1965 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1965 North Carolina Tar Heels football
File:North Carolina Tar Heels logo.svg
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1965 record	4–6 (3–3 ACC)
Head coach	Jim Hickey (7th year)
Home stadium	Kenan Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons « 1964 1966 »

1965 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
NC State §	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0†
Clemson §	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0†
Duke	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Virginia	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0†
Wake Forest	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0†
South Carolina	0	–	6	–	0			5	–	5	–	0†
§ – Conference co-champions † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to an ineligible player. This moved Clemson and NC State to 5–2, making them co-Champions. Overall records do not reflect this. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by seventh-year head coach Jim Hickey and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 18	No. 4 Michigan*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 24–31
September 25	at Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 14–3
October 2	Virginia	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)	L 17–21
October 9	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC (rivalry)	W 10–7
October 16	Maryland	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 12–10
October 23	at Wake Forest	Bowman Gray Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)	L 10–12
October 30	Georgia*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 35–47
November 6	Clemson	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	W 17–13
November 13	at No. 4 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	L 0–17
November 20	at Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC (Victory Bell)	L 7–34
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time