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The 1965 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas in the 1965 NCAA Division I-A college football season.
Regular season
Tommy Nobis was in his final year at Texas and was known an iron man, playing (and starting) on both defense and offense for his entire college career. Aside from being an All-American linebacker, he also played guard on the offensive side of the ball and was often the primary blocker on touchdown runs. Famed Texas coach Darrell K. Royal called him "the finest two-way player I have ever seen." A knee injury slowed him during the latter part of his senior season, but he still was able to perform at a high level and won a number of major individual awards including the Knute Rockne Award, best lineman, the Outland Trophy, best interior lineman, and the Maxwell Award for college football’s best player. Nobis also finished seventh in the Heisman voting to USC’s Mike Garrett. He appeared on the covers of LIFE, Sports Illustrated and TIME magazines.
Schedule
The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 6-4-0 record.
| Game | Date | Opponent | Result | Longhorns points | Opponents | Record |
| 1 | Sept. 18 | Tulane | Win | 31 | 0 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Sept 25 | Texas Tech | Win | 68 | 0 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Oct. 2 | Indiana | Win | 72 | 15 | 3-0 |
| 4 | Oct 9 | Oklahoma | Win | 19 | 0 | 4-0 |
| 5 | Oct 16 | @ Arkansas | Loss | 24 | 27 | 4-1 |
| 6 | Oct 23 | Rice | Loss | 17 | 20 | 4-2 |
| 7 | Oct 30 | @ Southern Methodist | Loss | 14 | 31 | 4-3 |
| 8 | Nov 6 | Baylor | Win | 35 | 14 | 5-3 |
| 9 | Nov 13 | Texas Christian | Loss | 10 | 25 | 5-4 |
| 10 | Nov 25 | @ Texas A&M | Win | 21 | 17 | 6-4 |
1965 Team Players in the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Tommy Nobis | Linebacker | 1 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Diron Talbert | Defensive Tackle | 5 | 66 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Phil Harris | Back | 7 | 104 | New York Giants |
| Pete Lammons | End | 14 | 213 | Cleveland Browns |
Awards and honors
- Tommy Nobis, Maxwell Award
- Tommy Nobis, Outland Memorial Trophy