1966 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
American college football season
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The 1966 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. In its ninth year under head coach Marvin C. Helling, the team compiled an 8–2 record (5–1 against NCC opponents), tied with North Dakota State for the NCC championship, defeated Parsons in the Pecan Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 338 to 154.[1] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record8–2 (5–1 NCC)
Headcoach
- Marvin C. Helling (9th season)
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
| 1966 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football | |
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NCC co-champion Pecan Bowl champion | |
Pecan Bowl, W 42–14 vs. Parsons | |
| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 8–2 (5–1 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State College of Iowa | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augustana (SD) | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 17 | vs. Montana* |
| W 30–6 | 5,400–6,000 | [2] | |
| September 24 | Idaho State* | No. 3 | W 41–0 | 8,300–8,570 | [3] | |
| October 1 | State College of Iowa | No. 2 |
| W 23–10 | 5,592 | |
| October 8 | South Dakota | No. 3 |
| W 31–17 | 4,670–5,107 | [4] |
| October 15 | at South Dakota State | No. 2 | W 43–0 | 6,400 | ||
| October 22 | No. 1 North Dakota State | No. 2 |
| L 15–18 | 14,275 | [5] |
| October 29 | No. 3 Montana State* | No. 4 |
| L 21–59 | 4,100–4,137 | [6][7] |
| November 5 | at Augustana (SD) | W 30–20 | 3,208 | |||
| November 12 | at Morningside | No. 9 | Sioux City, IA | W 62–0 | 1,340 | |
| December 10 | vs. No. 5 Parsons* | No. 8 | W 42–24 | |||
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