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1965 Iowa

1–⁠9 (0–⁠7 Big Ten), coached by Jerry Burns.

Schedule and results

Iowa in 1965, game by game: lost vs. Washington State 0–7; won at Oregon State 27–7; lost at Wisconsin 13–16; lost vs. No. 6 Purdue 14–17; lost vs. Minnesota 3–14; lost at Northwestern 0–9; lost at Indiana 17–21; lost vs. No. 1 Michigan State 0–35; lost at Ohio State 0–38; lost vs. NC State 20–28+20−38Lost 0–7 vs. Washington State-7Washington StateWon 27–7 at Oregon State+20Oregon StateLost 13–16 at Wisconsin-3WisconsinLost 14–17 vs. No. 6 Purdue-3No. 6 PurdueLost 3–14 vs. Minnesota-11MinnesotaLost 0–9 at Northwestern-9NorthwesternLost 17–21 at Indiana-4IndianaLost 0–35 vs. No. 1 Michigan State-35No. 1 Michigan StateLost 0–38 at Ohio State-38Ohio StateLost 20–28 vs. NC State-8NC State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsWashington StateL 0–⁠766%
Sep 25atOregon StateW 27–⁠727%
Oct 2atWisconsinL 13–⁠1650%
Oct 9vs6PurdueL 14–⁠1744%
Oct 16vsMinnesotaL 3–⁠1453%
Oct 23atNorthwesternL 0–⁠939%
Oct 30atIndianaL 17–⁠2148%
Nov 6vs1Michigan StateL 0–⁠3521%
Nov 13atOhio StateL 0–⁠3820%
Nov 20vsNC StateL 20–⁠2836%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to NC State 28–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 121st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 133 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
1–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠7 10th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
94–⁠192
Coach
Jerry Burns
Elo
1377 −108 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.6 No. 63 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Karl Noonan
Most valuable player
Dave Long

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 1John Niland OGDallas Cowboys
Rd 3Al Randolph RBSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 3Dave Long DESt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 4Gary Snook QBSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 5Bill Briggs DENew York Giants

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

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 Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan State7–⁠010–⁠12
Ohio State6–⁠17–⁠2
Purdue5–⁠27–⁠2–⁠1
Minnesota5–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Illinois4–⁠36–⁠4
Northwestern3–⁠44–⁠6
Michigan2–⁠54–⁠6
Wisconsin2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠62–⁠8
Iowa0–⁠71–⁠9

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