
1965 Northwestern
4–6 (3–4 Big Ten), coached by Alex Agase. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Indiana 20–0Sep 25
By 20 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | vs | L 14–24 | 43% |
| Sep 25 | at | W 20–0 | 42% |
| Oct 2 | at | L 7–38 | 27% |
| Oct 9 | vs | W 15–7 | 56% |
| Oct 16 | vs | L 7–21 | 66% |
| Oct 23 | vs | W 9–0 | 61% |
| Oct 30 | at | L 7–49 | 18% |
| Nov 6 | at | L 22–27 | 34% |
| Nov 13 | vs | W 34–22 | 35% |
| Nov 20 | vs | L 6–20 | 44% |
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 teamFirst team
Ron RectorRB
Mike BucknerDB
Second team
Bob McKelveyRBAP-2
Cas BanaszekEAP-2
Jim BurnsOTAP-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| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7–0 | 10–1 | 2 | |
| 6–1 | 7–2 | ||
| 5–2 | 7–2–1 | ||
| 5–2 | 5–4–1 | ||
| 4–3 | 6–4 | ||
| 3–4 | 4–6 | ||
| 2–5 | 4–6 | ||
| 2–5 | 2–7–1 | ||
| 1–6 | 2–8 | ||
| 0–7 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.