American college football season
1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football |
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Conference | Independent |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 9 |
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AP | No. 9 |
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Record | 7–2–1 |
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Head coach | - Ara Parseghian (2nd season)
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Captain | Phil Sheridan |
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Home stadium | Notre Dame Stadium |
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The 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Ara Parseghian, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 7–2–1.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 18 | 4:30pm | at California | No. 3 | | NBC | W 48–6 | 53,000 | |
September 25 | 2:30pm | at No. 6 Purdue | No. 1 | | | L 21–25 | 61,291 | |
October 2 | 2:30pm | Northwestern | No. 8 | | | W 38–7 | 59,273 | |
October 9 | 8:00pm | vs. Army | No. 7 | | | W 17–0 | 61,000 | |
October 23 | 2:30pm | No. 4 USC | No. 7 | - Notre Dame Stadium
- Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
| NBC | W 28–7 | 59,225 | |
October 30 | 2:30pm | Navy | No. 4 | - Notre Dame Stadium
- Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
| | W 29–3 | 59,206 | |
November 6 | 1:30pm | at Pittsburgh | No. 4 | | | W 69–13 | 57,169 | |
November 13 | 1:30pm | North Carolina | No. 4 | - Notre Dame Stadium
- Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
| | W 17–0 | 59,216 | [1] |
November 20 | 1:30pm | No. 1 Michigan State | No. 4 | - Notre Dame Stadium
- Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
| | L 3–12 | 59,291 | |
November 27 | 8:00pm | at Miami (FL) | No. 6 | | | T 0–0 | 68,077 | |
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Game summaries
California
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Notre Dame | 9 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 48 | California | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | ND | Ivan 28-yard field goal | ND 3-0 | | 1 | | ND | Zloch 3-yard run (kick failed) | ND 9-0 | | 2 | | ND | Conjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 16-0 | | 2 | | ND | Rassas 65-yard punt return (2-pt failed) | ND 22-0 | | 2 | | Cal | Bradley 7-yard pass from Berry (kick failed) | ND 22-6 | | 2 | | ND | Zloch 11-yard run (2-pt failed) | ND 28-6 | | 3 | | ND | Eddy 24-yard pass from Zloch (kick failed) | ND 34-6 | | 3 | | ND | Wolski 6-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 41-6 | | 4 | | ND | Harshman 3-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 48-6 | |
Purdue
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Notre Dame | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 | • Purdue | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 25 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | ND | Ivan 27-yard field goal | ND 3-0 | | 2 | | PU | Beirne 28-yard pass from Griese (kick failed) | PU 3-6 | | 2 | | ND | Eddy 4-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 10-6 | | 2 | | PU | Beirne 14-yard pass from Griese (2-pt failed) | PU 10-12 | | 3 | | PU | Minniear 12-yard pass from Griese (2-pt failed) | PU 10-18 | | 3 | | ND | Wolski 54-yard run (2-pt good) | Tied 18-18 | | 4 | | ND | Ivan 24-yard field goal | ND 21-18 | | 4 | | PU | Teter 3-yard run (Griese kick) | PU 21-25 | |
Northwestern
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Northwestern | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | • Notre Dame | 0 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 38 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | NW | Clark 50-yard interception return (Dickie kick) | NW 0-7 | | 2 | | ND | Wolski 7-yard run (kick failed) | NW 6-7 | | 3 | | ND | Rassas 92-yard interception return (2-pt good) | ND 14-7 | | 4 | | ND | Ivan 26-yard field goal | ND 17-7 | | 4 | | ND | Rassas 72-yard punt return (Ivan kick) | ND 24-7 | | 4 | | ND | May 1-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 31-7 | | 4 | | ND | Bleier 13-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 38-7 | |
Army
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Notre Dame | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | Army | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 2 | | ND | Don Gmitter 29-yard pass from Tom Schoen (Ken Ivan kick) | ND 7-0 | | 3 | | ND | Nick Eddy 5-yard run (Ken Ivan kick) | ND 14-0 | | 4 | | ND | Ken Ivan 23-yard field goal | ND 17-0 | |
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USC
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | USC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | • Notre Dame | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 | - Date: October 23
- Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
- Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
- Television network: NBC
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | ND | Conjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 7-0 | | 1 | | ND | Conjar 2-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 14-0 | | 2 | | ND | Conjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 21-0 | | 3 | | ND | Conjar 2-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 28-0 | | 4 | | USC | Thomas 8-yard pass from Winslow (Rossovich kick) | ND 28-7 | |
Navy
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Navy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | • Notre Dame | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 29 | - Date: October 30
- Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
- Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
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Scoring summary |
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| 2 | | Navy | Hoch 29-yard field goal | Navy 0-3 | | 2 | | ND | Eddy 55-yard pass from Zloch (Ivan kick) | ND 7-3 | | 3 | | ND | Zloch 1-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 14-3 | | 3 | | ND | Conjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 21-3 | | 3 | | ND | Rassas 66-yard punt return (2-pt. good) | ND 29-3 | |
Pittsburgh
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Notre Dame | 21 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 69 | Pittsburgh | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | ND | Conjar 42-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 7-0 | | 1 | | ND | Wolski 7-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 14-0 | | 1 | | ND | Wolski 5-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 21-0 | | 2 | | ND | Wolski 5-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 28-0 | | 2 | | ND | Wolski 1-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 35-0 | | 2 | | Pitt | Dyer 21-yard pass from Lucas (kick blocked) | ND 35-6 | | 3 | | ND | Wolski 1-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 42-6 | | 3 | | ND | Gmitter 44-yard pass from Zloch (kick blocked) | ND 48-6 | | 3 | | ND | May 5-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 55-6 | | 4 | | ND | Bleier 3-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 62-6 | | 4 | | ND | Conway 2-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 69-6 | | 4 | | Pitt | Zalansky 5-yard pass from James (Jones kick) | ND 69-13 | |
North Carolina
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | N. Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | • Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | - Date: November 13
- Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
- Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
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Scoring summary |
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| 4 | | ND | Ivan 38-yard field goal | ND 3-0 | | 4 | | ND | Eddy 66-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 10-0 | | 4 | | ND | Eddy 3-yard run (Ivan kick) | ND 17-0 | |
Michigan State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • Michigan St. | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | Notre Dame | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - Date: November 20
- Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
- Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | ND | Ivan 22-yard field goal | ND 3-0 | | 3 | | MSU | Jones 3-yard run (kick failed) | MSU 3-6 | | 4 | | MSU | Lee 19-yard pass from Juday (2-pt. failed) | MSU 3-12 | |
Miami (Florida)
Notre Dame outgained Miami, 175 yards to 87 (including 115 yards rushing to negative 17), but missed field goals of 22 and 27 yards. The latter miss came with 5:15 left in the game, after a drive that had advanced to the Miami 3 yard line before going backwards. Miami had no serious scoring threats and only once made it as far as the ND 42 yard line.[4]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Miami | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - Date: November 27
- Location: Miami Orange Bowl
- Game start: 8:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: 73 degrees
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References
- ^ "Irish roll 17 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. November 14, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".
- ^ "Notre Dame Wrecks Army." Palm Beach Post. 1965 Oct 10.
- ^ South Bend Tribune, Nov. 28, 1965, p. 1.
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