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1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
Record7–2–1
Head coach
CaptainPhil Sheridan
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Mexico State     8 2 0
Utah State     8 2 0
Xavier     8 2 0
Texas Western     8 3 0
No. 9 Notre Dame     7 2 1
Southern Miss     7 2 0
Syracuse     7 3 0
Virginia Tech     7 3 0
Georgia Tech     7 3 1
Boston College     6 4 0
West Texas State     6 4 0
Boston University     5 3 1
Buffalo     5 3 2
Miami (FL)     5 4 1
Penn State     5 5 0
Memphis State     5 5 0
San Jose State     5 5 0
Navy     4 4 2
Colgate     4 5 1
Florida State     4 5 1
Army     4 5 1
Houston     4 5 1
Colorado State     4 6 0
Air Force     3 6 1
Pittsburgh     3 7 0
Dayton     3 7 0
Holy Cross     2 7 1
Villanova     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Ara Parseghian, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 7–2–1.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 184:30pmat CaliforniaNo. 3NBCW 48–653,000
September 252:30pmat No. 6 PurdueNo. 1L 21–2561,291
October 22:30pmNorthwesternNo. 8W 38–759,273
October 98:00pmvs. ArmyNo. 7W 17–061,000
October 232:30pmNo. 4 USCNo. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 28–759,225
October 302:30pmNavyNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 29–359,206
November 61:30pmat PittsburghNo. 4W 69–1357,169
November 131:30pmNorth CarolinaNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 17–059,216[1]
November 201:30pmNo. 1 Michigan StateNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 3–1259,291
November 278:00pmat Miami (FL)No. 6T 0–068,077

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Game summaries

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California

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1 234Total
Notre Dame 9 19137 48
California 0 600 6

Purdue

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1 234Total
Notre Dame 3 783 21
Purdue 0 1267 25

Northwestern

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1 234Total
Northwestern 7 000 7
Notre Dame 0 6824 38

Army

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1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 773 17
Army 0 000 0

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USC

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1 234Total
USC 0 007 7
Notre Dame 14 770 28
  • Date: October 23
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
  • Television network: NBC
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1 234Total
Navy 0 300 3
Notre Dame 0 7220 29
  • Date: October 30
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST

Pittsburgh

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1 234Total
Notre Dame 21 142014 69
Pittsburgh 0 607 13

North Carolina

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1 234Total
N. Carolina 0 000 0
Notre Dame 0 0017 17
  • Date: November 13
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST

Michigan State

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1 234Total
Michigan St. 0 066 12
Notre Dame 3 000 3
  • Date: November 20
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST

Miami (Florida)

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Notre Dame outgained Miami, 175 yards to 87 (including 115 yards rushing to negative 17), but missed field goals of 22 and 27 yards. The latter miss came with 5:15 left in the game, after a drive that had advanced to the Miami 3 yard line before going backwards. Miami had no serious scoring threats and only once made it as far as the ND 42 yard line.[4]

1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 000 0
Miami 0 000 0

References

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  1. ^ "Irish roll 17 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. November 14, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".
  3. ^ "Notre Dame Wrecks Army." Palm Beach Post. 1965 Oct 10.
  4. ^ South Bend Tribune, Nov. 28, 1965, p. 1.