1966 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1966 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1966 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

1966 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1966 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1966 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Michigan State	Duffy Daugherty	#2	#1	9–0–1	7–0	29.3	9.9	George Webster

2	Purdue	Jack Mollenkopf	#7	#7	9–2	6–1	27.0	14.0	Bob Griese

3 (tie)	Michigan	Bump Elliott	NR	#8	6–4	4–3	23.6	13.8	Jack Clancy

3 (tie)	Illinois	Pete Elliott	NR	NR	4–6	4–3	17.3	19.3	Ron Guenther

5	Minnesota	Murray Warmath	NR	NR	4–5–1	3–3–1	12.4	16.0	Tim Wheeler

6	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	NR	NR	4–5	3–4	12.0	13.7	Ray Pryor

7 (tie)	Northwestern	Alex Agase	NR	NR	3–6–1	2–4–1	13.7	21.3	Roger Murphy

7 (tie)	Wisconsin	Milt Bruhn	NR	NR	3–6–1	2–4–1	8.7	21.2	Bob Richter

9	Indiana	John Pont	NR	NR	1–8–1	1–5–1	10.4	22.9	Frank Stavroff

10	Iowa	Ray Nagel	NR	NR	2–8	1–6	8.6	25.3	Dick Gibbs

Sentence(s)

The 1966 Michigan State football team, under head coach Duffy Daugherty, won the Big Ten football championship, compiled a 9–0–1 record, and was ranked No. 2 in the final AP Poll.

final_sentence: The 1966 Michigan State football team, under head coach Duffy Daugherty, won the Big Ten football championship, compiled a 9–0–1 record, and was ranked No. 2 in the final AP Poll.