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1965 Texas Tech

8–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by J.T. King.

Schedule and results

Texas Tech in 1965, game by game: won vs. Kansas 26–7; lost at No. 3 Texas 7–33; won vs. Texas A&M 20–16; won vs. TCU 28–24; won vs. Oklahoma State 17–14; won at SMU 26–24; won vs. Rice 27–0; won vs. New Mexico State 48–9; won vs. Baylor 34–22; lost at No. 2 Arkansas 24–42; lost vs. Georgia Tech 21–31+39−26Won 26–7 vs. Kansas+19KansasLost 7–33 at No. 3 Texas-26No. 3 TexasWon 20–16 vs. Texas A&M+4Texas A&MWon 28–24 vs. TCU+4TCUWon 17–14 vs. Oklahoma State+3Oklahoma StateWon 26–24 at SMU+2SMUWon 27–0 vs. Rice+27RiceWon 48–9 vs. New Mexico State+39New Mexico StateWon 34–22 vs. Baylor+12BaylorLost 24–42 at No. 2 Arkansas-18No. 2 ArkansasLost 21–31 vs. Georgia Tech-10Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsKansasW 26–⁠754%
Sep 25at3TexasL 7–⁠3322%
Oct 2vsTexas A&MW 20–⁠1668%
Oct 9vsTCUW 28–⁠2466%
Oct 16vsOklahoma StateW 17–⁠1473%
Oct 23atSMUW 26–⁠2461%
Oct 30vsRiceW 27–⁠069%
Nov 6vsNew Mexico StateW 48–⁠965%
Nov 13vsBaylorW 34–⁠2268%
Nov 20at2ArkansasL 24–⁠4224%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsGeorgia TechGator BowlL 21–⁠3152%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia Tech 31–⁠21 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 101 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 10: 9
  2. Wk 11: 10
  3. Wk 12: 10

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.

Heisman voteDonny Anderson, fourth

Consensus All-AmericanDonny Anderson, RB

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 9
Points
278–⁠222
Coach
J.T. King
Elo
1576 +70 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
9.9 No. 30 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
T formation
Defense
4–⁠3

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First 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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas7–⁠010–⁠13
Texas Tech5–⁠28–⁠3
TCU5–⁠26–⁠5
Texas3–⁠46–⁠4
Baylor3–⁠45–⁠5
SMU3–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Texas A&M1–⁠63–⁠7
Rice1–⁠62–⁠8

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