1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1965 record | 6–4 (4–3 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Pete Elliott |
Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 71,227) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1965 college football season. It was Pete Elliott’s sixth season as head coach.
Regular season
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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September 18 | Oregon State* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 10–12 | 34,000[1] | |||||
September 25 | SMU* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 42–0 | 45,175[1] | |||||
October 2 | at No. 9 Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | L 12–22 | 71,237[1] | |||||
October 9 | at Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | L 14–28 | 83,712[1] | |||||
October 16 | Indiana | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 34–13 | 61,257[1] | |||||
October 23 | Duke* | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 28–14 | 47,077[1] | |||||
October 30 | No. 6 Purdue | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 21–0 | 59,507[1] | |||||
November 6 | Michigan | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | L 3–23 | 50,136[1] | |||||
November 13 | at Wisconsin | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 51–0 | 55,192[1] | |||||
November 20 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 20–6 | 41,348[1] | |||||
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
Team players in the NFL
Player | Round | Pick | Position | Club |
Jim Grabowski | 1 | 9 | Running Back | Green Bay Packers |
Don Hansen | 3 | 42 | Linebacker | Minnesota Vikings |
Ron Acks | 4 | 57 | Defensive End | Minnesota Vikings |
Sam Price | 16 | 240 | Defensive End | New York Giants |
Gary Eickman | 17 | 254 | Defensive End | New York Giants |
Kai Anderson | 18 | 268 | Defensive End | New York Giants |
Dale Greco | 18 | 270 | Defensive Tackle | Minnesota Vikings |
- Jim Grabowski was also the first pick overall in the 1966 American Football League Draft. He was the first ever draft pick of the Miami Dolphins.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "All Time Scores". University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
- ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=98&season=1965
- ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1966.htm
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