1965 Northwestern Wildcats football team

The 1965 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 4–6 record (3–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference.[2]

1965 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1965 record4–6 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJim Burns
CaptainJeff Brooke[1]
Home stadiumDyche Stadium
1965 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 team's offensive leaders were quarterback Denny Boothe with 487 passing yards, Bob McKelvey with 587 rushing yards, and Cas Banaszek with 333 receiving yards.[3] McKelvey, Banaszek, and tackle Jim Burns were selected by the Associated Press as second-team All-Big Ten players.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Florida*L 14–24
September 25at IndianaW 20–0
October 2at No. 8 Notre Dame*L 7–38
October 9Oregon State*
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 15–7
October 16Wisconsin
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
L 7–21
October 23Iowa
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 9–0
October 30at No. 1 Michigan StateL 7–49
November 6at MinnesotaL 22–27
November 13Michigan
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 34–2240,007[5]
November 20Illinois
L 6–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "1965 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  3. "1965 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  4. "Grabowski Big Ten Choice". Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian. November 24, 1965. p. 3B.
  5. David Condon (November 14, 1965). "N.U. Jars Michigan: Pins 34-22 Setback On Wolverines". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1, II-4 via Newspapers.com.


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