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1965 Minnesota

5–⁠4–⁠1 (5–⁠2 Big Ten), coached by Murray Warmath.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1965, game by game: tied at No. 7 USC 20–20; lost vs. Washington State 13–14; lost vs. Missouri 6–17; won vs. Indiana 42–18; won at Iowa 14–3; won vs. Michigan 14–13; lost at Ohio State 10–11; won vs. Northwestern 27–22; lost at Purdue 0–35; won vs. Wisconsin 42–7+35−35Tied 20–20 at No. 7 USC0No. 7 USCLost 13–14 vs. Washington State-1Washington StateLost 6–17 vs. Missouri-11MissouriWon 42–18 vs. Indiana+24IndianaWon 14–3 at Iowa+11IowaWon 14–13 vs. Michigan+1MichiganLost 10–11 at Ohio State-1Ohio StateWon 27–22 vs. Northwestern+5NorthwesternLost 0–35 at Purdue-35PurdueWon 42–7 vs. Wisconsin+35Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17at7USCT 20–⁠2031%
Sep 25vsWashington StateL 13–⁠1468%
Oct 2vsMissouriL 6–⁠1750%
Oct 9vsIndianaW 42–⁠1866%
Oct 16atIowaW 14–⁠347%
Oct 23vsMichiganW 14–⁠1352%
Oct 30atOhio StateL 10–⁠1137%
Nov 6vsNorthwesternW 27–⁠2266%
Nov 13atPurdueL 0–⁠3537%
Nov 20vsWisconsinW 42–⁠774%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Wisconsin 42–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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.

Consensus All-AmericanAaron Brown, DE

Record
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
188–⁠160
Coach
Murray Warmath
Elo
1544 +22 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.9 No. 25 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Paul Faust
Most valuable player
John Hankinson

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 1Gale Gillingham OGGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 3 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.