1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1965 record 6–4 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Pete Elliott
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 71,227)
1965 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
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
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 18 Oregon State* Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL L 1012   34,000[1]
September 25 SMU* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 420   45,175[1]
October 2 at No. 9 Michigan State Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI L 1222   71,237[1]
October 9 at Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH L 1428   83,712[1]
October 16 Indiana Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 3413   61,257[1]
October 23 Duke* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 2814   47,077[1]
October 30 No. 6 Purdue Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 210   59,507[1]
November 6 Michigan Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL L 323   50,136[1]
November 13 at Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI W 510   55,192[1]
November 20 at Northwestern Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL W 206   41,348[1]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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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 Anderson18 268 Defensive End New York Giants
Dale Greco 18 270 Defensive Tackle Minnesota Vikings

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References

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