1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 9
1965 record	7–2–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (2nd season)
Captain	Phil Sheridan
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
New Mexico State		–		8	–	2	–	0
Utah State		–		8	–	2	–	0
Xavier		–		8	–	2	–	0
Texas Western		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	1
Southern Miss		–		7	–	2	–	0
Syracuse		–		7	–	3	–	0
VPI		–		7	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		7	–	3	–	1
Boston College		–		6	–	4	–	0
West Texas State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Boston University		–		5	–	3	–	1
Buffalo		–		5	–	3	–	2
Miami (FL)		–		5	–	4	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		5	–	5	–	0
San Jose State		–		5	–	5	–	0
Navy		–		4	–	4	–	2
Colgate		–		4	–	5	–	1
Florida State		–		4	–	5	–	1
Army		–		4	–	5	–	1
Houston		–		4	–	5	–	1
Colorado State		–		4	–	6	–	0
Rutgers		–		3	–	6	–	0
Air Force		–		3	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	7	–	0
Dayton		–		3	–	7	–	0
Holy Cross		–		2	–	7	–	1
Pacific (CA)		–		2	–	8	–	0
Villanova		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1965 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 18	4:30pm	at California	No. 3	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	NBC	W 48–6	53,000
September 25	2:30pm	at No. 6 Purdue	No. 1	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		L 21–25	61,291
October 2	2:30pm	Northwestern	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)		W 38–7	59,273
October 9	8:00pm	vs. Army	No. 7	Shea Stadium • Flushing, NY (Rivalry)		W 17–0	61,000
October 23	2:30pm	No. 4 USC	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	NBC	W 28–7	59,225
October 30	2:30pm	Navy	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)		W 29–3	59,206
November 6	1:30pm	at Pittsburgh	No. 4	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA		W 69–13	57,169
November 13	1:30pm	North Carolina	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN		W 17–0	59,216
November 20	1:30pm	No. 1 Michigan State	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)		L 3–12	59,291
November 27	8:00pm	at Miami	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL		T 0–0	68,077
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Game summaries

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	7	0	0	0	7
• Notre Dame	0	6	8	24	38

Date: October 2
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN

Source:

Scoring summary

1	NW	Clark 50-yard interception return (Dickie kick)	NW 7-0

2	ND	Wolski 7-yard run (kick failed)	NW 7-6

3	ND	Rassas 92-yard interception return (2-pt good)	ND 14-7

4	ND	Ivan 26-yard field goal	ND 17-7

4	ND	Rassas 72-yard punt return (Ivan kick)	ND 24-7

4	ND	May 1-yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 31-7

4	ND	Bleier 13-yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 38-7

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	0	7	7	3	17
Army	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 9
Location: Shea Stadium, New York, NY
Game attendance: 61,000

Scoring summary

2	ND	Don Gmitter 29-yard pass from Tom Schoen (Ken Ivan kick)	ND 7-0

3	ND	Nick Eddy 5-yard run (Ken Ivan kick)	ND 14-0

4	ND	Ken Ivan 23-yard field goal	ND 17-0

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References

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