1965 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1965 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	5–5 (0–6 ACC)
Head coach	Marvin Bass (5th season)
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium (Capacity: 43,232)

1965 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NC State +	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0†
Clemson +	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0†
Duke	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Virginia	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0†
Wake Forest	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0†
South Carolina	0	–	6	–	0			5	–	5	–	0†
+ – Conference co-champions † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to use of ineligible players. This improved Clemson and NC State from 4–3 to 5–2, making them co-champions. Overall records did not change due to the forfeits. Duke and South Carolina were originally co-champions with records of 4–2.

The 1965 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 5–5 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, South Carolina	W 13–3
September 25	Duke	Carolina Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	L 15-20
October 2	NC State	Carolina Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (rivalry)	W 13-7
October 9	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee	L 3-24
October 16	Wake Forest	Carolina Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	W 38-7
October 23	at No. 9 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana	L 7-21
October 30	Maryland	Carolina Stadium Columbia, South Carolina	L 14-27
November 6	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, Virginia	W 17-7
November 13	at No. 5 Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama	L 14-35
November 20	Clemson	Carolina Stadium Columbia, South Carolina (Palmetto Bowl)	W 17-16	44,500
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game