1965 LSU Tigers football team

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1965 LSU Tigers football
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Cotton Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Arkansas
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 8
Record8–3 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Tiger Stadium
Seasons
←  1964
1966  →
1965 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Alabama $ 6 –1 –19 –1 –1
Auburn 4 –1 –15 –5 –1
Florida 4 –2 –07 –4 –0
No. 7 Tennessee 2 –1 –28 –1 –2
Ole Miss 5 –3 –07 –4 –0
No. 8 LSU 3 –3 –08 –3 –0
Kentucky 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Georgia 2 –3 –06 –4 –0
Vanderbilt 1 –5 –02 –7 –1
Tulane 1 –5 –02 –8 –0
Mississippi State 1 –5 –04 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth year under head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers complied an overall record of 8–3, with a conference record of 3–3, and finished third in the SEC.

Back-to-back losses to Ole Miss and Alabama by a combined 54-7 put LSU's bowl hopes in peril, but wins vs. Mississippi State and Tulane prompted the Cotton Bowl to extend a bid to the 7-3 Tigers. The bowl's faith in LSU was rewarded when the Tigers stunned No. 2 Arkansas 14–7 to stop the Razorbacks' winning streak at 22 and deny Arkansas a second consecutive national championship.

Schedule

Destruction from Hurricane Betsy on September 10 put the season opener vs. Texas A&M in jeopardy. Repairs to the light towers, scoreboard and press box were made in time for the game to proceed as planned eight days later.

LSU defeated rival Tulane by a 62-0 tally for the third time in eight seasons (1958 and 1961) in the Green Wave's final football game as a member of the Southeastern Conference. It was also LSU's third consecutive shutout of Tulane at Baton Rouge.

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Texas A&M *No. 8
W 10–068,000 [1]
September 25 Rice *No. 7
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 42–1467,500 [2]
October 2at Florida No. 5
L 7–1447,592 [3]
October 9at Miami (FL) *
W 34–2743,367 [4]
October 16 Kentucky Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 31–2168,000 [5]
October 23 South Carolina *No. 9
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 21–766,000 [6]
October 30at Ole Miss No. 5
L 0–2346,616 [7]
November 6No. 5 Alabama
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
 NBC L 7–3158,000 [8]
November 13 Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
W 37–2060,000 [9]
November 20 Tulane
W 62–065,000 [10]
January 1, 1966vs. No. 2 Arkansas *
 CBS W 14–776,200 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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