1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1965 record	5-4-1 (5-2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Murray Warmath (12th year)
MVP	John Hankinson
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1965 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#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 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1965 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 5-4-1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 188 to 160.

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.

Total attendance for the season was 302,747, which averaged to 50,458. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
09/17/1965	at Southern Cal*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	T 20-20	58,497
09/25/1965	Washington*		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 14-13	46,917
10/02/1965	Missouri*		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 17-6	49,889
10/09/1965	Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 42-18	46,010
10/16/1965	at Iowa		Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 14-3	59,200
10/23/1965	Michigan		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 14-13	58,519
10/30/1965	at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 11-10	84,359
11/06/1965	Northwestern		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 27-22	50,565
11/13/1965	at Purdue		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 35-0	45,587
11/20/1965	Wisconsin		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 42-7	50,847
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 7 0 0 6 13 • Minnesota 0 0 7 7 14 Date: October 23 Location: Minneapolis, MN Source: [1]

Scoring summary 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