1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season.

1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 9
1965 record7–2–1
Head coachAra Parseghian (2nd season)
CaptainPhil Sheridan
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
New Mexico State      8 2 0
Utah State      8 2 0
Xavier      8 2 0
Texas Western      8 3 0
No. 9 Notre Dame      7 2 1
Southern Miss      7 2 0
Syracuse      7 3 0
VPI      7 3 0
Georgia Tech      7 3 1
Boston College      6 4 0
West Texas State      6 4 0
Boston University      5 3 1
Buffalo      5 3 2
Miami (FL)      5 4 1
Penn State      5 5 0
Memphis State      5 5 0
San Jose State      5 5 0
Navy      4 4 2
Colgate      4 5 1
Florida State      4 5 1
Army      4 5 1
Houston      4 5 1
Colorado State      4 6 0
Rutgers      3 6 0
Air Force      3 6 1
Pittsburgh      3 7 0
Dayton      3 7 0
Holy Cross      2 7 1
Villanova      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 184:30pmat CaliforniaNo. 3NBCW 48–653,000
September 252:30pmat No. 6 PurdueNo. 1L 21–2561,291
October 22:30pmNorthwesternNo. 8W 38–759,273
October 98:00pmvs. ArmyNo. 7
W 17–061,000
October 232:30pmNo. 4 USCNo. 7
NBCW 28–759,225
October 302:30pmNavyNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (rivalry)
W 29–359,206
November 61:30pmat PittsburghNo. 4
W 69–1357,169
November 131:30pmNorth CarolinaNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN
W 17–059,216
November 201:30pmNo. 1 Michigan StateNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)
L 3–1259,291
November 278:00pmat MiamiNo. 6T 0–068,077

[1]

Game summaries

California

1 234Total
Notre Dame 9 19137 48
California 0 600 6

Purdue

1 234Total
Notre Dame 3 783 21
Purdue 0 1267 25
  • Date: September 25
  • Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT

Northwestern

1 234Total
Northwestern 7 000 7
Notre Dame 0 6824 38
  • Source:

Army

1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 773 17
Army 0 000 0
  • Date: October 9
  • Location: Shea Stadium, New York, NY
  • Game start: 8:00 pm EDT
  • Game attendance: 61,000

[2]

Southern Cal

1 234Total
So. Cal. 0 007 7
Notre Dame 14 770 28
  • Date: October 23
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT
  • Television network: NBC
1 234Total
Navy 0 300 3
Notre Dame 0 7220 29
  • Date: October 30
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT

Pittsburgh

1 234Total
Notre Dame 21 142014 69
Pittsburgh 0 607 13
  • Date: November 6
  • Location: Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Game start: 1:30 pm EST

North Carolina

1 234Total
N. Carolina 0 000 0
Notre Dame 0 0017 17
  • Date: November 13
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST

Michigan State

1 234Total
Michigan St. 0 066 12
Notre Dame 3 000 3
  • Date: November 20
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST

Miami (Florida)

Notre Dame outgained Miami, 175 yards to 87 (including 115 yards rushing to negative 17), but missed field goals of 22 and 27 yards. The latter miss came with 5:15 left in the game, after a drive that had advanced to the Miami 3 yard line before going backwards. Miami had no serious scoring threats and only once made it as far as the ND 42 yard line.[3]

1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 000 0
Miami 0 000 0
  • Date: November 27
  • Location: Miami Orange Bowl
  • Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 73 degrees
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References

  1. "Notre Dame Wrecks Army." Palm Beach Post. 1965 Oct 10.
  2. South Bend Tribune, Nov. 28, 1965, p. 1.
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