1965 Oklahoma

3–⁠7 (3–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by Gomer Jones. Share

Schedule and results

Biggest winBeat Kansas State 27–⁠0Oct 23
By 27 points, its widest win.

Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Date	Opponent	Result
Sep 25	atPittsburgh	L 9–⁠13	49%
Oct 2	vsNavy	L 0–⁠10	67%
Oct 9	vs1Texas	L 0–⁠19	25%
Oct 16	vsKansas	W 21–⁠7	70%
Oct 23	atKansas State	W 27–⁠0	71%
Oct 30	vsColorado	L 0–⁠13	67%
Nov 6	vsIowa State	W 24–⁠20	64%
Nov 13	at9Missouri	L 0–⁠30	27%
Nov 25	at3Nebraska	L 9–⁠21	17%
Dec 4	vsOklahoma State	L 16–⁠17	71%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oklahoma State 17–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 108th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 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-AmericanCarl McAdams, LB

Record: 3–⁠7
Conference: 3–⁠4 5th in Big Eight
AP final: Unranked
Points: 106–⁠150
Coach: Gomer Jones
Elo: 1483 −92 this season
SP+ rating: —
SRS: −0.9 No. 66 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class: —

Captains: Carl McAdams and Mike Ringer

Drafted in 1966

The 1966 draft

Rd 1

Carl McAdams LB

St. Louis Cardinals

All-Big Eight

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

Carl McAdamsLBAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

Ed HallOGAP-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

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Nebraska	7–⁠0	10–⁠1	5
Missouri	6–⁠1	8–⁠2–⁠1	6
Colorado	4–⁠2–⁠1	6–⁠2–⁠2
Iowa State	3–⁠3–⁠1	5–⁠4–⁠1
Oklahoma	3–⁠4	3–⁠7
Oklahoma State	2–⁠5	3–⁠7
Kansas	2–⁠5	2–⁠8
Kansas State	0–⁠7	0–⁠10

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