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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
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
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

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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 IowaW 14–359,200
October 23Michigandagger
W 14–1358,519[4]
October 30at Ohio StateL 10–1184,359
November 6Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 27–2250,565
November 13at PurdueL 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

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Michigan

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1 234Total
Michigan 7 006 13
Minnesota 0 077 14

References

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  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[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Bill McGrane (October 24, 1965). "Gophers Clip Michigan, 14-13". Minneapolis Tribune. pp. Sports 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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