1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 9
1965 record	7–2–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (2nd season)
Captain	Phil Sheridan
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons

1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
New Mexico State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Utah State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Xavier			–					8	–	2	–	0
Texas Western			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 9 Notre Dame			–					7	–	2	–	1
Southern Miss			–					7	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	3	–	0
VPI			–					7	–	3	–	0
Georgia Tech			–					7	–	3	–	1
Boston College			–					6	–	4	–	0
West Texas State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	2
Miami (FL)			–					5	–	4	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Memphis State			–					5	–	5	–	0
San Jose State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Navy			–					4	–	4	–	2
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	1
Florida State			–					4	–	5	–	1
Army			–					4	–	5	–	1
Houston			–					4	–	5	–	1
Colorado State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Air Force			–					3	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Dayton			–					3	–	7	–	0
Holy Cross			–					2	–	7	–	1
Pacific (CA)			–					2	–	8	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 18	4:30pm	at California	No. 3	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	NBC	W 48–6	53,000
September 25	2:30pm	at No. 6 Purdue	No. 1	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)		L 21–25	61,291
October 2	2:30pm	Northwestern	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		W 38–7	59,273
October 9	8:00pm	vs. Army	No. 7	Shea Stadium Flushing, NY (rivalry)		W 17–0	61,000
October 23	2:30pm	No. 4 USC	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	NBC	W 28–7	59,225
October 30	2:30pm	Navy	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)		W 29–3	59,206
November 6	1:30pm	at Pittsburgh	No. 4	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		W 69–13	57,169
November 13	1:30pm	North Carolina	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN		W 17–0	59,216
November 20	1:30pm	No. 1 Michigan State	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)		L 3–12	59,291
November 27	8:00pm	at Miami	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		T 0–0	68,077
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Northwestern

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 7 0 0 0 7 • Notre Dame 0 6 8 24 38 Date: October 2 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN Source: [2] Scoring summary 1 NW Clark 50-yard interception return (Dickie kick) NW 7-0 2 ND Wolski 7-yard run (kick failed) NW 7-6 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

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 0 7 7 3 17 Army 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 9 Location: Shea Stadium, New York, NY Game attendance: 61,000 Scoring summary 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

References

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