The 1966 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team was Saint Louis University's competitive soccer team for the 1966 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. They advanced to, but were defeated in the Quarterfinals of the 1966 NCAA Soccer tournament by eventual champion San Francisco, which was the earliest playoff exit in the Billikens' history up to that point.[1][2] The team finished with a 7-4-3 record for the season.
| 1966 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer | |
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NCAA Tournament, Final, L 1–2 vs. San Francisco | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 7-4-3 |
| Head coach |
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This season was the worst season by the Billikens in the team's history up to that point. Their results for the regular season and playoffs are below:[3]
The Billikens started 2-3-1, but after their loss to Kurtis they did not lose again until the quarterfinals of the playoffs.
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site City, State | ||||||
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| Regular season | |||||||||||
| September 24, 1966* |
Air Force | W 2-0 | 1–0 |
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| September 28, 1966* |
at Quincy | L 1-2 | 1–1 |
Quincy, Illinois | |||||||
| September 30, 1966* |
at Indiana | T 2-2 | 1-1-1 |
Bloomington, Indiana | |||||||
| October 2, 1966* |
Rockhurst | L 0-1 | 1-2-1 |
Kansas City, Missouri | |||||||
| October 8, 1966* |
British Columbia | W 1–0 | 2-2-1 |
SLU Soccer Field St. Louis | |||||||
| October 9, 1966* |
at Kutis | L 1-2 | 2-3-1 |
SLU Soccer Field St. Louis | |||||||
| October 15, 1966* |
MacMurray | W 5-0 | 3–3–1 |
Jacksonville, Illinois | |||||||
| October 22, 1966* |
Miami (Florida) | W 9-0 | 4–3–1 |
SLU Soccer Field St. Louis | |||||||
| October 23, 1966* |
Northwestern | W 6-0 | 5–3–1 |
SLU Soccer Field St. Louis | |||||||
| October 29, 1966* |
Alumni | T 0-0 | 5–3–2 |
SLU Soccer Field St. Louis | |||||||
| November 5, 1966* |
Michigan State | T 1-1 | 5-3-3 |
SLU Soccer Field St. Louis | |||||||
| November 12, 1966* |
Illinois | W 4-1 | 6-3-3 |
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois | |||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| November 20, 1966* |
Colorado College[4] | W 5-1 | 7-3-3 |
Colorado Springs, Colorado | |||||||
| November 26, 1966* |
San Francisco | L 1-2 | 7-4-3 |
San Francisco | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Jares, Joe (December 12, 1966). "USF Wins One For the U.N." Sports Illustrated Vault. Time, Inc. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "The Story of the 1966 Men's Soccer National Champions". San Francisco Dons. USFDons.com. August 8, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ^ "1966" (PDF). Saint Louis University. Saint Louis University. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "November 21, 1966". Newspapers.com. St Louis Post Dispatch. Retrieved November 17, 2018.