1966 College Football Passing Stats

1965 CFB Passing Stats 1967 CFB Passing Stats

Champions:
Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)
Michigan State (NFF)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Steve Spurrier (Florida)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: Thomas Cahill (Army)

AP Preseason #1: Alabama

AP Final #1: Notre Dame

60 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Att (minimum 14 Att/G, 75% of school games played).

60 Players Table
					Passing									Rushing
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Bo Burris	Houston	Ind	10	98	204	48.0	1666	8.2	5.7	22	21	131.6	70	180	2.6	4
2	Bob Griese	Purdue	Big Ten	11	130	215	60.5	1749	8.1	6.9	12	11	137.0	71	215	3.0	6
3	Jimmy Addison	Clemson	ACC	10	103	186	55.4	1491	8.0	5.7	10	14	125.4	32	-2	-0.1	0
4	Gary Beban	UCLA	AAWU	10	78	157	49.7	1245	7.9	5.8	6	10	116.2	123	454	3.7	10
5	Mickey Beard	Dartmouth	Ivy	9	75	137	54.7	1079	7.9	7.1	13	8	140.5	70	226	3.2	4
6	Alan Pastrana	Maryland	ACC	10	102	195	52.3	1499	7.7	6.2	17	14	131.3	92	-104	-1.1	4
7	Hank Washington	West Texas A&M	Ind	10	163	281	58.0	2107	7.5	6.1	17	16	129.6	54	78	1.4	3
8	Dewey Warren	Tennessee	SEC	10	136	229	59.4	1716	7.5	7.7	18	7	142.2	70	41	0.6	5
9	John Goodman	Arizona State	WAC	10	90	168	53.6	1259	7.5	4.7	8	14	115.6	56	-199	-3.6	0
10	Virgil Carter	Brigham Young	WAC	10	141	293	48.1	2182	7.4	6.4	21	16	123.4	95	363	3.8	9
11	Danny Holman	San Jose State	Ind	10	160	260	61.5	1925	7.4	6.3	12	12	129.7	108	-211	-2.0	1
12	Dick Vidmer	Michigan	Big Ten	10	117	225	52.0	1609	7.2	6.6	10	7	120.5	67	30	0.4	1
13	Bill Miller	Miami (FL)	Ind	10	84	155	54.2	1114	7.2	4.9	7	11	115.3	55	121	2.2	2
14	Greg Barton	Tulsa	MVC	10	133	235	56.6	1673	7.1	5.5	13	14	122.7	34	-121	-3.6	0
15	Bill Creeden	Pennsylvania	Ivy	9	121	265	45.7	1842	7.0	5.2	11	15	106.4	87	90	1.0	4
16	Clyde Hewell	Furman	Southern	10	81	157	51.6	1096	7.0	4.1	7	13	108.4	65	-112	-1.7	0
17	Steve Spurrier	Florida	SEC	10	179	291	61.5	2012	6.9	6.8	16	8	132.2	76	66	0.9	0
18	Carroll Williams	Xavier	Ind	10	97	203	47.8	1397	6.9	5.1	7	11	106.1	150	-15	-0.1	4
19	Bill Abel	Cornell	Ivy	9	64	138	46.4	953	6.9	5.2	6	8	107.1	75	37	0.5	3
20	Billy Stevens	UTEP	Ind	10	140	305	45.9	2088	6.8	5.6	19	17	112.8	55	-349	-6.3	2
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	Gary Pajcic	Florida State	Ind	10	125	233	53.6	1590	6.8	5.8	8	9	114.6	57	135	2.4	1
22	Tim Van Galder	Iowa State	Big 8	10	124	245	50.6	1645	6.7	4.3	6	16	102.0	117	104	0.9	5
23	Bill Melzer	Northwestern	Big Ten	10	94	176	53.4	1171	6.7	4.4	7	12	108.8	46	-1	0.0	2
24	Sal Olivas	New Mexico State	Ind	10	83	173	48.0	1154	6.7	6.0	17	10	124.9	52	72	1.4	3
25	Bob Davis	Virginia	ACC	10	107	222	48.2	1461	6.6	5.5	10	10	109.3	87	227	2.6	6
26	Steve Lindell	Army	Ind	10	80	157	51.0	1035	6.6	4.3	7	11	107.0	124	279	2.3	2
27	Mark Reed	Arizona	WAC	10	193	365	52.9	2368	6.5	5.6	20	16	116.7	54	-74	-1.4	4
28	Benny Russell	Louisville	MVC	10	142	310	45.8	2016	6.5	5.7	14	12	107.6	117	273	2.3	3
29	Jimmy Poole	Davidson	Southern	9	156	259	60.2	1685	6.5	5.3	14	13	122.7	110	240	2.2	4
30	Bob Churchich	Nebraska	Big 8	10	96	174	55.2	1136	6.5	4.7	4	9	107.3	63	-58	-0.9	4
31	Frank Stavroff	Indiana	Big Ten	10	119	224	53.1	1406	6.3	4.3	7	13	104.6	64	-78	-1.2
32	Rick Egloff	Wyoming	WAC	10	83	188	44.1	1181	6.3	5.3	13	10	109.1	59	249	4.2	4
33	Hill Ellett	Virginia Military Institute	Southern	10	105	205	51.2	1281	6.2	4.5	11	13	108.7	60	-84	-1.4	3
34	Bob Naponic	Illinois	Big Ten	10	70	162	43.2	998	6.2	5.5	4	4	98.2	133	215	1.6
35	Buster O'Brien	Richmond	Southern	10	99	200	49.5	1221	6.1	5.6	8	6	108.0	91	80	0.9	2
36	William Long	Ohio State	Big Ten	9	106	192	55.2	1180	6.1	4.0	6	12	104.6	96	33	0.3	1
37	John Cartwright	Navy	Ind	10	96	188	51.1	1146	6.1	3.1	10	17	101.7	100	195	2.0	2
38	Ed James	Pitt	Ind	10	91	193	47.2	1162	6.0	3.0	7	16	93.1	44	13	0.3
39	Terry Southall	Baylor	SWC	10	173	337	51.3	1986	5.9	3.8	16	23	102.9	61	7	0.1	1
40	Dan Darragh	William & Mary	Southern	10	111	227	48.9	1346	5.9	4.8	14	12	108.5	59	113	1.9	1
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
41	Bob Lee	Pacific	Ind	11	102	222	45.9	1299	5.9	3.3	12	18	96.7	81	62	0.8	6
42	Mick Murtha	Buffalo	Ind	10	84	210	40.0	1241	5.9	3.1	7	16	85.4	61	-14	-0.2	0
43	Edd Hargett	Texas A&M	SWC	10	132	265	49.8	1532	5.8	3.4	11	19	97.7	71	17	0.2	3
44	Tom Sparlin	Washington	AAWU	10	68	165	41.2	954	5.8	1.1	4	19	74.7	61	132	2.2
45	Jesse Kaye	Tampa	Ind	9	157	331	47.4	1891	5.7	4.0	14	19	97.9	44	-140	-3.2
46	John Scovell	Texas Tech	SWC	10	107	232	46.1	1323	5.7	4.6	8	9	97.6	112	280	2.5
47	Jerry Henderson	Washington State	AAWU	10	95	174	54.6	989	5.7	2.6	2	13	91.2	83	107	1.3
48	John Schneider	Toledo	MAC	10	130	273	47.6	1537	5.6	3.8	7	14	93.1	52	42	0.8	2
49	Bob Wolfe	Colorado State	Ind	10	65	160	40.6	890	5.6	4.1	6	8	89.7	76	-10	-0.1	3
50	Ed Podolak	Iowa	Big Ten	10	77	191	40.3	1041	5.5	1.5	3	18	72.4	141	450	3.2
51	Jack Lentz	Holy Cross	Ind	10	74	153	48.4	845	5.5	2.9	5	11	91.2	177	685	3.9	7
52	Jim Donnan	North Carolina State	ACC	10	74	158	46.8	859	5.4	3.4	4	9	89.5	22	-38	-1.7	1
53	Barry Bronk	California	AAWU	10	84	183	45.9	965	5.3	3.3	7	11	90.8	52	-114	-2.2
54	Vidal Carlin	North Texas	MVC	10	117	292	40.1	1510	5.2	2.5	15	24	84.0	41	-122	-3.0	1
55	John Eckman	Wichita State	MVC	10	195	458	42.6	2339	5.1	2.1	7	34	75.7	81	-165	-2.0	1
56	Pete Doherty	Yale	Ivy	9	90	192	46.9	978	5.1		11			19	-26	-1.4	0
57	Gary Davis	Vanderbilt	SEC	10	62	153	40.5	777	5.1	2.4	0	9	71.4	98	-86	-0.9
58	Bill Bailey	East Carolina	Southern	10	62	151	41.1	774	5.1	1.5	4	14	74.3	91	378	4.2	2
59	Rick Beitler	New Mexico	WAC	10	67	162	41.4	763	4.7	2.4	4	10	76.7	91	-21	-0.2	1
60	Don Saget	Mississippi State	SEC	10	69	166	41.6	753	4.5	0.7	2	15	65.6	91	150	1.6