1965 Arizona State

6–⁠4 (3–⁠1 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Frank Kush.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1965, game by game: lost vs. BYU 6–24; lost vs. Utah State 0–13; lost at West Texas 14–22; won vs. Wichita State 8–6; lost at San José State 14–21; won vs. New Mexico 27–14; won at UTEP 28–20; won vs. Washington State 7–6; won vs. Wyoming 14–10; won vs. Arizona 14–6+13−18Lost 6–24 vs. BYU-18BYULost 0–13 vs. Utah State-13Utah StateLost 14–22 at West Texas-8West TexasWon 8–6 vs. Wichita State+2Wichita StateLost 14–21 at San José State-7San José StateWon 27–14 vs. New Mexico+13New MexicoWon 28–20 at UTEP+8UTEPWon 7–6 vs. Washington State+1Washington StateWon 14–10 vs. Wyoming+4WyomingWon 14–6 vs. Arizona+8Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1965.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠1 2nd in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
132–⁠142
Coach
Frank Kush
Elo
1551 −32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.4 No. 81 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 3Ben Hawkins WRPhiladelphia Eagles

1965 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU4–⁠16–⁠4
Arizona State3–⁠16–⁠4
Wyoming3–⁠26–⁠4
New Mexico2–⁠33–⁠7
Utah1–⁠33–⁠7
Arizona1–⁠43–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.