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American college football season
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]
Regular season
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.
Schedule
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 September 18 8:00 p.m.
Tulane * No. 2 W 31–040,000
[4]
September 25 7:30 p.m.
Texas Tech No. 3 Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (
rivalry ) W 33–765,310
[5]
October 2 7:30 p.m.
Indiana * No. 1 Memorial Stadium Austin, TX W 27–1257,000
[6]
October 9 2:00 p.m. vs.
Oklahoma * No. 1 W 19–075,504
[7]
October 16 2:30 p.m. at No. 3
Arkansas No. 1
NBC L 24–2742,000
[8]
October 23 7:00 p.m.
Rice No. 5 Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (
rivalry ) L 17–2063,000
[9]
October 30 2:00 p.m. at
SMU No. 9 L 14–3148,000
[10]
November 6 1:30 p.m.
Baylor Memorial Stadium Austin, TX NBC W 35–1457,500
[11]
November 13 2:00 p.m.
TCU Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (
rivalry ) L 10–2551,500
[12]
November 25 1:00 p.m. at
Texas A&M W 21–1740,000
[13]
*Non-conference game Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in
Central time
Game summaries
Oklahoma
1
2 3 4 Total
Oklahoma
0
0 0 0
0
• Texas
0
9 0 10
19
Scoring summary 2 TEX David Conway 22 yard field goal TEX 3-0
2 TEX Marvin Kristynik 1 yard run (kick failed) TEX 9-0
4 TEX David Conway 35 yard field goal TEX 12-0
4 TEX Kelly Baker 11 yard pass from Regg Lott (David Conway kick) TEX 19-0
Texas' eight straight win in the Red River series.
[14]
Awards and honors
1965 team players in the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
[16]
Tommy Nobis was also drafted by the Houston Oilers in the first round of the 1966 American Football League draft.
[17]
References
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"1965 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2023 .
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a
b Padwe, Sandy (September 14, 1965).
"Football's Top Five for 1965" . Meriden Journal, via Google News . Meridan, Connecticut. Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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"Nobis' Knee Injury Problem for Texas" . The Altus Times-Democrat, via Google News . Altus, Oklahoma. United Press International. October 14, 1965.
^
"Longhorns slap down bumbling Tulane, 31–0" . Austin American-Statesman . September 19, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Longhorns bowl over Texas Tech, 33 to 7" . The Odessa American . September 26, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Texas topples I.U., 27–12; Unbeaten Longhorns win 3d" . The Indianapolis Star . October 3, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Texas rolls past Oklahoma 19 to 0" . The Vernon Daily Record . October 10, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Late drive spells win for Arkie over Texas" . The Clarion-Ledger . October 17, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Field goal gives Rice 20–17 upset win over Texas" . The El Paso Times . October 24, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"SMU Mustangs humiliate Texas Longhorns, 31–14" . Longview Morning Journal . October 31, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Texas goes in air to clobber Baylor" . Express and News . November 7, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Owls do it, Hogs do it, even educated Frogs do it" . The Victoria Advocate . November 14, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Steers get last laugh, 21–17" . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . November 26, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com .
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"Texas Continues March as Sooners Fall, 19-0." Palm Beach Post. 1965 Oct 10.
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Awards
^
"Team 1966" .
Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from
the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2018 .
^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book , Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY,
ISBN
0-7611-2480-2 , p. 399
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