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*Tommy Nobis was also drafted by the Houston Oilers in the first round of the 1966 American Football League draft.<ref> NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 399</ref>


==Awards and honors==
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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

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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

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  • Tommy Nobis was also drafted by the Houston Oilers in the first round of the 1966 American Football League draft.[3]

Awards and honors

  • Tommy Nobis, Maxwell Award
  • Tommy Nobis, Outland Memorial Trophy

References

  1. ^ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=327&season=1965
  2. ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1966.htm
  3. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 399