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Minnesota Football Team History


Minnesota Golden Gophers
University of Minnesota
 Minneapolis, MN
Founded: 1851
Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium
Capacity: 50,805
Colors: Maroon & Gold
Coach: Murray Warmath
Conference: Big 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1882  <-- 1964 <- 1965 -> 1966 --> 2024
1965 Season Highlights
 Murray Warmath enters his 12th season as Head Coach at Minnesota.
 
1965 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 17  @ Southern California  20   20   T       
 Sat., Sep. 25  vs. Washington State  13   14   L       
 Sat., Oct. 2  vs. Missouri  6   17   L       
 Sat., Oct. 9  vs. Indiana  42   18   W       
 Sat., Oct. 16  @ Iowa  14   3   W       
 Sat., Oct. 23  vs. Michigan  14   13   W       
 Sat., Oct. 30  @ Ohio State  10   11   L       
 Sat., Nov. 6  vs. Northwestern  27   22   W       
 Sat., Nov. 13  @ Purdue  0   35   L       
 Sat., Nov. 20  vs. Wisconsin  42   7   W       
 
1965 Season Totals
  Record5-4 -1
  Points Scored188
  Scoring Average18.8
  Points Allowed160
  Defense Average16.0
  Opponents Record49-47
  Conference Record5-2
  Home Record4-2
  Away Record1-2 -1
1965 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1965 Big 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Minnesota 5-4-1188160 5-2149109  Murray Warmath
Illinois 6-4235118 4-315592  Peter R. Elliot
Indiana 2-8134225 1-696183  John Pont
Michigan State 10-126376Lost  12-147-020356  Hugh Duffy Daugherty
Ohio State 7-2156118 6-113083  Wayne Woody Hayes
Purdue 7-2-1227127 5-215092  Kenneth Jack Mollenkopf
Northwestern 4-6141208 3-4105139  Alex Agase
Michigan 4-6185161 2-5137115  Chalmers Bump Elliott
Wisconsin 2-7-181291 2-575228  Milton Milt Bruhn
Iowa 1-994192 0-747150  Jerry Burns

1965 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1965 All Big 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The biggest crowd for a college football game was 114,000 for the 1926 Army-Navy Game. The game ended in a tie when it became too dark to play.