1966 South Dakota Coyotes football team

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1966 South Dakota Coyotes football
Conference	North Central Conference
Record	5–5 (2–4 NCC)
Head coach	Joe Salem (1st season)
Home stadium	Inman Field
Seasons ← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 South Dakota Coyotes football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. In its first season under head coach Joe Salem, the team compiled a 5–5 record (2–4 against NCC opponents), finished in a three-way tie for fourth place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 225 to 160.^[1] The team played its home games at Inman Field in Vermillion, South Dakota.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	vs. Colorado State–Greeley*	O'Hara Field Rapid City, SD	W 27–12	3,000	^[2]
September 17	Wayne State (NE)*	Inman Field Vermillion, SD	W 40–6	4,004
September 24	Montana*	Inman Field Vermillion, SD	W 21–7	3,937–5,000	^[3]
October 1	at Augustana (SD)	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	L 20–24	8,000
October 8	at No. 3 North Dakota	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND (Sitting Bull Trophy)	L 17–31	4,670–5,107	^[4]
October 15	at Morningside	Sioux City, IA	W 38–0	5,600
October 22	South Dakota State	Inman Field Vermillion, SD (rivalry)	L 18–22	9,500
October 29	No. 1 North Dakota State	Inman Field Vermillion, SD	L 0–13	4,067	^[5]
November 5	State College of Iowa	Inman Field Vermillion, SD	W 30–14	3,585
November 12	at Drake*	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	L 14–31	3,300
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Venues	Darwin Inman Memorial Stadium (1926–1978) DakotaDome (1979–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Sitting Bull Trophy (North Dakota) South Dakota State
Culture & lore	"Hail, South Dakota!" Charlie Coyote Dakota Days
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890–1893 1894 1895–1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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