State's Spartan Stadium on November 19, 1966. Michigan State entered the contest 9–0 and ranked No. 2, while Notre Dame entered 8–0 and ranked #1. Notre Dame elected not to try for a score on the final series; thus, the game ended in a 10–10 tie. Notre Dame went on to win or share the national title in fourteen polls (including the AP and UPI); Michigan State won or shared in three minor polls, and Alabama, who finished with the only undefeated and untied record, won two minor polls.

Boston College

Tom Schoen 40-yard interception return

Peter Stokes
Kamal Zaghloul

Purdue

OU 15-3

Xavier Minutemen

Ohio State

UMass Minutemen
Southern Connecticut Owls

Statistics of Meistaradeildin in the 1966 season.

w/o

Oakland Raiders

XXIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco

TCU

The 1966 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 16−18 at the 44th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate University Division outdoor track and field events in the United States.This year's outdoor meet was hosted by the University of Indiana at Billy Hayes Track in Bloomington.UCLA easily topped the team standings, capturing their second national title.

McGee ? yard run

1966 NFL Championship Game

Lyon

(Selected by: Boston Bruins)

The 1966 Orange Bowl featured the third-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers and the fourth-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.This was the second year that the Orange Bowl was played at night on New Year's Day, after the other college football bowl games. Due to losses by both #1 Michigan State in the Rose Bowl and #2 Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl earlier in the day, the game had turned into a de facto national championship game, as the AP would be taking a final post-bowl vote for the first time ever.

Jim Palmer

Final

Mike Vachon 20-yard field goal

Chris Schenkel and Bud Wilkinson

England

The 1966 New York Jets season was the seventh season for the team in the American Football League (AFL). The season began with the team trying to improve on their 5–8–1 record from 1965 under head coach Weeb Ewbank. The Jets finished the season 6–6–2.

1966 National Challenge Cup

Mike Vachon 41-yard field goal

Australia

1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Oklahoma State

#8 Nebraska

Temple

MIA 21–9

NBA

Army

Bowling Green State University

1966 Ottawa bridge collapse

Mike Vachon 31-yard field goal

1966 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships

Raiders seasons

The 1966 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 27th season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.

1966 Pacific hurricane season

Rancho La Cienga Stadium, Los Angeles, California

bottom

The 1966 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1966 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–2–1 against Big 8 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the Big 8, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 121 to 116. Dan Devine was the head coach for the ninth of 13 seasons.

Location in Scotland

Gyula Gere

Michigan State

Joe Azzaro 38-yard field goal

Jonathan Smith

Clyde Williams Field, Ames, Iowa

Independent

The 1966 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 1966 college football season.

The 1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 17th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Italy

Ohio

#3 Alabama

Lenny Wirtz

1966 PHS

Eastern Division

1966 National Opposition Union

Maryland Terrapins

Smith

Southern California

Maged Abaza

ACC

Shigeo Nagashima

Bloomington, Indiana

ND 31-7

1966 Missouri Tigers football team

Bowl

University of Southern California

University of Notre Dame

1966 Meistaradeildin

The 1996 NASCAR Grand National Series evolved into the first of three NASCAR Grand National championships for David Pearson, whose 15 wins through the season was second only to Tim Flock's 18 victories in 1955 at that time. NASCAR allowed the return of the Chrysler Hemi engine in 1966, and at the same time Ford decided to boycott NASCAR for the season.

Michigan Wolverines

The 32nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1966.

1966 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1966 Mongolian National Championship was the third recorded edition of the Mongolian National Championship for football, with the first tournament taking place in 1955 and no tournament held the previous year. It would appear however that championships were contested between 1956 and 1963, as sources note that a team called Aldar won the title on numerous occasions during that time. Nonetheless, the 1966 national championship was won by Khudulmur (literally: Labour or Workers and also romanised as Hödölmör), their second title following victory in the 1964 championship.

Miami Orange Bowl
FLA

National

The 1966 Major League Baseball season was contested from April to October 1966. The Braves played their inaugural season in Atlanta, following their relocation from Milwaukee. Three teams played the 1966 season in new stadiums. On April 12, the Braves ushered in Atlanta Stadium with the Pittsburgh Pirates taking a 3–2 win in 13 innings. One week later, Anaheim Stadium opened with the California Angels losing to the Chicago White Sox, 3–1 in the Angels' debut in Orange County. On May 8, the St. Louis Cardinals closed out Busch Stadium I with a 10–5 loss to the San Francisco Giants before opening the new Busch Memorial Stadium four days later with a 4–3 win in 12 innings over the Atlanta Braves.In the World Series the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 0.

Location in East Lothian, Scotland

Notre Dame at Michigan State

Jawaid

1966 Masters Tournament

Steve Arlin
Washington State Cougars

The 1966 National Football League Championship Game was the 34th NFL championship, played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. It was the final game of the 1966 NFL season.It determined the champion of the National Football League (NFL), which met the champion of the American Football League (AFL) in Super Bowl I, then formally referred to as the first AFL–NFL World Championship Game.

Minnesota Golden Gophers

The 1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1966 college football season. The Irish, coached by Ara Parseghian, ended the season undefeated with nine wins and one tie, winning a national championship. The Fighting Irish earned a consensus title after beating No. 10 Oklahoma 38–0 in Norman, tying unbeaten and No. 2 Michigan State 10–10, and ending the season defeating No.

NBC

The 1966 Masters Tournament was the 30th Masters Tournament, held April 7–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.Jack Nicklaus, age 26, earned his third Green Jacket in an 18-hole Monday playoff and became the first back-to-back champion at the Masters. He ended regulation at even-par 288, tied with Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer. Nicklaus shot a 70 in the extra round on Monday to defeat Jacobs (72) and Brewer (78).

Big Ten

Aftab Jawaid

[[#Hurricane Connie

Northwestern University

Miners

San Francisco

MIA 21–16

ND 10-0

The 1966 Lowood 4 Hour was an endurance motor race for production sedans held at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 27 March 1966. The 34 starters competed in four classes based on vehicle retail price with an additional class for cars with automatic transmission. Officially, only class placings were recognised but the well publicised if unofficial "line honours" went to the Scuderia Veloce entered Volvo 122S driven by David McKay and Bill Orr. Initial reports had the Firth / Seton Ford Cortina GT500 listed as taking line honours but this was later corrected.

#6 Nebraska

Conjar 7-yard run

Denis Hughes

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Aly Abdel Aziz

Crimson Tide

Lumberjack Stadium

1966 Oakland Raiders season

The Nigerian counter-coup of 1966, or the so-called "July Rematch", was the second of many military coups in Nigeria. It was masterminded by Lt Colonel Murtala Muhammed and many northern military officers. The coup started out as a mutiny at roughly midnight on July 28, 1966 and was a reaction to the killings of Northern politicians and Officers by mostly Igbo soldiers on January 15, 1966 (see 1966 Nigerian coup d'état.) The July mutiny/counter coup resulted in the murder of Nigeria's 1st military Head of State General Aguiyi Ironsi and Lt Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi (who was hosting a visiting Ironsi) in Ibadan by angry northern Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs). Upon the termination of Ironsi's government, Lt Colonel Yakubu Gowon was appointed Head of State by the July 1966 coup conspirators.

American League

1966 NFL Expansion Draft

ND 7-0

Arizona State

1966 NPB season

OU 15-9

Jonah Barrington

Northern Illinois Huskies

New York Yankees

Oklahoma Sooners

The 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament and determined the national champion in the 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was held on March 19, 1966 at Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland. The Kentucky Wildcats, the number one ranked team in men's college basketball, faced the Texas Western Miners, who were ranked third in the nation.

East Carolina

New South Wales Rugby Football League

United States Military Academy

National League

1966 NIT

(Augusta )

University of Alabama

East

College World Series

Big 8

Japan Series

The 1966 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916 and 1919 against the then-private transit companies had all failed. There had also been some partial TWU strikes in the 1930s, but no citywide actions.

Long Island

nflc

Big Eight Conference

Cincinnati

Ukrainian Nationals

TCU Horned Frogs

1966 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1966 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1966 at the Cadet Gymnasium at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the 43rd annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of University Division men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.USC topped the team standings for the fourth consecutive year, once again finishing ahead of Indiana.

Hanratty 6-yard run

W 14–7 vs. Virginia Tech

1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Percy Williams 1-yard run

The 1966 PGA Championship was the 48th PGA Championship, played July 21–24 at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Al Geiberger won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Dudley Wysong.Sam Snead, age 54, was co-leader and leader after the first two days, but shot 75 in the third round on Saturday. Geiberger carded a two-under 68 to lead by four strokes over Wysong, who shot a 66. Both shot two-over 72 on Sunday as both bogeyed the first two holes.

ND 17-0

CUST

1966 Ohio Bobcats football team

North Carolina Tar Heels

ret

September 2016

Gyula Emsberger

1966 Mongolia National Championship

#3 Nebraska

1966 Nemzeti Bajnoksag I

Shafik

Regular Season Game

ND 31-0

Texas Longhorns

1966 NBA Draft

1966 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament

Monaco

Gladieux 34-yard pass from O'Brien

Zaghloul

Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

Tied 10-10

Columbia, MO

United States

Al Geiberger

Purdue at Notre Dame

The 1966 PGA Championship was the 48th PGA Championship, played July 21–24 at the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Al Geiberger won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Dudley Wysong.Sam Snead, age 54, was co-leader and leader after the first two days, but shot 75 in the third round on Saturday. Geiberger carded a two-under 68 to lead by four strokes over Wysong, who shot a 66. Both shot two-over 72 on Sunday as both bogeyed the first two holes. The lead shrunk to two as Wysong birdied the third while Geiberger bogeyed the fourth, but then birdied the fifth and ninth holes to regain the four-stroke advantage.The 1966 championship was originally scheduled to be held at Columbine Country Club in Columbine Valley, Colorado, a suburb south of Denver. A flash flood of the adjacent South Platte River in June 1965 caused significant damage to the course and forced a postponement. Firestone was scheduled to host in 1967, so the venues swapped years.This was the second of three PGA Championships at the South Course, which previously hosted in 1960 and later in 1975. It is the current venue for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, which began in 1976 as the "World Series of Golf" on the PGA Tour, preceded by the American Golf Classic, which debuted in 1961.

The 1966 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University during the 1966 college football season.

Warm, clear

Sharif Khan

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Hanratty 1-yard run

Smith 30 yard run

Big Ten Conference Champions

Location in Ohio

Seton Hall

1966 National Hockey League Amateur Draft

medic

1966 Open Championship

Stillwater, Oklahoma

PUR 7-0

Chapman

Location in the United States

Clemson

NASA T-38 crash

1966 NASCAR Cup Series

NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

1966 PGA Championship

Isao Shibata

The 1996 NASCAR Grand National Series evolved into the first of three NASCAR Grand National championships for David Pearson, whose 15 wins through the season was second only to Tim Flock's 18 victories in 1955 at that time. NASCAR allowed the return of the Chrysler Hemi engine in 1966, and at the same time Ford decided to boycott NASCAR for the season. Pearson captured the championship with 35,638 points over second place James Hylton who finished the season with no wins, but 33,638 points for his consistency and efforts.

Mexico

1966 PTS

ND 20-7

December 2013

University of Miami

Florida

Quarter Finals

Ohio Bobcats

Curt Gowdy and Pee Wee Reese

1966 NCAA University Division baseball rankings

1966 MLB season

Division Semifinals

First Round

Quarterfinals

Overcast, Mild, Dry

London, England

Mississippi State Bulldogs

amateur

Carlos Yacovino

ND 24-0

The 1966 Open Championship was the 95th Open Championship, held 6–9 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Jack Nicklaus won the first of his three Claret Jugs, one stroke ahead of runners-up Doug Sanders and Dave Thomas. It was the sixth of eighteen major titles for Nicklaus and marked the completion of the first of his three career grand slams.This was the first Open to be scheduled over four days, with one round each day, finishing on Saturday. Previous editions had played the third and fourth rounds on Friday. The U.S. Open changed to a four-day schedule the previous year in 1965, moving its final round from Saturday afternoon to Sunday. The Open Championship operated on a Wednesday through Saturday schedule through 1979.It was the final Open for 1964 champion Tony Lema, who died in a plane crash two weeks later, hours after the PGA Championship.Nicklaus has described Muirfield as "the best golf course in Britain." He later developed a championship golf course and community in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb north of his hometown of Columbus. Opened in 1974, Nicklaus named it Muirfield Village and it hosts his Memorial Tournament, a top invitational event on the PGA Tour since 1976.

ND 3-0

Washington State

Kennedy 47-yard field goal

Buckeyes logo.svg

Ione 1966 track.png

L 7–34 vs. Alabama

1966 Ottawa Rough Riders season

MSU

#4 Nebraska

DePaul

Arizona

Mexican

Carlos Yacovino PK

The 16th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 11, 1966, at Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio. The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East, and Fred Schaus for the West. Much of the game would focus around the local team's three named All-Stars. Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson had been named the event's MVP in 1964, and Cincinnati's Jerry Lucas had been named MVP in 1965. At game time, the East Division's top three teams, Boston, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, had the three best records in the league, with New York trailing far behind. This lead East Coach Red Auerbach to name Cincinnati's Adrian Smith as a reserve and not New York's sharpshooting Dick Barnett, a source of some controversy at the time. The home crowd rallied behind Smith as he emerged as the game's star. It was Smith's only All-Star appearance, and he remains to-date the only one-time NBA All-Star ever named the event's MVP. The overmatched West suffered not just from poor shooting, but also from losing key All-Star Jerry West to an eye injury in the first quarter. The game was nationally televised, with an attendance of 13,653.

Street Circuit

1966 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship

Finnish football 1966

Jack Nicklaus

Philadelphia

Vajda

MIA

Western Michigan

MIA 14–3

East Carolina Pirates

Nick Eddy 1-yard run

Clemson Tigers
Chapman Panthers

OSU 15-8

British Open Championships

NBA playoffs

Lincoln, Nebraska

1966 Miami Redskins football team

Big Sky

MSU 10-0

Penn State

Azzaro 42-yard field goal

Idaho Vandals

DeKalb, IL

The 1966 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship was the eighth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The San Francisco Dons won their first title, defeating the Long Island Blackbirds in the final on December 3, 1966. This tournament returned to a field of 16 teams. The tournament final was played in Berkeley, California.

world cup

1966 Montana Grizzlies football team

Seton Hall Pirates

The 1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game is considered one of the greatest and most controversial games in college football history played between Michigan State and Notre Dame. The game was played in Michigan State's Spartan Stadium on November 19, 1966. Michigan State entered the contest 9–0 and ranked No. 2, while Notre Dame entered 8–0 and ranked #1. Notre Dame elected not to try for a score on the final series; thus, the game ended in a 10–10 tie.

1966 Magyar Kupa

1966 New Zealand Grand Prix

The 1966 NBA draft was the 20th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 11 and 12, 1966 before the 1966–67 season. In this draft, ten NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated. The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each division, with the order determined by a coin flip. The New York Knicks won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Detroit Pistons were awarded the second pick. This draft was the first to use the coin flip method, which replace the territorial pick rule. The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. An expansion franchise, the Chicago Bulls, took part in the NBA Draft for the first time and were assigned the last pick of each round. The draft consisted of 19 rounds comprising 112 players selected.Beginning in 1966, the territorial selection allowed in previous drafts was eliminated (i.e. the "common draft" era).

1966 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

Wildcats

List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons

The 1966 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1965–66 season.

University of Minnesota

Navy

Boston

The consensus 1966 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Earl Jensen

EPac

Ewaldsen 6 yard pass from Spurrier

Huskie Stadium

Michigan

Jim Seymour 7-yard pass from Terry Hanratty

North Carolina

Minnesota

Jim Seymour 39-yard pass from Terry Hanratty

University of Kentucky

1966 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1966 New York Yankees season was the 64th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 70–89, finishing 26.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Johnny Keane and Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. Keane managed his final MLB game in early-May, and died the following January at the age of 55.The Yankees finished in 10th place, although arguably a "strong" tenth.

UMass

near St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Ronnie Johnson 4-yard run

1966 NBA Playoffs

The 16th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 11, 1966, at Cincinnati Gardens in Cincinnati, Ohio. The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East, and Fred Schaus for the West. Much of the game would focus around the local team's three named All-Stars. Cincinnati's Oscar Robertson had been named the event's MVP in 1964, and Cincinnati's Jerry Lucas had been named MVP in 1965.

Barrington

Florida State

1966 NBA draft

Pacific

Nebraska

Cambria Stadium Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Statistics of Norwegian First Division in season 1966.

MIA 7–0

Jack Drees, Jim Morse

1966 Milan-San Remo

(Muirfield)

USC

Gerald Massy

1966 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships

University of Wisconsin

The 1966 Mexican Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca on October 23, 1966. It was race 9 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the fifth Mexican Grand Prix.

1966 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

Big Ten Conference

The National Invitation Tournament was originated by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association in 1938. Responsibility for its administration was transferred two years later to local colleges, first known as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee and in 1948, as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA), which comprised representatives from five New York City schools: Fordham University, Manhattan College, New York University, St.

The 1966 NFL expansion draft was a National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, named the Atlanta Falcons, selected its first players. On June 30, 1965, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle So that the Falcons could become competitive with existing teams, the league awarded the Falcons the first pick in the 1966 NFL Draft, supplemented with the final pick in the first five rounds. The NFL also gave the new team the opportunity to select current players from existing teams. That selection was provided by the expansion draft, held on February 15, 1966. In this draft, held six weeks after the regular draft, the existing franchises listed players from which the Falcons could select to switch to the new team.Each of the 14 established teams froze 29 players on their 40-man rosters that opened the 1965 season (That made 154 players available.). Atlanta picked one of the 11 and then each team froze two more. Atlanta was able to select two more for a total of 42 players chosen. The Falcons paid $8.5 million for the franchise. (Feb 17, 1966 St. Petersburg Times.)

Miller 40 yard run

Texas Western
Kentucky
College Park, Maryland

Steve Chilcott

Xavier
Valparaiso

The 1966 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1966 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Lou Saban, the Terrapins compiled a 4–6 record (3–3 in conference), finished in a tie for third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 204 to 180. The team's statistical leaders included Alan Pastrana with 1,499 passing yards, Billy Lovett with 451 rushing yards, and Billy Van Heusen with 536 receiving yards.

March 1966

Sherif Afifi

1966 Orange Bowl

Coaches Poll released prior to game

1966 Mr. Olympia

The 1966 Pacific hurricane season started on May 15, 1966, and ended November 30, 1966. The season was of little note. Hurricane Blanca traveled 4,300 miles, setting a new record. During September and October of the year, Hurricane Helga and Tropical Storms Kirsten, Lorraine, and Maggie hitting Mexico. Kirsten caused 8 deaths and US$5.6 million (equivalent to $41.34 million in 2016) in damages in Mexico.

Jim Seymour 84-yard pass from Terry Hanratty

Rátkai

*Ara Parseghian
Coley O'Brien 5-yard run

L.A. Lakers

NIT

XXIVGrand Prix Automobile de Monaco

University of Cincinnati

ABC

Indiana Hoosiers

The 1966 NASA T-38 crash occurred when a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1966, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their Gemini 9 spacecraft was being assembled. The weather was poor with rain, snow, fog, and low clouds. A NASA panel, headed by the Chief of the Astronaut Office, Alan Shepard, investigated the crash.

The 1966 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships were the 28th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 21, 1966, the meet was hosted for the second straight year by the University of Kansas at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, Kansas. The distance for this race was 6 miles (9.7 kilometers).All NCAA University Division members were eligible to qualify for the meet.

Detroit, Michigan

1966 New York City transit strike

Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska

Arizona Wildcats

OSU 8-0

Bridgeport

1966 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Augusta National Golf Club

The 1966 ISF Men's World Championship was an international softball tournament and the inaugural World Championship. The tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico. Eleven nations competed.

1966 NFL expansion draft

1966 Men's World Championship

NPB

1966 National Football League Draft

Miami Redskins

The 1966 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game

NAVY

Lafayette Leopards

1966 National Board of Review Awards

Szaló

Kent State

1966 NCAA Tournament

Colorado Springs, Colorado

The 1966 Lowood 4 Hour was an endurance motor race for production sedans held at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 27 March 1966. The 34 starters competed in four classes based on vehicle retail price with an additional class for cars with automatic transmission. Officially, only class placings were recognised but the well publicised if unofficial "line honours" went to the Scuderia Veloce entered Volvo 122S driven by David McKay and Bill Orr.

Magyar Kupa

Katsuya Nomura

ND 51-0

1966 National Basketball Association Draft

1966 Mongolian National Championship

Tied 7-7

MAC champion

Indiana

OU 9-3

The National Invitation Tournament was originated by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association in 1938. Responsibility for its administration was transferred two years later to local colleges, first known as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee and in 1948, as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA), which comprised representatives from five New York City schools: Fordham University, Manhattan College, New York University, St. John's University, and Wagner College. Originally all of the teams qualifying for the tournament were invited to New York City, and all games were played at Madison Square Garden.The tournament originally consisted of only 6 teams, which later expanded to 8 teams in 1941, 12 teams in 1949, 14 teams in 1965, 16 teams in 1968, 24 teams in 1979, 32 teams in 1980, and 40 teams from 2002 through 2006. In 2007, the tournament reverted to the current 32-team format.

Nick Eddy 3-yard run
MSU 7-0

Miami, FL

Notre Dame

Southern Connecticut

CST

Colby Mules

Barry Gibbs

The 1966 Major League Baseball season was contested from April to October 1966. The Braves played their inaugural season in Atlanta, following their relocation from Milwaukee. Three teams played the 1966 season in new stadiums. On April 12, the Braves ushered in Atlanta Stadium with the Pittsburgh Pirates taking a 3–2 win in 13 innings. One week later, Anaheim Stadium opened with the California Angels losing to the Chicago White Sox, 3–1 in the Angels' debut in Orange County. On May 8, the St.

Southern Connecticut State University

Karába

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British Open Squash Championships

Hugh Davidson

The 1966 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on May 22, 1966. It was race 1 of 9 in both the 1966 World Championship of Drivers and the 1966 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the first of a new era for Formula One, the 'return to power' as engine regulations were altered from 1.5 litres of maximum engine displacement to 3.0 litres. It was the 24th Monaco Grand Prix.The race was won by British driver Jackie Stewart driving a BRM P261. He took a forty-second victory over the Ferrari 246 of Italian driver Lorenzo Bandini. It was Stewart's second Grand Prix victory after winning the Italian Grand Prix the previous year. Stewart's team mate, fellow Briton Graham Hill finished a lap down in third position in his BRM P261. The only other driver to be classified as a finisher was American driver Bob Bondurant driving a BRM P261 entered privately by Team Chamaco Collect.

Azzaro 28-yard field goal

1966 Milan–San Remo

Missouri Tigers

Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

ND 14-7

Arizona State Sun Devils

Novák

Fresno State

Ron Shotts 3-yard run

ND 44-0

Tournament

1966 Major League Baseball Draft

PUR

1966 NBA expansion draft

Semi Finals

The 1966 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship was the eighth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The San Francisco Dons won their first title, defeating the Long Island Blackbirds in the final on December 3, 1966. This tournament returned to a field of 16 teams. The tournament final was played in Berkeley, California. The most outstanding offensive player of the tournament was Sandor Hites of San Francisco.

The 1966 Mongolian National Championship was the third recorded edition of the Mongolian National Championship for football, with the first tournament taking place in 1955 and no tournament held the previous year. It would appear however that championships were contested between 1956 and 1963, as sources note that a team called Aldar won the title on numerous occasions during that time.

Third place game

New York City

MAC

NYU Violets

Rocky Bleier 9-yard run

University of Nebraska

KuPS Kuopio

St. John's University

Gladieux 1-yard run

New York University

Bowl Game

1966 Nigerian coup d'etat

1966 NSWRFL Premiership

The 1966 NFL expansion draft was a National Football League (NFL) draft in which a new expansion team, named the Atlanta Falcons, selected its first players. On June 30, 1965, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle So that the Falcons could become competitive with existing teams, the league awarded the Falcons the first pick in the 1966 NFL Draft, supplemented with the final pick in the first five rounds. The NFL also gave the new team the opportunity to select current players from existing teams.

Florida State Seminoles

Spartans

1966 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)

1966 NHL Entry Draft

ND 14-0

Astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett

John Skinner

Tied 8-8

Bergner recovered blocked punt in end zone

The 1966 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1966 college football season.

1966 NASA T-38 crash

hurricane

Mike Vachon 43-yard field goal

Northeastern Huskies

The 1966 National Challenge Cup was the 53rd edition of the USSFA's annual open soccer championship. The Philadelphia Ukrainians defeated the Orange County F.C. to win.

(Firestone CC)

BYU

Cincinnati Bearcats

1966 New York Jets season
Jets seasons

Mongolia National Championship

Larry Conjar 2-yard run

The 1966 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 1966 college football season. The Huskies were led by eleventh year head coach Howard Fletcher.

OSU 15-14

Accident

Tewfik Shafik

1966 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Fredrikstad won the Norwegian Cup after beating Lyn 3-2 on 30 October. The goal scorers for Fredrikstad were Bjørn Borgen in the 33rd and 59th minute, and Arne Pedersen in the 89th minute. For Lyn, Harald Berg scored in the 54th minute and Ole Stavrum scored in the 57th minute.This was Fredrikstad's ninth cup. 30 355 spectators attended Ullevål stadion. The referee was Hans Granlund .Fredrikstad's winning team: Per Mosgaard, Kjell Andreassen, Jan Hermansen, Arne Pedersen, Hans Jacob Mathisen, Roar Johansen, Bjørn Borgen, Tore Hansen, Per Kristoffersen, Thor Spydevold and Jan Aas.

1966 MSU vs. ND football game

Valparaiso Crusaders

McDonnell Aircraft Building 101, adjacent to Lambert Field,

1966 NFL draft

Salvarani

did not qualify

Dave Martin 33-yard interception return

Orange Bowl

Fredrikstad won the Norwegian Cup after beating Lyn 3-2 on 30 October. The goal scorers for Fredrikstad were Bjørn Borgen in the 33rd and 59th minute, and Arne Pedersen in the 89th minute. For Lyn, Harald Berg scored in the 54th minute and Ole Stavrum scored in the 57th minute.This was Fredrikstad's ninth cup. 30 355 spectators attended Ullevål stadion.

1966 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament

Northwestern

The 1966 NASA T-38 crash occurred when a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1966, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their Gemini 9 spacecraft was being assembled. The weather was poor with rain, snow, fog, and low clouds. A NASA panel, headed by the Chief of the Astronaut Office, Alan Shepard, investigated the crash. While the panel considered possible medical issues or aircraft maintenance problems, in addition to the weather and air traffic control factors, the end verdict was that the crash was caused by pilot error.In the aftermath of the crash, the backup crew of Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan were moved up to the primary position for the Gemini 9 mission, scheduled for early June. Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin, who had formerly been the backup for Gemini 10, became the mission's backup crew, and through the normal rotation were assigned as prime crew for Gemini 12. Without the Gemini experience, it is unlikely that Aldrin would have been assigned to the Apollo 11 mission, during which he became the second man to walk on the Moon.

1966 New York Yankees season

1966 Oscars

Győrfi

TEX

Joe Azzaro 32-yard field goal

Pacific League Pennant

Cornhuskers

The 1966 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships were the 28th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 21, 1966, the meet was hosted for the second straight year by the University of Kansas at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, Kansas. The distance for this race was 6 miles (9.7 kilometers).All NCAA University Division members were eligible to qualify for the meet. In total, 25 teams and 189 individual runners contested this championship.The team national championship was won by the Villanova Wildcats, their first team title. The individual championship was won by Gerry Lindgren, from Washington State, with a time of 29:01.04. Lindgren's time set the new event distance record, breaking the record set the previous year by John Lawson. Lindgren's time would hold until 1969, when he himself would break it during his senior year.

WPIX

1966 Norwegian First Division

1966 Northern Nigeria pogrom

NBA Finals
Baltimore

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The 1966 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1966 at the Cadet Gymnasium at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the 43rd annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of University Division men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.USC topped the team standings for the fourth consecutive year, once again finishing ahead of Indiana. This was the Trojans' fifth title in program history (and fifth title in six years).

Louisville

Second round

The 1966 NBA draft was the 20th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 11 and 12, 1966 before the 1966–67 season. In this draft, ten NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated.

1966 Men's Softball World Championship

Leroy Keyes 94-yard fumble return

Orange County

NCAA Tournament

The 1966 New York Yankees season was the 64th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 70–89, finishing 26.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Johnny Keane and Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. Keane managed his final MLB game in early-May, and died the following January at the age of 55.The Yankees finished in 10th place, although arguably a "strong" tenth. It was the first time they had finished in last place since 1912, their last year at the Hilltop.On September 22, paid attendance of 413 was announced at the 65,000-seat Yankee Stadium. WPIX announcer Red Barber asked the TV cameras to pan the empty stands as he commented on the low attendance. Although denied the camera shots on orders from the Yankees' head of media relations, he said, "I don't know what the paid attendance is today, but whatever it is, it is the smallest crowd in the history of Yankee Stadium, and this crowd is the story, not the game." By a horrible stroke of luck, that game was the first for CBS executive Mike Burke as team president. A week later, Barber was invited to breakfast where Burke told him that his contract wouldn't be renewed.

The 1966 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University during the 1966 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bo Schembechler, the Redskins won the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship, compiled a 9–1 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 229 to 76.The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Bruce Matte with 845 passing yards, Joe Kozar with 633 rushing yards, and John Erisman with 600 receiving yards.

1966 NBA All-Star Game

1966 Maryland Terrapins football team

Henry Wagner

1966 Men's British Open Squash Championship

Norm Drucker and John Vanak

The 1966 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916 and 1919 against the then-private transit companies had all failed. There had also been some partial TWU strikes in the 1930s, but no citywide actions. The strike led to the passage of the Taylor Law, which redefined the rights and limitations of unions for public employees in New York.The strikers were led initially by the Irish-born Michael J. "Mike" Quill, the TWU's founder, who had been the union's president since its founding. The strike effectively ended all service on the subway and buses in the city, affecting millions of commuters. It was an ominous beginning for the mayoralty of John V. Lindsay, but is perhaps better remembered for the jailing of Quill and for his death only weeks afterwards.

1966 Major League Baseball draft

Fighting Irish

1966 NSWRFL season

1966 National Invitation Tournament

Nick Eddy 9-yard run

Finals

Consensus national champion

First round

Oklahoma State University
Miami

Bob Warmack 1-yard run

1966 National Basketball Association Finals

The 1966 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the 1966 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–2–1 against Big 8 opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the Big 8, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 121 to 116. Dan Devine was the head coach for the ninth of 13 seasons. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.The team's statistical leaders included Charlie Brown with 576 rushing yards, Gary Kombrink with 433 passing yards and 645 yards of total offense, Chuck Weber with 157 receiving yards, and Bill Bates with 27 points scored.

1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game

Bowling Green Falcons

Texas Western College

Japan Series MVP Award

The Nigerian counter-coup of 1966, or the so-called "July Rematch", was the second of many military coups in Nigeria. It was masterminded by Lt Colonel Murtala Muhammed and many northern military officers.

Saint Mary's Cardinals

Central League Pennant

1966 NHL Draft

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

1966 NASCAR Grand National Series

1966 NCAA College Division Men's Basketball Tournament

Lewis Field

The 1966 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1965–66 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.The Celtics won their eighth consecutive NBA title and ninth overall, defeating the Lakers in the Finals for a fifth straight time.This was the last NBA playoffs under the "top team in each division gets a first-round bye" format established in the 1955 NBA Playoffs; the 1967 NBA Playoffs featured an eight-team tournament with no first-round byes.

1966 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Ohio State Buckeyes

Lafayette

MSU 10-7

NASA 901

ITA

The 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1966. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1965 College World Series.

V Gran Premio de Mexico

Michigan St

Men's College Cup

Ronnie Johnson 10-yard run

Race 1 of 8 in 1966 Tasman Series

Jim Seymour 39-yard pass from Coley O'Brien

1966 National Football League season

Smith 10 yard pass from Miller

ncg

1966 NCAA University Division Men's Cross Country Championships

1966 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships

Ron Shotts 1-yard run

Big Eight champion

Wichita State

Izsáki

The 1966 British Open Championship was held at the Lansdowne Club in London from 13–22 December 1965.Abdelfattah Abou Taleb won his third consecutive title defeating Aftab Jawaid. The competition came under criticism for the modern day physicality which increased the chances of players getting injured, in the first round Ward was taken to hospital following a head injury received whilst playing Jawaid.

The 1966 Open Championship was the 95th Open Championship, held 6–9 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Jack Nicklaus won the first of his three Claret Jugs, one stroke ahead of runners-up Doug Sanders and Dave Thomas. It was the sixth of eighteen major titles for Nicklaus and marked the completion of the first of his three career grand slams.This was the first Open to be scheduled over four days, with one round each day, finishing on Saturday.

Dornblaser Field

Division Finals

Valparaiso University

Team Champions: Kansas

1966 NFL playoff

Fresno State Bulldogs

Xavier University

OSU

Kent State University

The 1966 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1966 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Lou Saban, the Terrapins compiled a 4–6 record (3–3 in conference), finished in a tie for third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents 204 to 180.

The 1966 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1966 college football season. The Irish, coached by Ara Parseghian, ended the season undefeated with nine wins and one tie, winning a national championship. The Fighting Irish earned a consensus title after beating No. 10 Oklahoma 38–0 in Norman, tying unbeaten and No. 2 Michigan State 10–10, and ending the season defeating No. 10 USC, 51–0, in the Coliseum The 1966 squad became the eighth Irish team to win the national title and the first under Parseghian. The Irish outscored its opponents 362–38. The 10–10 tie between The Spartans and the Irish remains one of the controversial games of college football, and is considered today to be one of the great "games of the century".

Michigan State Spartans

John Ward

OU 12-3

1966 Ohio State Buckeyes baseball team

Rutgers

1966 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

1966 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

1966 Lowood 4 Hour

USA

1966 Nigerian counter-coup

1966 Nemzeti Bajnoksag I (women's handball)

Western Michigan University

MIA 21–3

Jim Seymour 13-yard pass from Coley O'Brien

TEX 3-0
Texas Longhorns vs. Oklahoma Sooners

1966 Mosport Can-Am

Saint Louis Billikens

University of Indiana

1966 Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Wisconsin Badgers

George Benitez

The 1966 Masters Tournament was the 30th Masters Tournament, held April 7–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.Jack Nicklaus, age 26, earned his third Green Jacket in an 18-hole Monday playoff and became the first back-to-back champion at the Masters. He ended regulation at even-par 288, tied with Tommy Jacobs and Gay Brewer. Nicklaus shot a 70 in the extra round on Monday to defeat Jacobs (72) and Brewer (78). Nicklaus' score the previous year in 1965 was significantly lower at 271 (−17), a record which stood for 32 years.On Sunday, Brewer shot a 33 (−3) on the front nine and then had eight pars as he came to the 72nd hole with a one-shot lead. After hitting his approach shot onto the green, he three-putted from 75 feet (23 m), missing a 5-foot (1.5 m) putt for par to win. This was the last Masters that two-time champion Byron Nelson played in; he shot 76 and 78 and missed the cut by one stroke. The 36-hole cut at 153 (+9) was the highest to date, exceeded only in 1982.A close friend of Nicklaus was among four that died in a private plane crash in Tennessee on Wednesday, while en route to Augusta from Columbus, Ohio. Nicklaus learned of the incident late that night and responded with a 68 in the first round, but fell back with a 76 on Friday.It was the fifth of 18 major titles for Nicklaus, and his only successful defense of a major. Three months later, he completed the first of his three career grand slams at Muirfield in the Open Championship. Later back-to-back winners at Augusta were Nick Faldo (1989 and 1990, both playoffs) and Tiger Woods (2001 and 2002).Terry Dill won the seventh Par 3 contest on Wednesday with a score of 22.Brewer rebounded and won the tournament the next year, while Nicklaus' attempt at three consecutive titles ended early with a rare missed cut. Jacobs never won a major; he was also a runner-up in the U.S. Open in 1964 at Congressional.CBS commentator Jack Whitaker referred to the gallery at the end of the 18-hole Monday playoff as a "mob" and was banned from the next five Masters (1967–1971).

The 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1966 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament and determined the national champion in the 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The game was held on March 19, 1966 at Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland. The Kentucky Wildcats, the number one ranked team in men's college basketball, faced the Texas Western Miners, who were ranked third in the nation. Texas Western's starting lineup of five African Americans was the first all-black lineup in an NCAA title game; their opponents, by contrast, fielded an all-white squad. The Miners won 72–65, claiming the school's first national championship in men's college basketball. Their victory challenged assumptions widely held about black players at the time, and major college programs intensified their recruiting efforts towards African-American players in the years following the game.