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	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	TCU*	#1	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 34-14	53,650
September 25	at Air Force*	#2	Falcon Stadium • Colorado 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 Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas	W 41-0	19,660
October 23	Colorado	#3	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	W 38-13	53,873
October 30	at Missouri	#3	Faurot Field • Columbia, 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 Field • Stillwater, 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 Bowl • Miami, Florida	L 28-39	72,214
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#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 Devaney	Head Coach	1962	1962–1972	Alma
Tom Osborne		1964	1964–1997	Hastings
John Melton		1962	1962–1988	Wyoming
Cletus Fischer		1960	1960–1985	Nebraska
Mike Corgan	Running Backs	1962	1962–1982	Notre Dame
George Kelly		1960	1960–1968
Jim Ross		1962	1962–1976
Carl Selmer	Offensive Line	1962	1962–1972

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Game notes

TCU

	1	2	3	4	Total
TCU	0	7	0	7	14
• #1 Nebraska	14	7	7	6	34

Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 53,650

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

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #2 Nebraska	21	0	6	0	27
Air Force	0	7	10	0	17

Location: Falcon Stadium, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Game attendance: 37,479

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

Iowa State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa State	0	0	0	0	0
• #3 Nebraska	0	16	21	7	44

Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 54,440

^[3]^[7]^[10]

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	0	0	0	0
• #2 Nebraska	6	11	14	6	37

Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 53,641

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

Kansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #2 Nebraska	0	21	6	14	41
Kansas State	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 16
Location: Memorial Stadium, Manhattan, Kansas
Game attendance: 19,660

^[3]^[11]^[14]

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	3	3	0	7	13
• #3 Nebraska	17	14	0	7	38

Date: October 23
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 53,873

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

Missouri

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Nebraska	0	13	0	3	16
Missouri	14	0	0	0	14

Date: October 30
Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri
Game attendance: 57,206

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

Kansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Kansas	0	6	0	0	6
• #3 Nebraska	7	14	21	0	42

Date: November 6
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 54,118

^[3]^[20]^[21]

Oklahoma State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Nebraska	0	7	7	7	21
Oklahoma State	7	0	0	10	17

Date: November 13
Location: Lewis Field, Stillwater, Oklahoma
Game attendance: 29,901

^[3]^[20]^[22]

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	3	6	0	0	9
• #3 Nebraska	0	7	14	0	21

Date: November 25
Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Game attendance: 52,533

^[3]^[23]^[24]

Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Nebraska	0	7	6	15	28
• #4 Alabama	7	17	8	7	39

Date: January 1
Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
Game attendance: 72,214
Referee: Morris Harrison

^[3]^[25]^[26]

After the season

Awards

All American: Walter Barnes, Tony Jeter, Larry Wachholtz, Freeman White
All Big 8: LaVerne Allers, Dennis Carlson, Walt Barnes, Tony Jeter, Muike Kennedy, Frank Solich, Larry Wachholtz, Freeman White

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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

Walter Barnes, 1966 2nd-round pick of the Washington Redskins
James Brown, 1966 13th-round pick of the St. Louis Cardinals
Kaye Carstens, 1967 13th-round pick of the Chicago Bears
Dick Czap, 1966 12th-round pick of the Cleveland Browns
Ben Gregory, 1968 5th-round pick of the Buffalo Bills
Tony Jeter, 1966 3rd-round pick of the Green Bay Packers
Ron Kirkland, 1967 9th-round pick of the Indianapolis Colts
Wayne Meylan, 1968 4th-round pick of the Cleveland Browns
Lynn Senkbeil, 1966 16th-round pick of the Chicago Bears
Carel Stith, 1967 4th-round pick of the Houston Oilers
Bob Taucher, 1968 7th-round pick of the Dallas Cowboys
Pete Tatman, 1967 10th-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings
Freeman White, 1966 9th-round pick of the New York Giants
Harry Wilson, 1967 3rd-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles

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Big Eight Conference football champions

1900s	Nebraska & Iowa (1907) Kansas (1908) Missouri (1909)

1910s	Nebraska (1910) Iowa State & Nebraska (1911) Iowa State & Nebraska (1912) Missouri & Nebraska (1913) Nebraska (1914) Nebraska (1915) Nebraska (1916) Nebraska (1917) Missouri (1919)

1920s	Oklahoma (1920) Nebraska (1921) Nebraska & Drake (1922) Nebraska (1923) Missouri (1924) Missouri (1925) Oklahoma A&M (1926) Missouri (1927) Nebraska (1928) Nebraska (1929)

1930s	Kansas (1930) Nebraska (1931) Nebraska (1932) Nebraska (1933) Kansas State (1934) Nebraska (1935) Nebraska (1936) Nebraska (1937) Oklahoma (1938) Missouri (1939)

1940s	Nebraska (1940) Missouri (1941) Missouri (1942) Oklahoma (1943) Oklahoma (1944) Missouri (1945) Kansas & Oklahoma (1946) Kansas & Oklahoma (1947) Oklahoma (1948) Oklahoma (1949)

1950s	Oklahoma (1950) Oklahoma (1951) Oklahoma (1952) Oklahoma (1953) Oklahoma (1954) Oklahoma (1955) Oklahoma (1956) Oklahoma (1957) Oklahoma (1958) Oklahoma (1959)

1960s	Missouri (1960) Colorado (1961) Oklahoma (1962) Nebraska (1963) Nebraska (1964) Nebraska (1965) Nebraska (1966) Oklahoma (1967) Kansas & Oklahoma (1968) Missouri & Nebraska (1969)

1970s	Nebraska (1970) Nebraska (1971) Nebraska (1972) Oklahoma (1973) Oklahoma (1974) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1975) Colorado, Oklahoma, & Oklahoma State (1976) Oklahoma (1977) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1978) Oklahoma (1979)

1980s	Oklahoma (1980) Nebraska (1981) Nebraska (1982) Nebraska (1983) Nebraska & Oklahoma (1984) Oklahoma (1985) Oklahoma (1986) Oklahoma (1987) Nebraska (1988) Colorado (1989)

1990s	Colorado (1990) Colorado & Nebraska (1991) Nebraska (1992) Nebraska (1993) Nebraska (1994) Nebraska (1995)

National championships in bold

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Venues	Lincoln Park (1890–95) "M" Street Park (1894–96) Antelope Field (1897–1908) Nebraska Field (1909–22) Memorial Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado Iowa Kansas Miami Minnesota Missouri Oklahoma Texas Wisconsin

Culture & lore	Herbie Husker Lil' Red "Dear Old Nebraska U" "Hail Varsity" Marching band Blackshirts Origin of "Cornhuskers" 1939 Kansas State game 1971 Oklahoma game Fumblerooski 1982 Penn State game Flea Kicker Black 41 Flash Reverse Pass 1 Second Left

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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