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The 1965 Big Ten Conference football season was the 70th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1965 NCAA University Division football season .
This was the first year Big Ten teams were allowed to play 10 regular season games. Ohio State was the lone school not to play a 10th game, sticking with nine-game regular seasons through 1970 .
Season overview [ edit ]
Results and team statistics [ edit ]
Key
AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1965 season[1]
AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1965 season[1]
PPG = Average of points scored per game[1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[1]
MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold[2]
Preseason [ edit ]
Regular season [ edit ]
Bowl games [ edit ]
Post-season developments [ edit ]
Statistical leaders [ edit ]
The Big Ten's individual statistical leaders for the 1965 season include the following:[1]
Passing yards [ edit ]
Rank
Name
Team
Yards[1]
1
Bob Griese
Purdue
1,719
2
John Hankinson
Minnesota
1,483
3
Steve Juday
Michigan State
1,253
4
Charles Burt
Wisconsin
1,143
5
Fred Custardo
Illinois
1,124
Rushing yards [ edit ]
Rank
Name
Team
Yards[1]
1
Jim Grabowski
Illinois
1,258
2
Clinton Jones
Michigan State
900
3
Bob Apisa
Michigan State
715
4
Carl Ward
Michigan
639
5
Bob McKelvey
Northwestern
587
Receiving yards [ edit ]
Rank
Name
Team
Yards[1]
1
Jack Clancy
Michigan
762
2
John Wright
Illinois
755
3
Gene Washington
Michigan State
719
4
Bill Malinchak
Indiana
699
5
Bob Hadrick
Purdue
562
Total yards [ edit ]
Rank
Name
Team
Yards[1]
1
Bob Griese
Purdue
1,784
2
John Hankinson
Minnesota
1,623
3
Steve Juday
Michigan State
1,380
4
Jim Grabowski
Illinois
1,258
5
Fred Custardo
Illinois
1,244
Scoring [ edit ]
Rank
Name
Team
Points[1]
1
Clinton Jones
Michigan State
72
2
Bob Apisa
Michigan State
60
3
John Kuzniewski
Purdue
48
3
Bob McKelvey
Northwestern
48
3
Willard Sander
Ohio State
48
Awards and honors [ edit ]
All-Big Ten honors [ edit ]
The following players were picked by the Associated Press (AP) and/or the United Press International (UPI) as first-team players on the 1965 All-Big Ten Conference football team .
Offense
Defense
Position
Name
Team
Selectors
Defensive end
Aaron Brown
Minnesota
AP, UPI [offense]
Defensive end
Bubba Smith
Michigan State
AP, UPI
Defensive end
David Long
Iowa
UPI
Defensive tackle
Bill Yearby
Michigan
AP, UPI
Defensive tackle
Jerry Shay
Purdue
AP, UPI
Defensive guard
Harold Lucas
Michigan State
UPI
Linebacker
Dwight Kelly
Ohio State
AP, UPI
Linebacker
Don Hansen
Illinois
AP, UPI
Linebacker
Ron Goovert
Michigan State
AP
Defensive back
Rich Volk
Michigan
AP, UPI [s]
Defensive back
George Webster
Michigan State
AP, UPI [lb]
Defensive back
Ron Acks
Illinois
AP
Defensive back
John Fill
Ohio State
AP
Defensive back
Don Japinga
Michigan State
UPI [hb]
Defensive back
Charles King
Purdue
UPI [hb]
All-American honors [ edit ]
At the end of the 1965 season, six Big Ten players secured consensus first-team honors on the 1965 College Football All-America Team .[3] The Big Ten's consensus All-Americans were:
Position
Name
Team
Selectors
Running back
Jim Grabowski
Illinois
AFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, FN, Time, TSN, WCFF
Defensive end
Aaron Brown
Minnesota
AP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, FN, Time, TSN, WCFF
Quarterback
Bob Griese
Purdue
AFCA, CP, NEA, UPI, FN, WCFF
Defensive back
George Webster
Michigan State
AFCA, AP, NEA, UPI, FN, WCFF
Defensive tackle
Bill Yearby
Michigan
AFCA, NEA, UPI, Time, TSN, WCFF
Defensive end
Bubba Smith
Michigan State
AFCA, UPI, WCFF
Other Big Ten players who were named first-team All-Americans by at least one selector were:
Other awards [ edit ]
The 1965 Heisman Trophy was awarded to Mike Garrett of USC. Three Big Ten players finished among the top 10 in the voting: Illinois fullback Jim Grabowski (third); Michigan State quarterback Steve Juday (sixth); and Purdue quarterback Bob Griese (eighth).[4]
1966 NFL Draft [ edit ]
The following Big Ten players were among the first 100 picks in the 1966 NFL Draft :[5]
References [ edit ]
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