1965 Michigan State Spartans football team

1965 Michigan State Spartans football
Coaches Poll national champion Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl, L 12–14 vs. UCLA
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 2
Record	10–1 (7–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Duffy Daugherty (12th season)
MVP	Steve Juday
Captains	Donald Japinga Steve Juday
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium
Seasons ←  1964 1966  →

1965 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
Ohio State	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Purdue	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Minnesota	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Michigan	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	1
Indiana	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Iowa	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Michigan State Spartans football team represented the Michigan State University in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. The Spartans won the Big Ten Championship and competed in the 1966 Rose Bowl, losing to UCLA. Despite the loss, the Spartans shared the national championship with Alabama. Michigan State was selected national champion by UPI/coaches, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Helms, Litkenhous, NFF, Poling, Sagarin, and Sagarin (ELO-Chess) and also co-national champion by FW. ^{[1] : 120} Both Alabama and Michigan State were national champions for the season. ^{[1] : 120}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	UCLA *		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 13–3	51,279
September 25	at Penn State *		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	W 23–0	46,100
October 2	Illinois	No. 9	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 22–12	71,237
October 9	at Michigan	No. 5	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	W 24–7	103,219	[2]
October 16	Ohio State	No. 4	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 32–7	75,288
October 23	at No. 6 Purdue	No. 2	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 14–10	62,113
October 30	Northwestern	No. 1	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 49–7	74,215
November 6	at Iowa	No. 1	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 35–0	54,700
November 13	Indiana	No. 1	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	W 27–13	75,280
November 20	at No. 4 Notre Dame *	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 12–3	59,291
January 1, 1966	vs. No. 5 UCLA *	No. 1	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 12–14	100,087
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game Source: [3]

References

1. 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
2. Bob Pille (October 10, 1965). "Spartans Rip U-M, 24-7". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 5E – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Football Statistics Summary for 1965". msuspartans.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013.