1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

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
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 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[4]
September 25Washington State*
L 13–1446,917[5]
October 2Missouri*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 6–1749,889[6]
October 9Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 42–1846,010[7]
October 16at Iowa
W 14–359,200[8]
October 23Michigan
W 14–1358,519[9]
October 30at Ohio State
L 10–1184,359[10]
November 6Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 27–2250,565[11]
November 13at Purdue
L 0–3545,587[12]
November 20Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
W 42–750,847[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [14]

Game summaries

Michigan

Team 1 234Total
Michigan 7 006 13
• Minnesota 0 077 14
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. ^ "Gophers, Trojans in draw". Martinez News-Gazette. September 18, 1965. Retrieved March 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Washington State edges Gophers". The Forum. September 26, 1965. Retrieved March 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Persistent Tigers devour Gophers". The Duluth News Tribune. October 3, 1965. Retrieved March 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Gophers find leaks in Indiana defense". The Terre Haute Tribune. October 10, 1965. Retrieved March 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Gophers tip Iowa 14–3". The Rapid City Daily Journal. October 17, 1965. Retrieved March 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Bill McGrane (October 24, 1965). "Gophers Clip Michigan, 14–13". Minneapolis Tribune. pp. Sports 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bucks nip Gophers, 11–10, on late field goal". Grand Forks Herald. October 31, 1965. Retrieved March 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Hankinson saves day for Gophers". The Pittsburgh Press. November 7, 1965. Retrieved March 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Boilermakers bomb Gophers, 35–0". The Fargo Forum. November 14, 1965. Retrieved March 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Minnesota rocks Badgers, 42–7". Wisconsin State Journal. November 21, 1965. Retrieved March 14, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Schedule/Results (1965 Minnesota)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 14, 2026.
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