1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–4–1 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJohn Hankinson
CaptainPaul Faust
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1965 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Michigan State $ 7 –0 –010 –1 –0
Ohio State 6 –1 –07 –2 –0
Purdue 5 –2 –07 –2 –1
Minnesota 5 –2 –05 –4 –1
Illinois 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Northwestern 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
Michigan 2 –5 –04 –6 –0
Wisconsin 2 –5 –02 –7 –1
Indiana 1 –6 –02 –8 –0
Iowa 0 –7 –01 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 12th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 188 to 160.[1]

Quarterback John Hankinson received the team's Most Valuable Player award. End Aaron Brown was named an All-American by the Associated Press, Look magazine, United Press International, Collier's/Grantland Rice and Football Writers Association of America. Brown was also named All-Big Ten first team.[2]

Total attendance at six home games was 302,747, an average of 50,458 per game. The largest crowd was against Michigan.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at No. 7 USC*
T 20–2058,497
September 25Washington State*
L 13–1446,917
October 2Missouri*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 6–1749,889
October 9Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 42–1846,010
October 16at Iowa
W 14–359,200
October 23Michigandagger
W 14–1358,519[4]
October 30at Ohio State
L 10–1184,359
November 6Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 27–2250,565
November 13at Purdue
L 0–3545,587
November 20Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 42–750,847
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Michigan

1 234Total
Michigan 7 006 13
• Minnesota 0 077 14
  • Source:
Scoring summary
1MICHFisher 14-yard pass from Ward (Sygar kick)MICH 7-0
3MINNHolmberg 8-yard run (Ramey kick)Tied 7-7
4MINNHankinson 1-yard run (Ramey kick)MINN 14-7
41:22MICHGabler 4-yard run (pass failed)MINN 14-13

References

  1. ↑ "1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
  3. ↑ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
  4. ↑ Bill McGrane (October 24, 1965). "Gophers Clip Michigan, 14-13". Minneapolis Tribune. pp. Sports 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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