1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football
1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.jpg
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1965 record6–4 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJim Grabowski
CaptainJim Grabowski, Don Hansen
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 71,227)
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 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 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth season under head coach Pete Elliott, the Illini compiled a 6–4 (4–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents), outscored opponents 235 to 118, and finished fifth in the Big Ten.[1] Fullback Jim Grabowski was selected as the team's most valuable player, received the team's most valuable player award, and was a consensus pick for the 1965 College Football All-America Team.[2][3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Oregon State*
L 10–1234,000[4]
September 25SMU*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 42–045,175[4]
October 2at No. 9 Michigan State
L 12–2271,237[4]
October 9at Ohio State
L 14–2883,712[4]
October 16Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 34–1361,257[4]
October 23Duke*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 28–1447,077[4]
October 30No. 6 Purdue
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
W 21–059,507[4]
November 6Michigan
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, Illinois
L 3–2350,136[5]
November 13at Wisconsin
W 51–055,192[4]
November 20at Northwestern
W 20–641,348[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Awards and honors[]

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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  • Jim Grabowski was also the first pick overall in the 1966 American Football League Draft. He was the first ever draft pick of the Miami Dolphins.

References[]

  1. ^ "1965 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "All Time Scores". University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  5. ^ Bob Pille (November 7, 1965). "M Beats Illini For Bump, As Usual, 23-3". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1966 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21.


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