1965 Temple Owls football team

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1965 Temple Owls football
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record5–5 (3–2 MAC University)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University
Bucknell x 5 1 0 6 3 0
Hofstra 4 1 0 8 2 0
Temple 3 2 0 5 5 0
Delaware 3 3 0 5 4 0
Gettysburg
2 4 0 5 4 0
Lehigh 1 3 0 1 8 0
Lafayette 1 5 0 3 7 0
College–Northern
Wilkes
x
6 1 0 7 1 0
Upsala
5 2 0 5 3 0
Lycoming
4 2 0 5 3 0
Juniata
3 2 0 3 5 0
Moravian
4 4 0 5 4 0
Albright
3 4 0 4 5 0
Wagner 2 3 0 3 6 0
Susquehanna
*
0 3 0 0 9 0
College–Southern
Swarthmore x 6 0 0 6 1 0
Dickinson 7 1 0 7 1 0
Drexel 4 2 0 6 2 0
Lebanon Valley
4 3 0 5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall 3 4 0 4 4 0
Haverford 2 3 0 2 5 0
Western Maryland
2 4 0 3 6 0
Pennsylvania Military
2 6 0 2 7 0
Muhlenberg 1 8 0 1 8 0
Johns Hopkins 1 4 1 1 6 1
Ursinus
1 4 1 1 6 1
West Chester
*
0 0 0 5 3 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1965 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. In its sixth season under head coach George Makris, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–2 against MAC opponents).[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18George Washington*L 13–21 10,200 [2]
September 25at
Merchant Marine*
L 21–273,500 [3]
October 2Boston University*
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–147,000–7,500 [4][5]
October 9at BucknellL 14–407,500 [6]
October 16Lafayette
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 27–125,500 [7]
October 23at Connecticut*W 12–117,048 [8]
October 30Delawaredagger
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 31–229,000 [9]
November 6Rhode Island*
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–05,500 [10]
November 13
Gettysburg
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 22–215,000 [11]
November 20Hofstra
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 28–424,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References

  1. ^ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 131. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "GW Defeats Temple by 21-13 Score". Sunday News
    . Lancaster, Pa. September 19, 1965. p. 40.
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  5. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
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  7. Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Temple Trips Lafayette by 27-12 Score". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pa. Associated Press
    . October 17, 1965. p. 44.
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  12. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 18, 2022.