1965 Detroit Lions season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Detroit Lions 1965 6–7–1 6th NFL Western Harry Gilmer Tiger Stadium Did not qualify Lions seasons The 1965 Detroit Lions season was the 36th season in franchise history. Harry Gilmer replaced George Wilson as the Lions head coach. The Lions failed to improve on their 1964 record of 7–5–2, finishing at 6–7–1. Offseason NFL draft Round Pick Player Position School 1 11 Tom NowatzkeFullbackIndianaNFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, 0-7611-2480-2, p. 395 Regular season 1965 NFL season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance 1 September 19 Los Angeles Rams W 20–0 1–0 46,941 2 September 26 at Minnesota Vikings W 31–29 2–0 46,826 3 October 3 Washington Redskins W 14–10 3–0 52,627 4 October 10 at Baltimore Colts L 7–31 3–1 60,238 5 October 17 Green Bay Packers L 21–31 3–2 56,712 6 October 24 at Chicago Bears L 10–38 3–3 45,658 7 October 31 at Los Angeles Rams W 31–7 4–3 35,137 8 November 7 at Green Bay Packers W 12–7 5–3 50,852 9 November 14 San Francisco 49ers L 21–27 5–4 54,534 10 November 21 Chicago Bears L 10–17 5–5 51,499 11 November 25 Baltimore Colts T 24–24 5–5–1 55,036 12 December 5 at San Francisco 49ers L 14–17 5–6–1 38,463 13 December 12 Minnesota Vikings L 7–29 5–7–1 45,420 14 December 19 at Philadelphia Eagles W 35–28 6–7–1 56,718 Thursday (November 25: Thanksgiving) Standings Roster 1965 Detroit Lions roster Quarterbacks 15 George Izo 18 Tom Myers quarterback y 16 Milt Plum Running backs 45 Bobby Felts y 31 Amos Marsh 35 Tom Nowatzke y 33 Nick Pietrosante 23 Tom Watkins American football Wide receivers 89 Gail Cogdill 87 John Henderson wide receiver y 25 Pat Studstill P Tight ends 80 Jim Gibbons American football 88 Ron Kramer Offensive linemen 54 Ed Flanagan American football C y 79 John Gonzaga G 75 John Gordy G 62 Ted Karras Sr. G 70 Daryl Sanders T 66 Jim Simon American football T 73 Roger Shoals T 51 Bob Whitlow C Defensive linemen 76 Roger Brown defensive tackle DT 74 Larry Hand DE y 71 Alex Karras DT 78 Darris McCord DE 82 Jerry Rush DT y 88 Sam Williams defensive lineman DE Linebackers 59 Ernie Clark American football OLB 67 Wally Hilgenberg OLB 53 Mike Lucci OLB 56 Joe Schmidt American football MLB 55 Wayne Walker linebacker OLB/K Defensive backs 46 Jim Kearney American football CB/S y 81 Night Train Lane CB 44 Dick LeBeau CB 21 Bruce Maher SS 47 Wayne Rasmussen FS 43 Bobby Smith defensive back CB/S 27 Bobby Thompson defensive back CB 48 Tom Vaughn American football FS y Reserve lists 41 Terry Barr WR IR 32 Joe Don Looney RB IR 72 J. D. Smith offensive tackle T IR -- Warren Wells WR Military rookies in italics References Detroit Lions on Pro Football Reference Detroit Lions on jt-sw.com Detroit Lions on The Football Database Detroit Lions Category:Detroit Lions seasons Detroit Lions Category:1965 in Detroit