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1965 Ohio

0–⁠10 (0–⁠6 Mid-American Conference), coached by Bill Hess.

Schedule and results

Ohio in 1965, game by game: lost vs. West Texas 0–7; lost at Maryland 7–24; lost vs. Kent State 10–27; lost at Toledo 7–21; lost vs. Xavier 19–21; lost at Miami (OH) 0–34; lost at Dayton 7–13; lost vs. Western Michigan 6–17; lost vs. Bowling Green 7–17; lost at Marshall 14–29+7−34Lost 0–7 vs. West Texas-7West TexasLost 7–24 at Maryland-17MarylandLost 10–27 vs. Kent State-17Kent StateLost 7–21 at Toledo-14ToledoLost 19–21 vs. Xavier-2XavierLost 0–34 at Miami (OH)-34Miami (OH)Lost 7–13 at Dayton-6DaytonLost 6–17 vs. Western Michigan-11Western MichiganLost 7–17 vs. Bowling Green-10Bowling GreenLost 14–29 at Marshall-15Marshall
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsWest TexasL 0–⁠768%
Sep 25atMarylandL 7–⁠2438%
Oct 2vsKent StateL 10–⁠2762%
Oct 9atToledoL 7–⁠2148%
Oct 16vsXavierL 19–⁠2141%
Oct 23atMiami (OH)L 0–⁠3424%
Oct 30atDaytonL 7–⁠1355%
Nov 6vsWestern MichiganL 6–⁠1751%
Nov 13vsBowling GreenL 7–⁠1726%
Nov 20atMarshallL 14–⁠2931%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Marshall 29–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Mid-American Conference.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠6 7th in Mid-American Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
77–⁠210
Coach
Bill Hess
Elo
1290 −214 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−21.7 No. 114 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1965 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Bowling Green5–⁠17–⁠2
Miami (OH)5–⁠17–⁠3
Western Michigan3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Kent State3–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Marshall2–⁠45–⁠5
Toledo2–⁠45–⁠5
Ohio0–⁠60–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.