| 1965 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Record | 2–7–1 (2–5 Big Ten) |
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| MVP | Tom Brigham |
| Captain | Dave Fronek |
| Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1965 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | Colorado * | T 0–0 | 45,914 | ||
| September 25 | USC * |
| L 6–26 | 52,706 | |
| October 2 | Iowa |
| W 16–13 | 63,058 | |
| October 9 | at No. 2 Nebraska * | L 0–37 | 53,810 | ||
| October 16 | at Northwestern | W 21–7 | 44,444 | ||
| October 23 | Ohio State  |
| L 10–20 | 65,269 | |
| October 30 | at Michigan | L 14–50 | 66,907 | [1] | |
| November 6 | at Purdue | L 7–45 | 48,369 | ||
| November 13 | Illinois |
| L 0–51 | 55,192 | |
| November 20 | at Minnesota | L 7–42 | 50,624 | ||
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| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club |
| Tom Brigham | Defensive End | 10 | 150 | Detroit Lions |
| Bill Masselter | Tackle | 13 | 192 | Detroit Lions |
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