# 1965–66 Rangers F.C. season

The 1965–66 season was the 86th season of competitive football by Rangers.
Rangers won the Scottish Cup for the 19th time after defeating Celtic in the final. The team also reached the final of the Scottish League Cup, where they lost to Celtic.

## Overview

Rangers played a total of 51 competitive matches during the 1965–66 season.

## Results

All results are written with Rangers' score first.

### Scottish First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance |
| 25 August 1965 | St Johnstone | H | 3–2 | 22,693 |
| 11 September 1965 | Partick Thistle | A | 1–1 | 29,789 |
| 18 September 1965 | Celtic | H | 2–1 | 76,198 |
| 25 September 1965 | Dundee | A | 1–1 | 21,451 |
| 2 October 1965 | Stirling Albion | H | 6–0 | 25,599 |
| 9 October 1965 | St Mirren | A | 1–1 | 22,160 |
| 16 October 1965 | Hibernian | A | 2–1 | 37,288 |
| 27 October 1965 | Dundee United | H | 2–0 | 29,046 |
| 30 October 1965 | Hamilton Academical | A | 7–1 | 10,503 |
| 6 November 1965 | Falkirk | H | 3–3 | 20,189 |
| 13 November 1965 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–0 | 28,697 |
| 20 November 1965 | Kilmarnock | H | 2–1 | 33,225 |
| 27 November 1965 | Motherwell | A | 0–3 | 15,409 |
| 11 December 1965 | Morton | H | 3–1 | 22,204 |
| 18 December 1965 | Clyde | A | 2–2 | 13,212 |
| 25 December 1965 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 2–3 | 31,003 |
| 1 January 1966 | Partick Thistle | H | 4–0 | 29,783 |
| 3 January 1966 | Celtic | A | 1–5 | 65,445 |
| 8 January 1966 | St Johnstone | A | 3–0 | 11,701 |
| 22 January 1966 | Stirling Albion | A | 2–0 | 14,935 |
| 29 January 1966 | St Mirren | H | 4–1 | 28,870 |
| 12 February 1966 | Hibernian | H | 5–1 | 27,569 |
| 26 February 1966 | Hamilton Academical | H | 4–0 | 27,305 |
| 9 March 1966 | Falkirk | A | 2–3 | 8,706 |
| 12 March 1966 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–1 | 38,571 |
| 19 March 1966 | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | 25,372 |
| 21 March 1966 | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | 14,815 |
| 6 April 1966 | Dundee | H | 1–0 | 28,421 |
| 9 April 1966 | Aberdeen | H | 1–0 | 29,535 |
| 13 April 1966 | Aberdeen | A | 2–1 | 16,387 |
| 16 April 1966 | Morton | A | 5–0 | 13,927 |
| 19 April 1966 | Motherwell | H | 2–1 | 21,175 |
| 30 April 1966 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 2–1 | 19,817 |
| 4 May 1966 | Clyde | H | 4–0 | 20,606 |

### Scottish Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance |
| 5 February 1966 | R1 | Airdrieonians | H | 5–1 | 16,400 |
| 28 February 1966 | R2 | Ross County | A | 2–0 | 8,500 |
| 5 March 1966 | QF | St Johnstone | H | 1–0 | 32,000 |
| 26 March 1966 | SF | Aberdeen | N | 0–0 | 42,280 |
| 29 March 1966 | SFR | Aberdeen | N | 2–1 | 40,851 |
| 23 April 1966 | F | Celtic | N | 0–0 | 126,552 |
| 27 April 1966 | FR | Celtic | N | 1–0 | 98,202 |

### League Cup

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance |
| 14 August 1965 | SR | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–4 | 32,859 |
| 18 August 1965 | SR | Clyde | H | 3–0 | 24,806 |
| 21 August 1965 | SR | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | 23,662 |
| 28 August 1965 | SR | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | 44,472 |
| 1 September 1965 | SR | Clyde | A | 1–3 | 13,875 |
| 4 September 1965 | SR | Aberdeen | H | 4–0 | 44,496 |
| 15 September 1965 | QF1 | Airdrieonians | A | 5–1 | 9,090 |
| 22 September 1965 | QF2 | Airdrieonians | H | 4–0 | 8,969 |
| 6 October 1965 | SF | Kilmarnock | N | 6–4 | 54,473 |
| 23 October 1965 | F | Celtic | N | 1–2 | 107,647 |