1965 Texas Longhorns football team

1965 Texas Longhorns football

Conference	Southwest Conference
1965 record	6-4 (3-4 SWC)
Head coach	Darrell Royal
Home stadium	Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130)

1965 Southwest Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#3 Arkansas $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Texas Tech	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
TCU	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Texas	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Baylor	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
SMU	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Texas A&M	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Rice	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1965 college football season.

Regular season

Tommy Nobis was in his final year at Texas^[1] and was known an iron man, playing (and starting) on both defense and offense for his entire college career. Aside from being an All-American linebacker, he also played guard on the offensive side of the ball^[1] and was often the primary blocker on touchdown runs. Famed Texas coach Darrell K. Royal called him "the finest two-way player I have ever seen." A knee injury slowed him during the latter part of his senior season,^[2] but he still was able to perform at a high level and won a number of major individual awards including the Knute Rockne Award, best lineman, the Outland Trophy, best interior lineman, and the Maxwell Award for college football’s best player. Nobis also finished seventh in the Heisman voting to USC’s Mike Garrett. He appeared on the covers of LIFE, Sports Illustrated and TIME magazines.

Schedule

The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 6-4-0 record.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 18	8:00 PM	Tulane*	#2	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 31-0	40,000
September 25	7:30 PM	Texas Tech	#3	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry)		W 33-7	65,310
October 2	7:30 PM	Indiana*	#1	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		W 27-12	57,000
October 9	2:00 PM	vs. Oklahoma*	#1	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout)	NBC	W 19-0	75,504
October 16	2:30 PM	at #3 Arkansas	#1	Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (Rivalry)	NBC	L 24-27	42,000
October 23	7:00 PM	Rice	#5	Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		L 17-20	63,000
October 30	2:00 PM	at SMU	#9	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX		L 14-31	48,000
November 6	1:30 PM	Baylor		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX	NBC	W 35-14	57,500
November 13	2:00 PM	TCU		Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX		L 10-25	51,500
November 25	1:00 PM	at Texas A&M		Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry)		W 21-17	40,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

^[3]

Game notes

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	0	9	0	10	19

Date: October 9
Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
Game attendance: 75,504

Scoring summary

2	TEX	David Conway 22 yard field goal	TEX 3-0

2	TEX	Marvin Kristynik 1 yard run (kick failed)	TEX 9-0

4	TEX	David Conway 35 yard field goal	TEX 12-0

4	TEX	Kelly Baker 11 yard pass from Regg Lott (David Conway kick)	TEX 19-0

Texas' eight straight win in the Red River series.^[4]

1965 team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.^[5]

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Tommy Nobis	Linebacker	1	1	Atlanta Falcons
Diron Talbert	Defensive Tackle	5	66	Los Angeles Rams
Phil Harris	Back	7	104	New York Giants
Pete Lammons	End	14	213	Cleveland Browns

Tommy Nobis was also drafted by the Houston Oilers in the first round of the 1966 American Football League draft.^[6]

Awards and honors

Tommy Nobis, Maxwell Award
Tommy Nobis, Outland Trophy
Tommy Nobis, Consensus All-American^[7]

References

1 2 Padwe, Sandy (September 14, 1965). "Football's Top Five for 1965". Meriden Journal, via Google News (Meridan, Connecticut). Newspaper Enterprise Association.
↑ "Nobis' Knee Injury Problem for Texas". The Altus Times-Democrat, via Google News (Altus, Oklahoma). United Press International. October 14, 1965.
↑ http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html
↑ "Texas Continues March as Sooners Fall, 19-0." Palm Beach Post. 1965 Oct 10.
↑ Team 1966
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 399
↑ Awards

External links

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Culture & lore	All-time greatest games Bevo Hook 'em "Texas Fight" 1969 "Game of the Century" Marching band Godzillatron The University of Texas National Championship 2005 2005 Ohio State game 2005 Oklahoma game 2005 Texas A&M game 2007 Oklahoma State game 2008 Oklahoma game 2008 Texas Tech game 1 Second Left

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