1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl, L 28–39 vs. Alabama
Conference Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches #3
AP #5
1965 record 10–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach Bob Devaney (4th year)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1965 Big 8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Nebraska $ 7 0 0     10 1 0
#6 Missouri 6 1 0     8 2 1
Colorado 4 2 1     6 2 2
Iowa State 3 3 1     5 4 1
Oklahoma 3 4 0     3 7 0
Oklahoma State 2 5 0     3 7 0
Kansas 2 5 0     2 8 0
Kansas State 0 7 0     0 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big Eight Conference in the 1965 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 18 TCU* #1 Memorial StadiumLincoln, Nebraska W 34-14   53,650
September 25 at Air Force* #2 Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, Colorado W 27-17   37,479
October 2 Iowa State #3 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska W 44-0   54,440
October 9 Wisconsin* #2 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska W 37-0   53,641
October 16 at Kansas State #2 Memorial StadiumManhattan, Kansas W 41-0   19,660
October 23 Coloradodagger #3 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska W 38-13   53,873
October 30 at Missouri #3 Faurot FieldColumbia, Missouri W 16-14   57,206
November 6 Kansas #3 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska W 42-6   54,118
November 13 at Oklahoma State #3 Lewis FieldStillwater, Oklahoma W 21-17   29,901
November 25 Oklahoma #3 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska W 21-9   52,533
January 1 vs. #4 Alabama* #3 Miami Orange BowlMiami, Florida L 28-39   72,214
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Roster

Official Roster
  • 67 Allers, LaVerne LG (Jr.)
  • 33 Alvarez, Barry LB (So.)
  • 77 Barnes, Walter MG (Sr.)
  • 39 Beck, Dennis S (So.)
  • 76 Brichacek, Gary RT (Jr.)
  • 24 Brown, Bill FB (So.)
  • 73 Brown, James OT (Sr.)
  • 40 Brunk, Kenny FB (Jr.)
  • 41 Buckler, George FB (So.)
  • 68 Canarsky, Leonard RT (So.)
  • 78 Carlson, Dennis RT (Sr.)
  • 21 Carstens, Kaye CB (Jr.)
  • 89 Casey, Larry E (Sr.)
  • 15 Churchich, Bob QB (Jr.)
  • 62 Coleman, (Edward) Ricard LB (Jr.)
  • 80 Coleman, Langston DE (Jr.)
  • 35 Critchlow, Paul HB (So.)
  • 70 Czap, Dick DT (Jr.)
  • 92 Delaney, Dan E (So.)
  • 55 Drum, Duncan C (Sr.)
  • 10 Duda, Fred QB (Sr.)
  • 11 Fierro, Al QB (So.)
  • 65 Gatziolis, Jim RG (Jr.)
  • 81 Grace, Mike DE (Jr.)
  • 22 Gregory, Ben FB (So.)
  • 57 Grell, Stan LG (Jr.)
  • 38 Haasch, Richard FB (So.)
  • 58 Hansen, Ed RT (So.)
  • 79 Hansen, Larry DT (So.)
  • 87 Haug, William DE (Sr.)
  • 32 Hawkins, James CB (So.)
  • 53 Hill, Robert C (Jr.)
  • 43 Janik, Leonard LB (So.)
  • 84 Jeter, Tony E (Sr.)
  • 28 Johnson, William LB (Sr.)
  • 69 Kennedy, Michael LB (Sr.)
  • 91 Kimmel, Miles E (So.)
  • 20 Kirkland, Ron HB (Jr.)
  • 61 Kudrna, Roger LB (Jr.)
  • 42 Kuehl, Alan LB (So.)
  • 95 Mackevicius, Al C (So.)
 
  • 64 McCord, M.Jim DT (So.)
  • 66 Meylan, Wayne RG (So.)
  • 37 Morrison, Dennis FB (So.)
  • 30 Mueller, Marv DB (So.)
  • 52 Murphy, Jerry MG (Jr.)
  • 56 Narish, Louis DT (Jr.)
  • 17 Nettelmann, Bill S (So.)
  • 59 Osberg, James RG (Jr.)
  • 34 Pappas, Tom LB (Jr.)

* 88 Patton, Jerry DE (So.)

  • 54 Petersen, Kelly C (Jr.)
  • 26 Poggemeyer, Ronald S (Jr.)
  • 82 Richnafsky, Dennis SE (So.)
  • 51 Schaefer, Steve MG (Sr.)
  • 93 Schindel, Bill OT (So.)
  • 63 Senkbeil, Lynn LB (Jr.)
  • 12 Sigler, Ernie QB (So.)
  • 83 Smith, Tom E (Jr.)
  • 45 Solich, Frank HB (Sr.)
  • 90 Startzer, Bill DE (So.)
  • 72 Stith, Carel DT (Jr.)
  • 74 Strohmyer, John DT (Sr.)
  • 48 Tatman, Pete FB (Jr.)
  • 75 Taucher, Robert OT (So.)
  • 25 Thorell, Dennis CB (Jr.)
  • 50 Tuthill, Harry C (Sr.)
  • 19 Unis, Joe LG (Jr.)
  • 46 Vactor, Theodore (Red) S (Sr.)
  • 36 Wachholtz, Larry S (Jr.)
  • 18 Walls, Don DT (So.)
  • 14 Weber, Wayne QB (So.)
  • 47 Weinman, Bob CB (Jr.)
  • 85 White, Freeman E (Sr.)
  • 71 Wilks, Jerry OT (Jr.)
  • 31 Wilson, Harry FB (Jr.)
  • 44 Winters, Charlie FB (So.)
  • 49 Worley, Michael FB (Sr.)
  • 23 Zemko, Steve LB (So.)
  • 29 Ziegler, Mick HB (So.)
  • 86 Zimmer, Ivan DE (So.)

Coaching staff

Name Title First year
in this position
Years at Nebraska Alma Mater
Bob DevaneyHead Coach19621962–1972Alma
Tom Osborne 19641964–1997Hastings
John Melton 19621962–1988Wyoming
Cletus Fischer 19601960–1985Nebraska
Mike CorganRunning Backs19621962–1982Notre Dame
George Kelly 19601960–1968
Jim Ross 19621962–1976
Carl SelmerOffensive Line19621962–1972

[1][2]

Game notes

TCU

1 234Total
TCU 0 707 14
#1 Nebraska 14 776 34

[3][4][5][6]

Air Force

1 234Total
#2 Nebraska 21 060 27
Air Force 0 7100 17

[3][7][8][9]

Iowa State

1 234Total
Iowa State 0 000 0
#3 Nebraska 0 16217 44
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 54,440

[3][7][10]

Wisconsin

1 234Total
Wisconsin 0 000 0
#2 Nebraska 6 11146 37
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 53,641

[3][11][12][13]

Kansas State

1 234Total
#2 Nebraska 0 21614 41
Kansas State 0 000 0

[3][11][14]

Colorado

1 234Total
Colorado 3 307 13
#3 Nebraska 17 1407 38
  • Date: October 23
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 53,873

[3][15][16][17]

Missouri

1 234Total
#3 Nebraska 0 1303 16
Missouri 14 000 14

[3][15][18][19]

Kansas

1 234Total
Kansas 0 600 6
#3 Nebraska 7 14210 42
  • Date: November 6
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 54,118

[3][20][21]

Oklahoma State

1 234Total
#3 Nebraska 0 777 21
Oklahoma State 7 0010 17

[3][20][22]

Oklahoma

1 234Total
Oklahoma 3 600 9
#3 Nebraska 0 7140 21
  • Date: November 25
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 52,533

[3][23][24]

Alabama

1 234Total
#3 Nebraska 0 7615 28
#4 Alabama 7 1787 39

[3][25][26]

After the season

Awards

[27]

Ranking Movement
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Final
AP #1 #2 #3 #2 #2 #3 #3 #3 #3 #3 #3 #5
Coaches N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A #3

Future professional players

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