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1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1965 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 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

September 18Oregon State*

L 10–12 34,000[1] September 25SMU*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 42–0 45,175[1] October 2at No. 9 Michigan State

L 12–22 71,237[1] October 9at Ohio State

L 14–28 83,712[1] October 16Indiana

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 34–13 61,257[1] October 23Duke*

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 28–14 47,077[1] October 30No. 6 Purdue

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

W 21–0 59,507[1] November 6Michigan

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL

L 3–23 50,136[1] November 13at Wisconsin

W 51–0 55,192[1] November 20at Northwestern

W 20–6 41,348[1]

Template:CFB Schedule End[2]

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

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "All Time Scores". University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  2. ^ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=98&season=1965
  3. ^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1966.htm