1965 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

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1965 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
1965 record2–6–2 (1–5–1 OVC)
Head coach
CaptainKen Frick
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Middle Tennessee $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Austin Peay 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Eastern Kentucky 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Morehead State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Tennessee Tech 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Murray State 1 – 4 – 2 2 – 6 – 2
Western Kentucky 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 2
East Tennessee State 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1965 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Nick Denes, the Hilltoppers compiled an overall record of 2–6–2 with a mark of 1–5–1 in conference play, for seventh place in the OVC. The team's captain was Ken Frick.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 18at Akron*
T 6–640,165
September 25East Tennessee StateBowling Green, KYW 15–147,062
October 2at Middle TennesseeMurfreesboro, TN (rivalry)L 0–218,500
October 9at Austin Peay
L 6–385,800
October 16Tennessee TechBowling Green, KYL 6–466,505
October 23Drake*daggerBowling Green, KYW 28–2110,025
October 30at Eastern KentuckyRichmond, KY (rivalry)L 12–2811,500
November 6Morehead StateBowling Green, KYL 12–215,012
November 13at Butler*
L 20–275,150
November 20Murray StateBowling Green, KY (rivalry)T 14–145,731
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "WKU Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green, Kentucky: Western Kentucky University. p. 177. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
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