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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
| Year = 1965
{{Infobox college sports team season
| Team = Northwestern Wildcats
| year = 1965
| sport = football
| team = Northwestern Wildcats
| Image =
| sport = football
| ImageSize =
| image =
| Conference = Big Ten Conference
| Division =
| image_size =
| ShortConference = Big Ten
| conference = [[Big Ten Conference]]
| short_conf = Big Ten
| CoachRank =
| record = 4–6
| APRank =
| conf_record = 3–4
| Record = 4–6
| head_coach = [[Alex Agase]]
| ConfRecord = 3–4
| hc_year = 2nd
| HeadCoach = [[Alex Agase]]
| mvp = Jim Burns
| HCYear = 2nd
| captain = Jeff Brooke<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf#page=7|title=Year-by-Year Results|date=2007|page=148|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316165052/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/nw/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/nu-mg-07-history.pdf#page=7|archive-date=March 16, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref>
| OffCoach =
| stadium = [[Ryan Field (stadium)|Dyche Stadium]]
| DefCoach =
| Captain =
| Captain2 =
| Captain3 =
| OScheme =
| DScheme =
| MVP = Jim Burns
| StadiumArena = [[Dyche Stadium]]
| Champion =
| BowlTourney =
| BowlTourneyResult =
}}
}}
{{1965 Big Ten football standings}}
{{1965 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The '''1965 Northwestern Wildcats team''' represented [[Northwestern University]] during the [[1965 Big Ten Conference football season]]. In their second year under head coach [[Alex Agase]], the Wildcats compiled a 4–6 record (3–4 against [[Big Ten Conference]] opponents) and finished in sixth place in the [[Big Ten Conference]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1965 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=February 22, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1965-schedule.html}}</ref>
The '''1965 Northwestern Wildcats team''' represented [[Northwestern University]] during the [[1965 Big Ten Conference football season]]. In their second year under head coach [[Alex Agase]], the Wildcats compiled a 4–6 record (3–4 against [[Big Ten Conference]] opponents) and finished in sixth place in the [[Big Ten Conference]].


The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Denny Boothe with 487 passing yards, Bob McKelvey with 587 rushing yards, and [[Cas Banaszek]] with 333 receiving yards.<ref>{{cite web|title=1965 Northwestern Wildcats Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=December 18, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1965.html}}</ref> McKelvey, Banaszek, and tackle Jim Burns were selected by the Associated Press as second-team All-Big Ten players.<ref>{{cite news|title=Grabowski Big Ten Choice|newspaper=Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian|date=November 24, 1965|page=3B|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19651121&id=LbcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mdcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2758,5306529}}</ref>
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Denny Boothe with 487 passing yards, Bob McKelvey with 587 rushing yards, and [[Cas Banaszek]] with 333 receiving yards.<ref>{{cite web|title=1965 Northwestern Wildcats Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 18, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1965.html}}</ref> McKelvey, Banaszek, and tackle Jim Burns were selected by the Associated Press as second-team All-Big Ten players.<ref>{{cite news|title=Grabowski Big Ten Choice|newspaper=Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian|date=November 24, 1965|page=3B|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1893&dat=19651121&id=LbcfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mdcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2758,5306529}}</ref>


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule
{{CFB Schedule Start|time=no|ranklink=|rankyear=1965|tv=no|attend=no}}
| rankyear = 1965
{{CFB Schedule Entry
| w/l = l
| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 18
| date = September 18
| time = no
| w/l = l
| nonconf = yes
| nonconf = y
| away =
| opponent = [[1965 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
| opponent = [[1965 Florida Gators football team|Florida]]
| rank =
| site_stadium = [[Ryan Field (stadium)|Dyche Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Ryan Field (stadium)|Dyche Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Evanston, IL]]
| site_cityst = [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston, IL]]
| score = 14&ndash;24
| score = 14–24
| tv = no
| attend = 33,918
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-wildcats-lose-2414/133796135/|work=Chicago Tribune|title=Wildcats lose, 24–14|date=September 19, 1965|accessdate=October 20, 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| w/l = w
| date = September 25
| date = September 25
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf = no
| away = y
| away = yes
| opponent = [[1965 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana]]
| opponent = [[1965 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana]]
| site_stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (Indiana University)|Seventeenth Street Stadium]]
| rank =
| site_stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (Indiana)|Seventeenth Street Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Bloomington, Indiana|Bloomington, IN]]
| score = 20–0
| site_cityst = [[Bloomington, IN]]
| score = 20&ndash;0
| attend = 31,537
| tv = no
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| date = October 2
| nonconf = y
| time = no
| away = y
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = [[1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]
| opponent = [[1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|Notre Dame]]
| opprank = 8
| opprank = 8
| rank =
| site_stadium = [[Notre Dame Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Notre Dame Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[South Bend, IN]]
| site_cityst = [[Notre Dame, Indiana|Notre Dame, IN]]
| gamename = [[Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 7&ndash;38
| score = 7–38
| gamename = [[Northwestern&ndash;Notre Dame football rivalry|Rivalry]]
| tv = no
| attend = 59,273
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| w/l = w
| date = October 9
| date = October 9
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf = yes
| nonconf = y
| away =
| opponent = [[1965 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]]
| opponent = [[1965 Oregon State Beavers football team|Oregon State]]
| rank =
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 15&ndash;7
| score = 15–7
| tv = no
| attend = 34,575
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| w/l = l
| date = October 16
| date = October 16
| time = no
| w/l = l
| nonconf = no
| away =
| opponent = [[1965 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
| opponent = [[1965 Wisconsin Badgers football team|Wisconsin]]
| rank =
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 7&ndash;21
| score = 7–21
| tv = no
| attend = 44,444
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| w/l = w
| date = October 23
| date = October 23
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf = no
| away =
| opponent = [[1965 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]]
| opponent = [[1965 Iowa Hawkeyes football team|Iowa]]
| rank =
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 9&ndash;0
| score = 9–0
| tv = no
| attend =
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| w/l = l
| w/l = l
| date = October 30
| away = y
| time = no
| nonconf = no
| away = yes
| opponent = [[1965 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State]]
| opponent = [[1965 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State]]
| opprank = 1
| opprank = 1
| site_cityst = [[East Lansing, Michigan|East Lansing, MI]]
| rank =
| site_stadium = [[Spartan Stadium (East Lansing)|Spartan Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Spartan Stadium (East Lansing, Michigan)|Spartan Stadium]]
| score = 7–49
| site_cityst = [[East Lansing, MI]]
| score = 7&ndash;49
| attend = 74,215
| tv = no
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| w/l = l
| date = November 6
| date = November 6
| time = no
| w/l = l
| nonconf = no
| away = y
| away = yes
| opponent = [[1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]]
| opponent = [[1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team|Minnesota]]
| rank =
| site_stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (University of Minnesota)|Memorial Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Memorial Stadium (University of Minnesota)|Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Minneapolis, MN]]
| site_cityst = [[Minneapolis|Minneapolis, MN]]
| score = 22&ndash;27
| score = 22–27
| tv = no
| attend = 50,565
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| w/l = w
| date = November 13
| date = November 13
| time = no
| w/l = w
| nonconf = no
| away =
| opponent = [[1965 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]
| opponent = [[1965 Michigan Wolverines football team|Michigan]]
| rank =
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| gamename = [[Michigan–Northwestern football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 34&ndash;22
| tv = no
| score = 34–22
| attend = 40,007
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=N.U. Jars Michigan: Pins 34-22 Setback On Wolverines|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|author=David Condon|date=November 14, 1965|page=II-1, II-4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38846111/nu_jars_michigan_pins_3422_setback/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{CFB Schedule Entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| w/l = l
| date = November 20
| date = November 20
| time = no
| w/l = l
| nonconf = no
| away =
| opponent = [[1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]]
| opponent = [[1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|Illinois]]
| rank =
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| gamename = [[Illinois–Northwestern football rivalry|rivalry]]
| score = 6&ndash;20
| score = 6–20
| gamename = [[Sweet Sioux Tomahawk]]
| tv = no
| attend = 41,348
}}
}}
}}
<ref>{{cite web|title=1965 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 22, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1965-schedule.html}}</ref>
{{CFB Schedule End|rank=|poll=[[AP Poll]] released prior to game|hc=no}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:34, 30 September 2024

1965 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–6 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJim Burns
CaptainJeff Brooke[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Michigan State $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Ohio State 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Purdue 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Minnesota 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Illinois 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Michigan 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Indiana 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Iowa 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 4–6 record (3–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference.

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Denny Boothe with 487 passing yards, Bob McKelvey with 587 rushing yards, and Cas Banaszek with 333 receiving yards.[2] McKelvey, Banaszek, and tackle Jim Burns were selected by the Associated Press as second-team All-Big Ten players.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Florida*
L 14–2433,918[4]
September 25at Indiana
W 20–031,537
October 2at No. 8 Notre Dame*
L 7–3859,273
October 9Oregon State*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 15–734,575
October 16Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–2144,444
October 23Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 9–0
October 30at No. 1 Michigan State
L 7–4974,215
November 6at Minnesota
L 22–2750,565
November 13Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
W 34–2240,007[5]
November 20Illinois
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL (rivalry)
L 6–2041,348
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "1965 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  3. ^ "Grabowski Big Ten Choice". Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian. November 24, 1965. p. 3B.
  4. ^ "Wildcats lose, 24–14". Chicago Tribune. September 19, 1965. Retrieved October 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ David Condon (November 14, 1965). "N.U. Jars Michigan: Pins 34-22 Setback On Wolverines". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1, II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1965 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.


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