1966 Florida State Seminoles football team

The 1966 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University as an independent during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Bill Peterson, the Seminoles compiled a record of 6–5. Florida State was invited to the Sun Bowl, where the Seminoles lost to Wyoming.^[1]

1966 Florida State Seminoles football
Sun Bowl, L 20–28 vs. Wyoming
Conference	Independent
Record	6–5
Head coach	Bill Peterson (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bill Crutchfield (3rd season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Doak Campbell Stadium
Seasons ← 1965 1967 →

1966 NCAA University Division independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		–				9	–	0	–	1
Colgate		–		–				8	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Georgia Tech		–		–				9	–	2	–	0
Army		–		–				8	–	2	–	0
Dayton		–		–				8	–	2	–	0
Houston		–		–				8	–	2	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				7	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Miami (FL)		–		–				8	–	2	–	1
Virginia Tech		–		–				8	–	2	–	1
Syracuse		–		–				8	–	3	–	0
Colorado State		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
New Mexico State		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
West Texas State		–		–				7	–	3	–	0
Villanova		–		–				6	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross		–		–				6	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss		–		–				6	–	4	–	0
Texas Western		–		–				6	–	4	–	0
Tulane		–		–				5	–	4	–	1
Florida State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Buffalo		–		–				5	–	5	–	0
Penn State		–		–				5	–	5	–	0
Air Force		–		–				4	–	6	–	0
Boston College		–		–				4	–	6	–	0
Navy		–		–				4	–	6	–	0
Utah State		–		–				4	–	6	–	0
Xavier		–		–				4	–	6	–	0
Pacific		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
San Jose State		–		–				3	–	7	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				1	–	9	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Houston	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		L 13–21	35,643	[2]
September 24	at Miami (FL)	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)		W 23–20	54,626
October 8	No. 10 Florida	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)		L 19–22	46,698	[3]
October 15	at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 42–33	28,307	[4]
October 22	Mississippi State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 10–0	30,133	[5]
October 29	at Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		L 21–23	31,000	[6]
November 5	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC		W 32–10	29,286	[7]
November 12	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY		L 21–37	35,405
November 19	Wake Forest	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 28–0	29,176	[8]
November 26	Maryland	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL		W 45–21	33,000	[9]
December 24	vs. Wyoming	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	NBC	L 20–28	24,381	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game