1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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1965
Memorial Stadium
Seasons
1965 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Michigan State $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Ohio State 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Purdue 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Minnesota 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Illinois 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Michigan 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Indiana 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Iowa 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the

University of Illinois in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth season under head coach Pete Elliott, the Illini compiled a 6–4 (4–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents), outscored opponents 235 to 118, and finished fifth in the Big Ten.[1] Fullback Jim Grabowski was selected as the team's most valuable player, received the team's most valuable player award, and was a consensus pick for the 1965 College Football All-America Team.[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
    		• L 10–1234,000
    September 25SMU*
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		W 42–045,175
    October 2at No. 9 Michigan State
    		L 12–2271,237
    October 9at Ohio State
    		L 14–2883,712
    October 16Indiana
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		W 34–1361,257
    October 23Duke*
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL
    		W 28–1447,077
    October 30No. 6 Purdue
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
    		W 21–059,507
    November 6Michigan
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
    		L 3–2350,136[4]
    November 13at Wisconsin
    		W 51–055,192
    November 20at Northwestern
    		W 20–641,348
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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    Awards and honors

    Team players in the NFL

    Player Round Pick Position Club
    Jim Grabowski 1 9 Running back Green Bay Packers
    Don Hansen 3 42 Linebacker Minnesota Vikings
    Ron Acks 4 57 Defensive end Minnesota Vikings
    Sam Price 16 240 Defensive end New York Giants
    Gary Eickman 17 254 Defensive end New York Giants
    Kai Anderson 18 268 Defensive end New York Giants
    Dale Greco 18 270 Defensive tackle Minnesota Vikings

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    • 1966 American Football League Draft. He was the first ever draft pick of the Miami Dolphins
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    References

    1. ^ "1965 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
    2. ^ "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
    3. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
    4. Newspapers.com
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    5. ^ "All Time Scores". University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
    6. ^ "1966 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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