1965 Northwestern

4–⁠6 (3–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by Alex Agase.

Schedule and results

Northwestern in 1965, game by game: lost vs. Florida 14–24; won at Indiana 20–0; lost at No. 8 Notre Dame 7–38; won vs. Oregon State 15–7; lost vs. Wisconsin 7–21; won vs. Iowa 9–0; lost at No. 1 Michigan State 7–49; lost at Minnesota 22–27; won vs. Michigan 34–22; lost vs. Illinois 6–20+20−42Lost 14–24 vs. Florida-10FloridaWon 20–0 at Indiana+20IndianaLost 7–38 at No. 8 Notre Dame-31No. 8 Notre DameWon 15–7 vs. Oregon State+8Oregon StateLost 7–21 vs. Wisconsin-14WisconsinWon 9–0 vs. Iowa+9IowaLost 7–49 at No. 1 Michigan State-42No. 1 Michigan StateLost 22–27 at Minnesota-5MinnesotaWon 34–22 vs. Michigan+12MichiganLost 6–20 vs. Illinois-14Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois 20–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 62nd-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
4–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠4 6th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
141–⁠208
Coach
Alex Agase
Elo
1478 −14 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.1 No. 43 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jeff Brooke
Most valuable player
Jim Burns

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Ron RectorRB
  • Mike BucknerDB

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.