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The 1965 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1965 college football season.

Regular season

Tommy Nobis was in his final year at Texas[1] 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[1] 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,[2] 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.

September 188:00 PMTulane*No. 2

W 31-0 40,000 September 257:30 PMTexas TechNo. 3

W 33-7 65,310 October 27:30 PMIndiana*No. 1

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

W 27-12 57,000 October 92:00 PMvs. Oklahoma*No. 1

NBCW 19-0 75,504 October 162:30 PMat No. 3 ArkansasNo. 1

NBCL 24-27 42,000 October 237:00 PMRiceNo. 5

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

L 17-20 63,000 October 302:00 PMat SMUNo. 9

L 14-31 48,000 November 61:30 PMBaylor

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

NBCW 35-14 57,500 November 132:00 PMTCU

  • Texas Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX

L 10-25 51,500 November 251:00 PMat Texas A&M

W 21-17 40,000

Template:CFB Schedule End[3]

Game notes

Oklahoma

1 234Total
Oklahoma 0 000 0
• Texas 0 9010 19
Scoring summary
2TEXDavid Conway 22 yard field goalTEX 3-0
2TEXMarvin Kristynik 1 yard run (kick failed)TEX 9-0
4TEXDavid Conway 35 yard field goalTEX 12-0
4TEXKelly Baker 11 yard pass from Regg Lott (David Conway kick)TEX 19-0

Texas' eight straight win in the Red River series.[4]

1965 team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season[5].

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
  • Tommy Nobis was also drafted by the Houston Oilers in the first round of the 1966 American Football League draft.[6]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b Padwe, Sandy (September 14, 1965). "Football's Top Five for 1965". Meriden Journal, via Google News. Meridan, Connecticut. Newspaper Enterprise Association.
  2. ^ "Nobis' Knee Injury Problem for Texas". The Altus Times-Democrat, via Google News. Altus, Oklahoma. United Press International. October 14, 1965.
  3. ^ http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html
  4. ^ "Texas Continues March as Sooners Fall, 19-0." Palm Beach Post. 1965 Oct 10.
  5. ^ Team 1966
  6. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 399
  7. ^ Awards
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