1965 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

The 1965 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1965.

1965 UC Riverside Highlanders football
ConferenceIndependent
1965 record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumHighlander Stadium
1965 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Parsons      8 1 0
Santa Clara      8 1 0
UC Santa Barbara      8 2 0
Cortland      7 2 0
Wabash      7 2 0
Northeastern      6 2 0
UC Riverside      6 2 0
Tampa      6 2 1
Northern Michigan      7 3 0
La Verne      5 3 0
Rose Poly      5 3 0
Drake      6 4 0
Chattanooga      5 4 1
Lake Forest      4 4 0
Cal Poly Pomona      4 5 0
Howard (AL)      4 6 0
Portland State      4 6 0
Colorado College      3 5 0
Milwaukee      2 6 0
Southern Illinois      2 8 0
Pacific (CA)      2 8 0
Hawaii      1 8 1
Wheaton (IL)      1 8 0
Carnegie Tech      1 7 0

UC Riverside was led by first-year head coach Pete Kettela. They played home games at Highlander Stadium in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of six wins and two losses (6–2). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 189–183 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25UC Davis[note 1]
W 16–14
October 2La Verne
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
L 16–45
October 16Redlands
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 24–21
October 23at Claremont-Mudd[note 2]
W 16–10
October 30at Pomona-Pitzer
  • Claremont Alumni Field
  • Claremont, CA
W 23–20
November 5at CaltechW 40–7
November 13Azusa Pacific
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
W 34–20
November 20California Lutheran
  • Highlander Stadium
  • Riverside, CA
L 20–46

[1][2]

Team players in the NFL

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1966 NFL Draft. [3][4][5]

Notes

  1. The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
  2. The athletic teams for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps did not include Scripps College prior to 1980.

References

  1. "1965 - California-Riverside". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. "Southland Colleges". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 22, 1965. p. III-8. Retrieved October 29, 2017 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1966 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  5. "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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