1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 5
1965 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Nebraska $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
No. 6 Missouri 6 1 0 8 2 1
Colorado 4 2 1 6 2 2
Iowa State 3 3 1 5 4 1
Oklahoma 3 4 0 3 7 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0 3 7 0
Kansas 2 5 0 2 8 0
Kansas State 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big Eight Conference in the 1965 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Before the season

Schedule

September 182:00PMTCU*No. 1

W 34-14 53,650 September 252:30PMat Air Force*No. 2

W 27-17 37,479 October 22:00PMIowa StateNo. 3

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, Nebraska

W 44-0 54,440 October 92:00PMWisconsin*No. 2

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, Nebraska

W 37-0 53,641 October 161:30PMat Kansas StateNo. 2

W 41-0 19,660 October 232:00PMColoradodaggerNo. 3

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, Nebraska

W 38-13 53,873 October 301:30PMat MissouriNo. 3

W 16-14 57,206 November 62:00PMKansasNo. 3

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, Nebraska

W 42-6 54,118 November 131:30PMat Oklahoma StateNo. 3

W 21-17 29,901 November 2512:45PMOklahomaNo. 3

  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, Nebraska

NBCW 21-9 52,533 January 17:00 PMvs. No. 4 Alabama*No. 3

NBCL 28-39 72,214

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

Official Roster
  • 67 Allers, LaVerne LG (Jr.)
  • 33 Alvarez, Barry LB (So.)
  • 77 Barnes, Walter MG (Sr.)
  • 39 Beck, Dennis S (So.)
  • 76 Brichacek, Gary RT (Jr.)
  • 24 Brown, Bill FB (So.)
  • 73 Brown, James OT (Sr.)
  • 40 Brunk, Kenny FB (Jr.)
  • 41 Buckler, George FB (So.)
  • 68 Canarsky, Leonard RT (So.)
  • 78 Carlson, Dennis RT (Sr.)
  • 21 Carstens, Kaye CB (Jr.)
  • 89 Casey, Larry E (Sr.)
  • 15 Churchich, Bob QB (Jr.)
  • 62 Coleman, (Edward) Ricard LB (Jr.)
  • 80 Coleman, Langston DE (Jr.)
  • 35 Critchlow, Paul HB (So.)
  • 70 Czap, Dick DT (Jr.)
  • 92 Delaney, Dan E (So.)
  • 55 Drum, Duncan C (Sr.)
  • 10 Duda, Fred QB (Sr.)
  • 11 Fierro, Al QB (So.)
  • 65 Gatziolis, Jim RG (Jr.)
  • 81 Grace, Mike DE (Jr.)
  • 22 Gregory, Ben FB (So.)
  • 57 Grell, Stan LG (Jr.)
  • 38 Haasch, Richard FB (So.)
  • 58 Hansen, Ed RT (So.)
  • 79 Hansen, Larry DT (So.)
  • 87 Haug, William DE (Sr.)
  • 32 Hawkins, James CB (So.)
  • 53 Hill, Robert C (Jr.)
  • 43 Janik, Leonard LB (So.)
  • 84 Jeter, Tony E (Sr.)
  • 28 Johnson, William LB (Sr.)
  • 69 Kennedy, Michael LB (Sr.)
  • 91 Kimmel, Miles E (So.)
  • 20 Kirkland, Ron HB (Jr.)
  • 61 Kudrna, Roger LB (Jr.)
  • 42 Kuehl, Alan LB (So.)
  • 95 Mackevicius, Al C (So.)
 
  • 64 McCord, M.Jim DT (So.)
  • 66 Meylan, Wayne RG (So.)
  • 37 Morrison, Dennis FB (So.)
  • 30 Mueller, Marv DB (So.)
  • 52 Murphy, Jerry MG (Jr.)
  • 56 Narish, Louis DT (Jr.)
  • 17 Nettelmann, Bill S (So.)
  • 59 Osberg, James RG (Jr.)
  • 34 Pappas, Tom LB (Jr.)
  • 88 Patton, Jerry DE (So.)
  • 54 Petersen, Kelly C (Jr.)
  • 26 Poggemeyer, Ronald S (Jr.)
  • 82 Richnafsky, Dennis SE (So.)
  • 51 Schaefer, Steve MG (Sr.)
  • 93 Schindel, Bill OT (So.)
  • 63 Senkbeil, Lynn LB (Jr.)
  • 12 Sigler, Ernie QB (So.)
  • 83 Smith, Tom E (Jr.)
  • 45 Solich, Frank HB (Sr.)
  • 90 Startzer, Bill DE (So.)
  • 72 Stith, Carel DT (Jr.)
  • 74 Strohmyer, John DT (Sr.)
  • 48 Tatman, Pete FB (Jr.)
  • 75 Taucher, Robert OT (So.)
  • 25 Thorell, Dennis CB (Jr.)
  • 50 Tuthill, Harry C (Sr.)
  • 19 Unis, Joe LG (Jr.)
  • 46 Vactor, Theodore (Red) S (Sr.)
  • 36 Wachholtz, Larry S (Jr.)
  • 18 Walls, Don DT (So.)
  • 14 Weber, Wayne QB (So.)
  • 47 Weinman, Bob CB (Jr.)
  • 85 White, Freeman E (Sr.)
  • 71 Wilks, Jerry OT (Jr.)
  • 31 Wilson, Harry FB (Jr.)
  • 44 Winters, Charlie FB (So.)
  • 49 Worley, Michael FB (Sr.)
  • 23 Zemko, Steve LB (So.)
  • 29 Ziegler, Mick HB (So.)
  • 86 Zimmer, Ivan DE (So.)

Coaching staff

Name Title First year
in this position
Years at Nebraska Alma Mater
Bob Devaney Head Coach 1962 1962–1972 Alma
Tom Osborne 1964 1964–1997 Hastings
John Melton 1962 1962–1988 Wyoming
Cletus Fischer 1960 1960–1985 Nebraska
Mike Corgan Running Backs 1962 1962–1982 Notre Dame
George Kelly 1960 1960–1968
Jim Ross 1962 1962–1976
Carl Selmer Offensive Line 1962 1962–1972

[1][2]

Game summaries

TCU

1 234Total
TCU 0 707 14
• #1 Nebraska 14 776 34

[3][4][5][6]

Air Force

1 234Total
• #2 Nebraska 21 060 27
Air Force 0 7100 17

[3][7][8][9]

Iowa State

1 234Total
Iowa State 0 000 0
• #3 Nebraska 0 16217 44
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 54,440

[3][7][10]

Wisconsin

1 234Total
Wisconsin 0 000 0
• #2 Nebraska 6 11146 37
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 53,641

[3][11][12][13]

Kansas State

1 234Total
• #2 Nebraska 0 21614 41
Kansas State 0 000 0

[3][11][14]

Colorado

1 234Total
Colorado 3 307 13
• #3 Nebraska 17 1407 38
  • Date: October 23
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 53,873

[3][15][16][17]

Missouri

1 234Total
• #3 Nebraska 0 1303 16
Missouri 14 000 14

[3][15][18][19]

Kansas

1 234Total
Kansas 0 600 6
• #3 Nebraska 7 14210 42
  • Date: November 6
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 54,118

[3][20][21]

Oklahoma State

1 234Total
• #3 Nebraska 0 777 21
Oklahoma State 7 0010 17

[3][20][22]

Oklahoma

1 234Total
Oklahoma 3 600 9
• #3 Nebraska 0 7140 21
  • Date: November 25
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 52,533

[3][23][24]

Alabama

1 234Total
#3 Nebraska 0 7615 28
• #4 Alabama 7 1787 39

[3][25][26]

After the season

Awards

  • All American: Walter Barnes, Tony Jeter, Larry Wachholtz, Freeman White
  • All Big 8: LaVerne Allers, Dennis Carlson, Walt Barnes, Tony Jeter, Muike Kennedy, Frank Solich, Larry Wachholtz, Freeman White

[27]

Ranking Movement
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Final
AP #1 #2 #3 #2 #2 #3 #3 #3 #3 #3 #3 #5
Coaches N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A #3

Future professional players

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