1965 Richmond

0–⁠10 (0–⁠6 Southern Conference), coached by Edwin Merrick.

Schedule and results

Richmond in 1965, game by game: lost at West Virginia 0–56; lost vs. Virginia Tech 7–25; lost at Southern Miss 7–28; lost vs. East Carolina 13–34; lost at Buffalo 0–24; lost at Boston College 7–38; lost vs. The Citadel 0–24; lost at VMI 14–21; lost at Furman 0–14; lost at William & Mary 0–21+7−56Lost 0–56 at West Virginia-56West VirginiaLost 7–25 vs. Virginia Tech-18Virginia TechLost 7–28 at Southern Miss-21Southern MissLost 13–34 vs. East Carolina-21East CarolinaLost 0–24 at Buffalo-24BuffaloLost 7–38 at Boston College-31Boston CollegeLost 0–24 vs. The Citadel-24The CitadelLost 14–21 at VMI-7VMILost 0–14 at Furman-14FurmanLost 0–21 at William & Mary-21William & Mary
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to William & Mary 21–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 110th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠6 9th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
48–⁠285
Coach
Edwin Merrick
Elo
1186 −189 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−30.2 No. 119 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1965 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
West Virginia4–⁠06–⁠4
William & Mary5–⁠16–⁠4
East Carolina3–⁠19–⁠1
VMI3–⁠23–⁠7
George Washington4–⁠35–⁠5
Davidson2–⁠36–⁠4
Furman2–⁠35–⁠5
The Citadel2–⁠62–⁠8
Richmond0–⁠60–⁠10

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