1965 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1965 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–6 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase (2nd season)
MVP	Jim Burns
Captain	Jeff Brooke[1]
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium

1965 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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.

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	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Florida*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 14–24	33,918	[4]
September 25	at Indiana	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 20–0	31,537
October 2	at No. 8 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 7–38	59,273
October 9	Oregon State*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 15–7	34,575
October 16	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–21	44,444
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	74,215
November 6	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 22–27	50,565
November 13	Michigan	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 34–22	40,007	[5]
November 20	Illinois	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	L 6–20	41,348
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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.
4. "Wildcats lose, 24–14". Chicago Tribune. September 19, 1965. Retrieved October 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
5. David Condon (November 14, 1965). "N.U. Jars Michigan: Pins 34-22 Setback On Wolverines". Chicago Tribune. p. II-1, II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "1965 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.