1965 Washington Huskies football team

1965 Washington Huskies football
ConferenceAthletic Association of Western Universities
Record5–5 (4–3 AAWU)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumUniversity of Washington Stadium
1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 UCLA $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
No. 10 USC 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Washington State 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Washington 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Stanford 2 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
California 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oregon State 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oregon 0 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In its ninth season under head coach Jim Owens, the team compiled a 5–5 record, finished in fourth place in the Athletic Association of Western Universities, and outscored its opponents 205 to 185.

Ron Medved and Ralph Winters were the team captains.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Idaho*
W 14–954,500–54,682[1][2]
September 25at Baylor*
L 14–1722,000[3]
October 2Ohio State*
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 21–2352,500[4]
October 9No. 8 USC
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
L 0–3456,000[5]
October 16at California
L 12–1635,000[6]
October 23at Oregon
W 24–2033,437[7]
October 30Stanford
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 41–851,000[8]
November 6at No. 8 UCLA
L 24–2846,084[9]
November 13Oregon State
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA
W 28–2153,500[10]
November 20Washington State
  • University of Washington Stadium
  • Seattle, WA (Apple Cup)
W 27–957,395[11][12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [13]

Game summaries

Washington State

Team 1 234Total
Washington St 3 600 9
• Washington 0 2007 27
Scoring summary
1WSUGerela 40-yard field goalWSU 3-0
2WASHO. Parker 28?-yard pass from Hullin (kick failed)WASH 6-3
2WASHHalverson 4-yard run (Martin kick)WASH 13-3
2WASHWilliams 54-yard pass from Hullin (Martin kick)WASH 20-3
2WSUWashington 4-yard pass from Roth (kick failed)WASH 20-9
4WASHMedved 38-yard run (Martin kick)WASH 27-9

All-Coast

Main article: 1965 All-Pacific Coast football team

Professional football draft selections

Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the 1966 NFL draft, which lasted 20 rounds with 305 selections.[14] One Husky was selected in the 1966 AFL Draft, which lasted twenty rounds with 181 selections.[15] This was the final year of separate drafts; a common draft was introduced for 1967.

= Husky Hall of Fame[16]
League Player Position Round Pick Franchise
NFL Mason Mitchell Halfback 10 146 Dallas Cowboys
NFL Ron Medved Defensive back 14 204 Philadelphia Eagles
NFL Steve Orr Tackle 18 266 Dallas Cowboys
AFL Fred Forsberg Linebacker 14 121 Denver Broncos

References

  1. ^ Payne, Bob (September 19, 1965). "Tod Hullin pulls out UW bacon". The Spokesman-Review. p. 1, sports.
  2. ^ "Favored Huskies squeak past battling Vandals 14–9". Lewiston Morning Tribune. September 19, 1965. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Southall leads Baylor past Huskies, 17–14". The Odessa American. September 26, 1965. Retrieved March 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Buckeyes edge out Washington, 23–21". The Palladium-Item. October 3, 1965. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Trojans humble Huskies, 34–0". The San Francisco Examiner. October 10, 1965. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Jittery Cal nips Huskies 16–12 for 3rd in row". The Sacramento Bee. October 17, 1965. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Huskies edge Oregon, 24–20". Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser. October 24, 1965. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Huskies trim Stanford". The News Tribune. October 31, 1965. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bounding Bruins blitz Huskies, 28–24". The Register. November 7, 1965. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Don Moore runs wild as Huskies win". Montana Standard-Post. November 14, 1965. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Missildine, Harry (November 21, 1965). "Husky explosion kills Cougars 27-9". The Spokesman-Review. p. 1, sports.
  12. ^ "Rose smell disintegrated by Huskies". The Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. November 21, 1965. p. 3B.
  13. ^ "Schedule/Results (1965 Washington)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  14. ^ "1966 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  15. ^ "1966 AFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  16. ^ "The Husky Hall of Fame". gohuskies.com. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
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