1965 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1965 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1965 record 4–6 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Alex Agase (2nd season)
MVP Jim Burns
Home stadium Dyche Stadium
1965 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Michigan State $ 7 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
Ohio State 6 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Purdue 5 –2 –0  7 –2 –1
Minnesota 5 –2 –0  5 –4 –1
Illinois 4 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Northwestern 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Michigan 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Wisconsin 2 –5 –0  2 –7 –1
Indiana 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
Iowa 0 –7 –0  1 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 4–6 record (3–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Denny Boothe with 487 passing yards, Bob McKelvey with 587 rushing yards, and Cas Banaszek with 333 receiving yards.[2] McKelvey, Banaszek, and tackle Jim Burns were selected by the Associated Press as second-team All-Big Ten players.[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 18 Florida* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 14–24  
September 25 at Indiana Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 20–0  
October 2 at No. 8 Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry) L 7–38  
October 9 Oregon State* Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 15–7  
October 16 Wisconsin Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 7–21  
October 23 Iowa Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 9–0  
October 30 at No. 1 Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 7–49  
November 6 at Minnesota Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN L 22–27  
November 13 Michigan Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 34–22  
November 20 Illinois Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk) L 6–20  
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

References

  1. ↑ "1965 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ "1965 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Grabowski Big Ten Choice". Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian. November 24, 1965. p. 3B.


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