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1965 Colorado

6–⁠2–⁠2 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Big Eight), coached by Eddie Crowder.

Schedule and results

Colorado in 1965, game by game: tied at Wisconsin 0–0; won vs. Fresno State 10–7; won at Kansas State 36–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 34–11; tied vs. Iowa State 10–10; lost at No. 3 Nebraska 13–38; won at Oklahoma 13–0; lost vs. No. 9 Missouri 7–20; won vs. Kansas 21–14; won at Air Force 19–6+36−25Tied 0–0 at Wisconsin0WisconsinWon 10–7 vs. Fresno State+3Fresno StateWon 36–0 at Kansas State+36Kansas StateWon 34–11 vs. Oklahoma State+23Oklahoma StateTied 10–10 vs. Iowa State0Iowa StateLost 13–38 at No. 3 Nebraska-25No. 3 NebraskaWon 13–0 at Oklahoma+13OklahomaLost 7–20 vs. No. 9 Missouri-13No. 9 MissouriWon 21–14 vs. Kansas+7KansasWon 19–6 at Air Force+13Air Force
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atWisconsinT 0–⁠035%
Sep 25vsFresno StateW 10–⁠783%
Oct 2atKansas StateW 36–⁠051%
Oct 9vsOklahoma StateW 34–⁠1160%
Oct 16vsIowa StateT 10–⁠1060%
Oct 23at3NebraskaL 13–⁠3819%
Oct 30atOklahomaW 13–⁠033%
Nov 6vs9MissouriL 7–⁠2044%
Nov 13vsKansasW 21–⁠1466%
Nov 20atAir ForceW 19–⁠645%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Air Force 19–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Eight.

In program history: The tied 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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
6–⁠2–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 3rd in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
163–⁠106
Coach
Eddie Crowder
Elo
1535 +111 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.8 No. 38 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Larry Ferraro, Steve Sidwell and Frank Van Valkenburg
Most valuable player
Steve Sidwell and Frank Rogers

All-Big Eight

3 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Sam HarrisDEAP-1; UPI-1
  • Steve SidwellLBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Hale IrwinDBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

  • Frank RogersEAP-2
  • Larry FerraroCAP-2
  • Billy HarrisBAP-2; UPI-2
  • Frank BoschDTAP-2; UPI-2
  • Charlie GreerDBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1965 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1965 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Nebraska7–⁠010–⁠15
Missouri6–⁠18–⁠2–⁠16
Colorado4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Iowa State3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Oklahoma3–⁠43–⁠7
Oklahoma State2–⁠53–⁠7
Kansas2–⁠52–⁠8
Kansas State0–⁠70–⁠10

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