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1965 Nebraska

10–⁠1 (7–⁠0 Big Eight), coached by Bob Devaney, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1965, game by game: won vs. TCU 34–14; won at Air Force 27–17; won vs. Iowa State 44–0; won vs. Wisconsin 37–0; won at Kansas State 41–0; won vs. Colorado 38–13; won at Missouri 16–14; won vs. Kansas 42–6; won at Oklahoma State 21–17; won vs. Oklahoma 21–9; lost vs. No. 4 Alabama 28–39+44−11Won 34–14 vs. TCU+20TCUWon 27–17 at Air Force+10Air ForceWon 44–0 vs. Iowa State+44Iowa StateWon 37–0 vs. Wisconsin+37WisconsinWon 41–0 at Kansas State+41Kansas StateWon 38–13 vs. Colorado+25ColoradoWon 16–14 at Missouri+2MissouriWon 42–6 vs. Kansas+36KansasWon 21–17 at Oklahoma State+4Oklahoma StateWon 21–9 vs. Oklahoma+12OklahomaLost 28–39 vs. No. 4 Alabama-11No. 4 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsTCUW 34–⁠1477%
Sep 25atAir ForceW 27–⁠1766%
Oct 2vsIowa StateW 44–⁠081%
Oct 9vsWisconsinW 37–⁠081%
Oct 16atKansas StateW 41–⁠084%
Oct 23vsColoradoW 38–⁠1381%
Oct 30atMissouriW 16–⁠1453%
Nov 6vsKansasW 42–⁠686%
Nov 13atOklahoma StateW 21–⁠1783%
Nov 25vsOklahomaW 21–⁠983%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs4AlabamaOrange BowlL 28–⁠3943%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 39–⁠28 in the Orange Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Big Eight champions.

In program history: The 32nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 1
  2. Wk 2: 2
  3. Wk 3: 3
  4. Wk 4: 2
  5. Wk 5: 2
  6. Wk 6: 3
  7. Wk 7: 3
  8. Wk 8: 3
  9. Wk 9: 3
  10. Wk 10: 3
  11. Wk 11: 3
  12. Wk 12: 3
  13. Final: 5

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.

Big Eight champions7–⁠0 in the conference

2 consensus All-AmericansFreeman White, E; Walt Barnes, DT

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0 first in Big Eight
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 1
Points
349–⁠129
Coach
Bob Devaney
Elo
1706 +86 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.8 No. 8 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft
Rd 2Walter Barnes OTWashington Redskins
Rd 3Bob Pickens OTChicago Bears
Rd 3Tony Jeter EGreen Bay Packers

All-Big Eight

9 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Fred DudaBAP-2
  • Bill JohnsonDBAP-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.