American college football season
The 1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season . In their sixth season under head coach Pete Elliott , the Illini compiled a 6–4 (4–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents), outscored opponents 235 to 118, and finished fifth in the Big Ten.[1] Fullback Jim Grabowski was selected as the team's most valuable player, received the team's most valuable player award, and was a consensus pick for the 1965 College Football All-America Team .[2] [3]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 18 Oregon State * L 10–1234,000 September 25 SMU * Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL W 42–045,175 October 2 at No. 9 Michigan State L 12–2271,237 October 9 at Ohio State L 14–2883,712 October 16 Indiana Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL W 34–1361,257 October 23 Duke * Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL W 28–1447,077 October 30 No. 6 Purdue Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry ) W 21–059,507 November 6 Michigan Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry ) L 3–2350,136 [4] November 13 at Wisconsin W 51–055,192 November 20 at Northwestern W 20–641,348 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Awards and honors [ edit ] Team players in the NFL [ edit ] [6]
References [ edit ] ^ "1965 Illinois Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015 . ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF) . University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 29, 2016 . ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015 . ^ Bob Pille (November 7, 1965). "M Beats Illini For Bump, As Usual, 23-3" . Detroit Free Press . pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com . ^ "All Time Scores" . University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics . Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012 . ^ "1966 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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