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American college football season
The 1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 12th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 188 to 160.[1]
Quarterback John Hankinson received the team's Most Valuable Player award. End Aaron Brown was named an All-American by the Associated Press, Look magazine, United Press International, Collier's/Grantland Rice and Football Writers Association of America. Brown was also named All-Big Ten first team.[2]
Total attendance at six home games was 302,747, an average of 50,458 per game. The largest crowd was against Michigan.[3]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 17 | at No. 7 USC* | | T 20–20 | 58,497 | |
September 25 | Washington State* | | L 13–14 | 46,917 | |
October 2 | Missouri* | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| L 6–17 | 49,889 | |
October 9 | Indiana | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| W 42–18 | 46,010 | |
October 16 | at Iowa | | W 14–3 | 59,200 | |
October 23 | Michigan![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | W 14–13 | 58,519 | [4] |
October 30 | at Ohio State | | L 10–11 | 84,359 | |
November 6 | Northwestern | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN
| W 27–22 | 50,565 | |
November 13 | at Purdue | | L 0–35 | 45,587 | |
November 20 | Wisconsin | - Memorial Stadium
- Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
| W 42–7 | 50,847 | |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Michigan |
7 |
0 | 0 | 6 |
13 |
• Minnesota |
0 |
0 | 7 | 7 |
14 |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | MICH | Fisher 14-yard pass from Ward (Sygar kick) | MICH 7-0 |
| 3 | | MINN | Holmberg 8-yard run (Ramey kick) | Tied 7-7 |
| 4 | | MINN | Hankinson 1-yard run (Ramey kick) | MINN 14-7 |
| 4 | 1:22 | MICH | Gabler 4-yard run (pass failed) | MINN 14-13 |
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- ^ "1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182[permanent dead link]
- ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
- ^ Bill McGrane (October 24, 1965). "Gophers Clip Michigan, 14-13". Minneapolis Tribune. pp. Sports 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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