1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

American college football season

1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–4–1 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Murray Warmath (12th season)
MVP	John Hankinson
Captain	Paul Faust
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons← 1964 1966 →

1965 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	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.

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.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 17	at No. 7 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 20–20	58,497
September 25	Washington State*	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 13–14	46,917
October 2	Missouri*	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 6–17	49,889
October 9	Indiana	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 42–18	46,010
October 16	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 14–3	59,200
October 23	Michigan	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	W 14–13	58,519
October 30	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 10–11	84,359
November 6	Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 27–22	50,565
November 13	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 0–35	45,587
November 20	Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	W 42–7	50,847
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	7	0	0	6	13
• Minnesota	0	0	7	7	14

Date: October 23
Location: Minneapolis

Source:

Scoring summary

1		MICH	Fisher 14-yard pass from Ward (Sygar kick)	MICH 7-0

3		MINN	Holmberg 8-yard run (Ramey kick)	Tied 7-7

4		MINN	Hankinson 1-yard run (Ramey kick)	MINN 14-7

4	1:22	MICH	Gabler 4-yard run (pass failed)	MINN 14-13

References

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

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