1966 All-America college football team

The NCAA recognizes 22 players as "consensus" All-Americans for the 1966 season. The following chart identifies the consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received. == Offensive selections ==

Ends • Jack Clancy, Michigan (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1 [split end], UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WCFF) • Ray Perkins, Alabama (AFCA [flanker], AP-1, CP-2, FWAA, NEA-1 [safety], UPI-2, FN, WCFF) • Gene Washington, Michigan State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, NEA-2 [split end], UPI-1, Time, TSN) • Jim Beirne, Purdue (CP-1) • Eppie Barney, Iowa (AP-2 [end]) • Larry Gilbert, Texas Tech (AP-2 [end]) • Jim Seymour, Notre Dame (CP-2, NEA-2 [flanker], UPI-2, FN) Tight ends • Austin Denney, Tennessee (NEA-1) • Cas Banaszek, Northwestern (NEA-2) Tackles • Cecil Dowdy, Alabama (AFCA [guard], AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, WCFF) • Ron Yary, USC (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame) (AFCA, AP-2, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WCFF) • Wayne Mass, Clemson (AFCA, CP-2, UPI-2) • Jerry West, Michigan State (NEA-1) • Jack Calcaterra, Purdue (AP-2, UPI-2) • Reeve Vannaman, Cornell (CP-2) Guards • Tom Regner, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WCFF) • LaVerne Allers, Nebraska (AP-1, CP-1, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, WCFF) • Mo Moorman, Texas A&M (FWAA, NEA-2 [tackle], Time, TSN) • Gary Bugenhagen, Syracuse (AP-1 [tackle], FWAA) • Bob Hyland, Boston College (CP-2, Time, TSN) • Edgar Chandler, Georgia (NEA-1, UPI-2) • Lynn Thornhill, Southern Methodist (AP-2) • Del Williams, Florida State (AP-2, CP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2) Centers • Jim Breland, Georgia Tech (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, WCFF) • Bill Carr, Florida (AP-2, CP-2, Time, TSN) • Ray Pryor, Ohio State (FWAA, NEA-2) • Bob Johnson, Tennessee (FN) • George Goeddeke, Notre Dame (UPI-2) Quarterbacks • Steve Spurrier, Florida (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA [tie], AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WCFF) • Bob Griese, Purdue (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame) (AFCA [tie], AP-2, CP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2, FN) • Gary Beban, UCLA (FN) Running backs • Mel Farr, UCLA (AFCA, AP-1, CP-2, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN [halfback], Time, TSN, WCFF) • Nick Eddy, Notre Dame (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1 (FL), UPI-1, FN [halfback], WCFF) • Clint Jones, Michigan State (AP-1, CP-1, NEA-1, UPI-2, Time, TSN, WCFF) • Floyd Little, Syracuse (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame) (AFCA, AP-2, CP-2, NEA-2, UPI-1, WCFF) • Ray McDonald, Idaho (AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2, Time, TSN) • Lenny Snow, Georgia Tech (FWAA, UPI-2, FN [halfback]) • Larry Csonka, Syracuse (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame) (CP-1 [fullback], FN [fullback]) • Jim Bohl, New Mexico State (FN [halfback]) • Warren McVea, Houston (FN [halfback]) • Bob Apisa, Michigan State (FN [fullback]) • Larry Conjar, Notre Dame (FN [fullback]) • Garrett Ford, Sr., West Virginia (AP-2) • Pete Pifer, Oregon State (CP-2 [fullback]) == Defensive selections ==

Defensive ends • Bubba Smith, Michigan State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN [end], Time, TSN, WCFF) • Alan Page, Notre Dame (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame) (AP-2, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-2, FN [end], Time, TSN, WCFF) • George Foussekis, Virginia Tech (AP-2) • Sam Harris, Colorado (CP-2, UPI-2) • Billy Anders, Ohio State (CP-2) • Dennis Randall, Oklahoma State (NEA-2) • Ted Hendricks, Miami (College and Pro Football Halls of Fame) (NEA-2) Defensive tackles • Loyd Phillips, Arkansas (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI, FN [tackle], Time, TSN, WCFF) • Tom Greenlee, Washington (AFCA, AP-1 [defensive end], UPI-1 [defensive end], WCFF) • Pete Duranko, Notre Dame (AFCA, UPI) • Dennis Byrd, North Carolina State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, NEA-1, FWAA) • George Patton, Georgia (AP-1, CP-1, UPI-2, FN [tackle]) • Kevin Hardy, Notre Dame (AP-2, UPI-2, FN [tackle], Time, TSN) • Bill Stanfill, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (NEA-2) • Ed Philpott, Miami (OH) (CP-2, NEA-2) • Jim Urbanek, Mississippi (CP-2, FN [tackle]) Middle guards • Wayne Meylan, Nebraska (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA [defensive tackle], AP-1, CP-2 [guard], FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN [guard], WCFF) • John LaGrone, SMU (AFCA [middle guard], AP-2, CP-1 [guard], FWAA, NEA-1 [linebacker], UPI-2, WCFF) • John Richardson, UCLA (CP-1 [guard]) • Granville Liggins, Oklahoma (CP-2 [guard], NEA-2, FN [guard]) Linebackers • Jim Lynch, Notre Dame (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1, FWAA, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WCFF) • Paul Naumoff, Tennessee (AFCA, AP-1, CP-2, FWAA, NEA-2, UPI-1, FN, WCFF) • Bob Matheson, Duke (AP-1, Time, TSN) • Townsend Clarke, Army (AP-2, CP-1, NEA-1, UPI-2) • Charles Thornhill, Michigan State (AP-2, NEA-2, UPI-2) • Adrian Young, Southern California (AP-2) • D. D. Lewis, Mississippi State (CP-2) • Wayne Purdon, Montana State (CP-2) Defensive backs • George Webster, Michigan State (College Football Hall of Fame) (AFCA, AP-1, CP-1 [linebacker], FWAA, NEA-1 [linebacker], UPI-1, FN [linebacker], Time, TSN, WCFF) • Nate Shaw, USC (AFCA, AP-2, CP-2, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, Time, TSN, WCFF) • Tom Beier, Miami (Fla.) (AFCA, AP-1, CP-2, NEA-1, UPI-1, FN, WCFF) • Frank Loria, Virginia Tech (AP-1, FWAA) • Martine Bercher, Arkansas (AFCA, UPI-1) • Rick Volk, Michigan (Time, TSN) • John Charles, Purdue (Time, TSN) • Henry King, Utah State (NEA-2, Time, TSN) • Bobby Johns, Alabama (CP-1, UPI-2, FN) • Wynn Mabry, Dartmouth (CP-1) • Larry Wachholtz, Nebraska (AP-2, UPI-2) • Chuck Latourette, Rice (AP-2) • Bruce Sullivan, Illinois (NEA-2) • Bobby Bryant, South Carolina (NEA-2 [safety]) • Tom Schoen, Notre Dame (UPI-2) • Lynn Hughes, Georgia (UPI-2) == Special teams ==

Kicker • Jan Stenerud, Montana State (Pro Football Hall of Fame) (TSN) Punter • Ron Widby, Tennessee (TSN) == Key ==

• Bold – Consensus All-American • AP = Associated Press, "based on recommendations of the AP football board of sportswriters and sportscasters" • CP = Central Press Association, "picked with the aid of the nation's football captains" • FWAA = Football Writers Association of America • NEA = Newspaper Enterprise Association, "chosen by consulting scouts, coaches and writers in every part of the country, representing a true cross-section of opinion" • UPI = United Press International, "selected by the ballots of 267 football writers and broadcasters" Unofficial selectors • FN = The Football News, consisting of the 34 best players out of the 25,000 men playing college football that year, as selected by the paper's correspondents and staff members • Time = Time magazine • WCFF = Walter Camp Football Foundation ==See also==