1965 Big Ten Conference football season

August 2023 1965 Big Ten Conference football season American football 10 Tom Mack Michigan State Champion Ohio State Jim Grabowski 1964 1966 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 Results and team statistics Conf. RankTeamHead coachAP finalAP highOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAGMVP1Michigan StateDuffy Daugherty#2#110–17–023.96.9Steve Juday2Ohio StateWoody HayesNR#107–26–117.313.1Doug Van Horn3 (tie)PurdueJack MollenkopfNR#27–2–15–222.712.7Bob Griese3 (tie)MinnesotaMurray WarmathNRNR5–4–15–218.816.0John Hankinson5IllinoisPete ElliottNRNR6–44–323.511.8Jim Grabowski6NorthwesternAlex AgaseNRNR4–63–414.120.8Jim Burns7 (tie)MichiganBump ElliottNR#44–62–518.516.1Bill Yearby7 (tie)WisconsinMilt BruhnNRNR2–7–12–58.129.1Tom Brigham9IndianaJohn PontNRNR2–81–613.422.5Bill Malinchak10IowaJerry BurnsNRNR1–90–79.419.2Dave Long Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1965 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1965 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game1965 Big Ten Conference Year Summary Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football January 31, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/big-ten/1965.html 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 boldGrabowski Big Ten's Most Valuable Chicago Tribune Roy Damer December 25, 1965 2-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8694071/grabowski_big_tens_most_valuable/ Preseason Regular season Bowl games 1966 Rose Bowl Post-season developments Statistical leaders The Big Ten's individual statistical leaders for the 1965 season include the following: Passing yards RankNameTeamYards1Bob GriesePurdue1,7192John HankinsonMinnesota1,4833Steve JudayMichigan State1,2534Charles BurtWisconsin1,1435Fred CustardoIllinois1,124 Rushing yards RankNameTeamYards1Jim GrabowskiIllinois1,2582Clinton JonesMichigan State9003Bob ApisaMichigan State7154Carl WardMichigan6395Bob McKelveyNorthwestern587 Receiving yards RankNameTeamYards1Jack ClancyMichigan7622John WrightIllinois7553Gene WashingtonMichigan State7194Bill MalinchakIndiana6995Bob HadrickPurdue562 Total yards RankNameTeamYards1Bob GriesePurdue1,7842John HankinsonMinnesota1,6233Steve JudayMichigan State1,3804Jim GrabowskiIllinois1,2585Fred CustardoIllinois1,244 Scoring RankNameTeamPoints1Clinton JonesMichigan State722Bob ApisaMichigan State603John KuzniewskiPurdue483Bob McKelveyNorthwestern483Willard SanderOhio State48 Awards and honors All-Big Ten honors the complete All-Big Ten selections 1965 All-Big Ten Conference football team 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 PositionNameTeamSelectorsQuarterbackSteve JudayMichigan StateAPQuarterbackBob GriesePurdueUPIRunning backJim GrabowskiIllinoisAP, UPI [fb]Running backClinton JonesMichigan StateAP, UPI [hb]Running backCarl WardMichiganAP, UPI [hb]EndGene WashingtonMichigan StateAP, UPIEndBob HadrickPurdueAPTackleTom MackMichiganAP, UPITackleKarl SingerPurdueAP, UPIGuardJohn NilandIowaAP, UPIGuardDoug Van HornOhio StateAP, UPICenterLarry KaminskiPurdueAPCenterRay PryorOhio StateUPI Defense PositionNameTeamSelectorsDefensive endAaron BrownMinnesotaAP, UPI [offense]Defensive endBubba SmithMichigan StateAP, UPIDefensive endDavid LongIowaUPIDefensive tackleBill YearbyMichiganAP, UPIDefensive tackleJerry ShayPurdueAP, UPIDefensive guardHarold LucasMichigan StateUPILinebackerDwight KellyOhio StateAP, UPILinebackerDon HansenIllinoisAP, UPILinebackerRon GoovertMichigan StateAPDefensive backRich VolkMichiganAP, UPI [s]Defensive backGeorge WebsterMichigan StateAP, UPI [lb]Defensive backRon AcksIllinoisAPDefensive backJohn FillOhio StateAPDefensive backDon JapingaMichigan StateUPI [hb]Defensive backCharles KingPurdueUPI [hb] All-American honors the complete All-America selections 1965 College Football All-America Team At the end of the 1965 season, six Big Ten players secured consensus first-team honors on the 1965 College Football All-America Team.2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2014 February 1, 2017 5–6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf December 22, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222163944/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf dead The Big Ten's consensus All-Americans were: PositionNameTeamSelectorsRunning backJim GrabowskiIllinoisAFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, FN, Time, TSN, WCFFDefensive endAaron BrownMinnesotaAP, FWAA, NEA, UPI, FN, Time, TSN, WCFFQuarterbackBob GriesePurdueAFCA, CP, NEA, UPI, FN, WCFFDefensive backGeorge WebsterMichigan StateAFCA, AP, NEA, UPI, FN, WCFFDefensive tackleBill YearbyMichiganAFCA, NEA, UPI, Time, TSN, WCFFDefensive endBubba SmithMichigan StateAFCA, UPI, WCFF Other Big Ten players who were named first-team All-Americans by at least one selector were: PositionNameTeamSelectorsOffensive endGene WashingtonMichigan StateCP, FNOffensive tackleKarl SingerPurdueAPOffensive guardDoug Van HornOhio StateAFCA, UPIOffensive guardJohn NilandIowaTime, TSNQuarterbackSteve JudayMichigan StateAPRunning backClinton JonesMichigan StateFWAADefensive tackleJerry ShayPurdueAFCA, FNMiddle guardHarold LucasMichigan StateNEALinebackerIke KelleyOhio StateAP, UPI, FN [center]LinebackerRon GoovertMichigan StateFWAA Other awards 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).1966 Heisman Trophy Voting Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football January 26, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/heisman-1966.html 1966 NFL draft The following Big Ten players were among the first 100 picks in the 1966 NFL draft:1966 NFL Draft: Full Draft National Football League NFL.com January 26, 2017 http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=1966 NamePositionTeamRoundOverall pickTom MackOffensive tackleMichigan12Randy BeislerDefensive endIndiana14John NilandOffensive guardIowa15Jerry ShayOffensive tacklePurdue17Jim GrabowskiRunning backIllinois19Gale GillinghamOffensive tackleMinnesota113Harold LucasTackleMichigan State223Al RandolphRunning backIowa337Tom BarringtonRunning backOhio State338Bill MalinchakWide receiverIndiana339Don HansenLinebackerIllinois342Dave LongDefensive endIowa343Doug Van HornGuardOhio State455Ron AcksDefensive backIllinois457Gary SnookQuarterbackIowa458Steve SmithWide receiverMichigan571Jack ClancyWide receiverMichigan573Bill BriggsDefensive endIowa575 References