1966 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1966 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	2–6 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach	Joe Yukica (1st season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium

1966 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
UMass $	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Vermont	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Connecticut	2	–	2	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Maine	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
New Hampshire	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1966 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. In its first year under head coach Joe Yukica, the team compiled a 2–6 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished last out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Colby*	Seaverns Field Waterville, ME	L 14–18	1,800
October 1	Rhode Island	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 6–17	2,500–5,000
October 8	Maine	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	W 10–7	10,400
October 15	at Vermont	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	L 24–32	8,500
October 22	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	L 14–15	8,700
October 29	Connecticut	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 14–15	9,000
November 5	Springfield*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 28–21	7,500
November 12	at UMass	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 7–14	6,400
*Non-conference game