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1965 Florida

7–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ray Graves.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1965, game by game: won at Northwestern 24–14; lost vs. Mississippi State 13–18; won vs. No. 5 LSU 14–7; won at Ole Miss 17–0; won vs. NC State 28–6; lost at Auburn 17–28; won vs. Georgia 14–10; won vs. Tulane 51–13; lost at Miami 13–16; won vs. Florida State 30–17; lost vs. No. 6 Missouri 18–20+38−11Won 24–14 at Northwestern+10NorthwesternLost 13–18 vs. Mississippi State-5Mississippi Sta…Won 14–7 vs. No. 5 LSU+7No. 5 LSUWon 17–0 at Ole Miss+17Ole MissWon 28–6 vs. NC State+22NC StateLost 17–28 at Auburn-11AuburnWon 14–10 vs. Georgia+4GeorgiaWon 51–13 vs. Tulane+38TulaneLost 13–16 at Miami-3MiamiWon 30–17 vs. Florida State+13Florida StateLost 18–20 vs. No. 6 Missouri-2No. 6 Missouri
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atNorthwesternW 24–⁠1457%
Sep 25vsMississippi StateL 13–⁠1867%
Oct 2vs5LSUW 14–⁠753%
Oct 9atOle MissW 17–⁠046%
Oct 16vsNC StateW 28–⁠682%
Oct 30atAuburnL 17–⁠2861%
Nov 6vsGeorgiaW 14–⁠1052%
Nov 13vsTulaneW 51–⁠1386%
Nov 20atMiamiL 13–⁠1659%
Nov 27vsFlorida StateW 30–⁠1764%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs6MissouriSugar BowlL 18–⁠2047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Missouri 20–⁠18 in the Sugar Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 8
  2. Wk 4: 10
  3. Wk 5: 9
  4. Wk 6: 8
  5. Wk 7: 7
  6. Wk 10: 10

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
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 7
Points
239–⁠149
Coach
Ray Graves
Elo
1638 +40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.4 No. 11 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Ed Kensler
Defensive coordinator
Gene Ellenson

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 2Larry Gagner OGPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 4Randy Jackson OTChicago Bears
Rd 6Charley Casey WRAtlanta Falcons

All-SEC

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Barry BrownEAP-2
  • Lynn MatthewsDEAP-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 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Alabama6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠11
Auburn4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Florida4–⁠27–⁠4
Ole Miss5–⁠37–⁠4
Tennessee2–⁠1–⁠28–⁠1–⁠27
LSU3–⁠38–⁠38
Kentucky3–⁠36–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠36–⁠4
Mississippi State1–⁠54–⁠6
Vanderbilt1–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Tulane1–⁠52–⁠8

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