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Conference | Southwest Conference |
Record | 6–4 (3–4 SWC) |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (capacity: 60,130) |
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No. 3 Arkansas $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1965 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their ninth year under head coach Darrell Royal, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 6–4, with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the SWC. [1]
Tommy Nobis was in his final year at Texas [2] and was known an iron man, playing (and starting) on both defense and offense for his entire college career. Aside from being an All-American linebacker, he also played guard on the offensive side of the ball [2] and was often the primary blocker on touchdown runs. Famed Texas coach Darrell K Royal called him "the finest two-way player I have ever seen." A knee injury slowed him during the latter part of his senior season, [3] but he still was able to perform at a high level and won a number of major individual awards including the Knute Rockne Award, best lineman, the Outland Trophy, best interior lineman, and the Maxwell Award for college football's best player. Nobis also finished seventh in the Heisman voting to USC's Mike Garrett. He appeared on the covers of LIFE , Sports Illustrated and TIME magazines.
The season opener vs. Tulane was originally scheduled to be played in New Orleans, but significant destruction throughout the city caused by Hurricane Betsy prompted the site to be switched to Austin.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 18 | 8:00 p.m. | Tulane * | No. 2 | W 31–0 | 40,000 | [4] | ||
September 25 | 7:30 p.m. | Texas Tech | No. 3 |
| W 33–7 | 65,310 | [5] | |
October 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Indiana * | No. 1 |
| W 27–12 | 57,000 | [6] | |
October 9 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. Oklahoma * | No. 1 | W 19–0 | 75,504 | [7] | ||
October 16 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 3 Arkansas | No. 1 | NBC | L 24–27 | 42,000 | [8] | |
October 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Rice | No. 5 |
| L 17–20 | 63,000 | [9] | |
October 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at SMU | No. 9 |
| L 14–31 | 48,000 | [10] | |
November 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Baylor |
| NBC | W 35–14 | 57,500 | [11] | |
November 13 | 2:00 p.m. | TCU |
| L 10–25 | 51,500 | [12] | ||
November 25 | 1:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M | W 21–17 | 40,000 | [13] | |||
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Texas' eight straight win in the Red River series. [14]
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season. [15]
Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
Tommy Nobis | Linebacker | 1 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons |
Diron Talbert | Defensive tackle | 5 | 66 | Los Angeles Rams |
Phil Harris | Back | 7 | 104 | New York Giants |
Pete Lammons | End | 14 | 213 | Cleveland Browns |
Thomas Henry Nobis Jr. was an American football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, where he earned the nickname "Mr. Falcon". He played college football at the University of Texas and was the first overall selection in the 1966 NFL Draft.
William James Atessis is a former American football player who played on two NCAA national championship teams at the University of Texas. One of the most honored and productive defensive ends in NCAA history, he was a three-year starter and was a second-team All-American as a junior and a consensus All-American as a senior. He currently resides in Houston, Texas.
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