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1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 9
Record	7–2–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (2nd season);
Captain	Phil Sheridan
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
	Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

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.

1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
v t e	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
Air Force		–		3	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	7	–	0
Dayton		–		3	–	7	–	0
Holy Cross		–		2	–	7	–	1
Villanova		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
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 (rivalry)		L 21–25	61,291
October 2	2:30pm	Northwestern	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, 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 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	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)		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	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)		T 0–0	68,077
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries edit

California edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	9	19	13	7	48
California	0	6	0	0	6

Date: September 18
Location: California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, CA
Game start: 1:30 p.m. PDT
Game attendance: 53,000
Television network: NBC

Purdue edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	3	7	8	3	21
• Purdue	0	12	6	7	25

Date: September 25
Location: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
Game start: 1:30 p.m. CDT

Northwestern edit

	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
Game start: 1:30 pm EST

Source: [1]

Army edit

	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 start: 8:00 pm EDT
Game attendance: 61,000

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USC edit

	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

Navy edit

	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

Pittsburgh edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	21	14	20	14	69
Pittsburgh	0	6	0	7	13

Date: November 6
Location: Pitt Stadium, Pittsburgh, PA
Game start: 1:30 pm EST

North Carolina edit

	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

Michigan State edit

	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

Miami (Florida) edit

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

References edit

^ "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.

[1] "Irish roll 17 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. November 14, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".

[3] "Notre Dame Wrecks Army." Palm Beach Post. 1965 Oct 10.

[4] South Bend Tribune, Nov. 28, 1965, p. 1.

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