1965 Temple Owls football team

1965 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University
Bucknell x	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Hofstra	4	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Temple	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Delaware	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Gettysburg	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Lehigh	1	–	3	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Lafayette	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
College–Northern
Wilkes x	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Upsala	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Lycoming	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Juniata	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Moravian	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Albright	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Wagner	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Susquehanna *	0	–	3	–	0	0	–	9	–	0
College–Southern
Swarthmore x	6	–	0	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Dickinson	7	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Drexel	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Lebanon Valley	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Haverford	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	5	–	0
Western Maryland	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Muhlenberg	1	–	8	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Johns Hopkins	1	–	4	–	1	1	–	6	–	1
Ursinus	1	–	4	–	1	1	–	6	–	1
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0	5	–	3	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1965 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach George Makris, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–2 against MAC opponents).^[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 18	George Washington*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 13–21
September 25	at Merchant Marine*	Kings Point, NY	L 21–27
October 2	Boston University*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–14
October 9	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 14–40
October 16	LafayetteGeo	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 27–12
October 23	at Connecticut	Storrs, CT	W 12–11
October 30	Delaware	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 31–22
November 7	Rhode Island*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 28–0
November 13	Gettysburg	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 22–21
November 20	Hofstra	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 28–42
*Non-conference game

^ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 131. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

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