1965 Big Ten Conference football season

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1965 Big Ten Conference football season
Sport American football
Number of teams10
Top draft pick Tom Mack
Champion Michigan State
  Runners-up Ohio State
Season MVP Jim Grabowski
Seasons
  1964
1966  
1965 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Michigan State $ 7 0 010 1 0
Ohio State 6 1 07 2 0
Purdue 5 2 07 2 1
Minnesota 5 2 05 4 1
Illinois 4 3 06 4 0
Northwestern 3 4 04 6 0
Michigan 2 5 04 6 0
Wisconsin 2 5 02 7 1
Indiana 1 6 02 8 0
Iowa 0 7 01 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Big Ten Conference football season was the 70th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1965 NCAA University Division football season.

Contents

This was the first year Big Ten teams were allowed to play 10 regular season games. Ohio State was the lone school not to play a 10th game, sticking with nine-game regular seasons through 1970.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. RankTeamHead coachAP finalAP highOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAGMVP
1 Michigan State Duffy Daugherty #2#110–17–023.96.9 Steve Juday
2 Ohio State Woody Hayes NR#107–26–117.313.1 Doug Van Horn
3 (tie) Purdue Jack Mollenkopf NR#27–2–15–222.712.7 Bob Griese
3 (tie) Minnesota Murray Warmath NRNR5–4–15–218.816.0John Hankinson
5 Illinois Pete Elliott NRNR6–44–323.511.8 Jim Grabowski
6 Northwestern Alex Agase NRNR4–63–414.120.8Jim Burns
7 (tie) Michigan Bump Elliott NR#44–62–518.516.1 Bill Yearby
7 (tie) Wisconsin Milt Bruhn NRNR2–7–12–58.129.1Tom Brigham
9 Indiana John Pont NRNR2–81–613.422.5 Bill Malinchak
10 Iowa Jerry Burns NRNR1–90–79.419.2 Dave Long

Key
AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1965 season [1]
AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1965 season [1]
PPG = Average of points scored per game [1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game [1]
MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold [2]

Preseason

Regular season

Bowl games

Post-season developments

Statistical leaders

The Big Ten's individual statistical leaders for the 1965 season include the following: [1]

Passing yards

RankNameTeamYards [1]
1Bob GriesePurdue1,719
2John HankinsonMinnesota1,483
3Steve JudayMichigan State1,253
4Charles BurtWisconsin1,143
5Fred CustardoIllinois1,124

Rushing yards

RankNameTeamYards [1]
1Jim GrabowskiIllinois1,258
2Clinton JonesMichigan State900
3Bob ApisaMichigan State715
4Carl WardMichigan639
5Bob McKelveyNorthwestern587

Receiving yards

RankNameTeamYards [1]
1Jack ClancyMichigan762
2John WrightIllinois755
3Gene WashingtonMichigan State719
4Bill MalinchakIndiana699
5Bob HadrickPurdue562

Total yards

RankNameTeamYards [1]
1Bob GriesePurdue1,784
2John HankinsonMinnesota1,623
3Steve JudayMichigan State1,380
4Jim GrabowskiIllinois1,258
5Fred CustardoIllinois1,244

Scoring

RankNameTeamPoints [1]
1Clinton JonesMichigan State72
2Bob ApisaMichigan State60
3John KuzniewskiPurdue48
3Bob McKelveyNorthwestern48
3Willard SanderOhio State48

Awards and honors

All-Big Ten honors

The following players were picked by the Associated Press (AP) and/or the United Press International (UPI) as first-team players on the 1965 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

Offense

PositionNameTeamSelectors
Quarterback Steve Juday Michigan StateAP
Quarterback Bob Griese PurdueUPI
Running back Jim Grabowski IllinoisAP, UPI [fb]
Running back Clinton Jones Michigan StateAP, UPI [hb]
Running back Carl Ward MichiganAP, UPI [hb]
End Gene Washington Michigan StateAP, UPI
EndBob HadrickPurdueAP
Tackle Tom Mack MichiganAP, UPI
Tackle Karl Singer PurdueAP, UPI
Guard John Niland IowaAP, UPI
Guard Doug Van Horn Ohio StateAP, UPI
Center Larry Kaminski PurdueAP
CenterRay PryorOhio StateUPI

Defense

PositionNameTeamSelectors
Defensive end Aaron Brown MinnesotaAP, UPI [offense]
Defensive end Bubba Smith Michigan StateAP, UPI
Defensive endDavid LongIowaUPI
Defensive tackle Bill Yearby MichiganAP, UPI
Defensive tackle Jerry Shay PurdueAP, UPI
Defensive guardHarold LucasMichigan StateUPI
LinebackerDwight KellyOhio StateAP, UPI
LinebackerDon HansenIllinoisAP, UPI
Linebacker Ron Goovert Michigan StateAP
Defensive back Rich Volk MichiganAP, UPI [s]
Defensive back George Webster Michigan StateAP, UPI [lb]
Defensive back Ron Acks IllinoisAP
Defensive backJohn FillOhio StateAP
Defensive backDon JapingaMichigan StateUPI [hb]
Defensive backCharles KingPurdueUPI [hb]

All-American honors

At the end of the 1965 season, six Big Ten players secured consensus first-team honors on the 1965 College Football All-America Team. [3] The Big Ten's consensus All-Americans were:

PositionNameTeamSelectors
Running back Jim Grabowski IllinoisAFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, FN, Time, TSN, WCFF
Defensive end Aaron Brown MinnesotaAP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, FN, Time, TSN, WCFF
Quarterback Bob Griese PurdueAFCA, CP, NEA, UPI, FN, WCFF
Defensive back George Webster Michigan StateAFCA, AP, NEA, UPI, FN, WCFF
Defensive tackle Bill Yearby MichiganAFCA, NEA, UPI, Time, TSN, WCFF
Defensive end Bubba Smith Michigan StateAFCA, UPI, WCFF

Other Big Ten players who were named first-team All-Americans by at least one selector were:

PositionNameTeamSelectors
Offensive end Gene Washington Michigan StateCP, FN
Offensive tackle Karl Singer PurdueAP
Offensive guard Doug Van Horn Ohio StateAFCA, UPI
Offensive guard John Niland IowaTime, TSN
Quarterback Steve Juday Michigan StateAP
Running back Clinton Jones Michigan StateFWAA
Defensive tackle Jerry Shay PurdueAFCA, FN
Middle guardHarold LucasMichigan StateNEA
Linebacker Ike Kelley Ohio StateAP, UPI, FN [center]
Linebacker Ron Goovert Michigan StateFWAA

Other awards

The 1965 Heisman Trophy was awarded to Mike Garrett of USC. Three Big Ten players finished among the top 10 in the voting: Illinois fullback Jim Grabowski (third); Michigan State quarterback Steve Juday (sixth); and Purdue quarterback Bob Griese (eighth). [4]

1966 NFL Draft

The following Big Ten players were among the first 100 picks in the 1966 NFL draft: [5]

NamePositionTeamRoundOverall pick
Tom Mack Offensive tackleMichigan12
Randy Beisler Defensive endIndiana14
John Niland Offensive guardIowa15
Jerry Shay Offensive tacklePurdue17
Jim Grabowski Running backIllinois19
Gale Gillingham Offensive tackleMinnesota113
Harold LucasTackleMichigan State223
Al Randolph Running backIowa337
Tom Barrington Running backOhio State338
Bill Malinchak Wide receiverIndiana339
Don Hansen LinebackerIllinois342
Dave Long Defensive endIowa343
Doug Van Horn GuardOhio State455
Ron Acks Defensive backIllinois457
Gary Snook QuarterbackIowa458
Steve SmithWide receiverMichigan571
Jack Clancy Wide receiverMichigan573
Bill Briggs Defensive endIowa575

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References

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  2. Roy Damer (December 25, 1965). "Grabowski Big Ten's Most Valuable". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.
  3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
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  5. "1966 NFL Draft: Full Draft". NFL.com. National Football League. Retrieved January 26, 2017.