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1965 Michigan

4–⁠6 (2–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Bump Elliott.

Schedule and results

Michigan in 1965, game by game: won at North Carolina 31–24; won vs. California 10–7; lost vs. No. 10 Georgia 7–15; lost vs. No. 5 Michigan State 7–24; lost vs. No. 7 Purdue 15–17; lost at Minnesota 13–14; won vs. Wisconsin 50–14; won at Illinois 23–3; lost at Northwestern 22–34; lost vs. Ohio State 7–9+36−17Won 31–24 at North Carolina+7North CarolinaWon 10–7 vs. California+3CaliforniaLost 7–15 vs. No. 10 Georgia-8No. 10 GeorgiaLost 7–24 vs. No. 5 Michigan State-17No. 5 Michigan StateLost 15–17 vs. No. 7 Purdue-2No. 7 PurdueLost 13–14 at Minnesota-1MinnesotaWon 50–14 vs. Wisconsin+36WisconsinWon 23–3 at Illinois+20IllinoisLost 22–34 at Northwestern-12NorthwesternLost 7–9 vs. Ohio State-2Ohio State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18atNorth CarolinaW 31–⁠2455%
Sep 25vsCaliforniaW 10–⁠785%
Oct 2vs10GeorgiaL 7–⁠1567%
Oct 9vs5Michigan StateL 7–⁠2459%
Oct 16vs7PurdueL 15–⁠1757%
Oct 23atMinnesotaL 13–⁠1448%
Oct 30vsWisconsinW 50–⁠1472%
Nov 6atIllinoisW 23–⁠341%
Nov 13atNorthwesternL 22–⁠3465%
Nov 20vsOhio StateL 7–⁠956%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ohio State 9–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 4
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 7

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.

Consensus All-AmericanBill Yearby, DT

Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠5 tied for 7th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 4
Points
185–⁠161
Coach
Bump Elliott
Elo
1583 −55 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.7 No. 18 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Tom Cecchini
Most valuable player
Bill Yearby

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 1Tom Mack OTLos Angeles Rams
Rd 5Steve Smith WRSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 5Jack Clancy WRSt. Louis Cardinals

All-Big Ten

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jack ClancyEUPI-2
  • Charles KinesOTUPI-2
  • Tom CecchiniLBAP-2; UPI-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 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.