1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 9
1965 record	7–2–1
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (2nd year)
Captain	Phil Sheridan
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
#9 Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1965 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	at California	No. 3	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 48–6	53,000
September 25	at No. 6 Purdue	No. 1	Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 21–25	61,291
October 2	Northwestern	No. 8	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	W 38–7	59,273
October 9	vs. Army	No. 7	Shea Stadium • Flushing, NY (Rivalry)	W 17–0	61,000
October 23	No. 4 USC	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 28–7	59,225
October 30	Navy	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Rivalry)	W 29–3	59,206
November 6	at Pittsburgh	No. 4	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 69–13	57,169
November 13	North Carolina	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN	W 17–0	59,216
November 20	No. 1 Michigan State	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	L 3–12	59,291
November 27	at Miami	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami, FL	T 0–0	68,077
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game summaries

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Northwestern	7	0	0	0	7
• Notre Dame	0	6	8	24	38

Date: October 2
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN

Source:

Scoring summary

1	NW	Clark 50-yard interception return (Dickie kick)	NW 7-0

2	ND	Wolski 7-yard run (kick failed)	NW 7-6

3	ND	Rassas 92-yard interception return (2-pt good)	ND 14-7

4	ND	Ivan 26-yard field goal	ND 17-7

4	ND	Rassas 72-yard punt return (Ivan kick)	ND 24-7

4	ND	May 1-yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 31-7

4	ND	Bleier 13-yard run (Ivan kick)	ND 38-7

Army

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	0	7	7	3	17
Army	0	0	0	0	0

Date: October 9
Location: Shea Stadium, New York, NY
Game attendance: 61,000

Scoring summary

2	ND	Don Gmitter 29-yard pass from Tom Schoen (Ken Ivan kick)	ND 7-0

3	ND	Nick Eddy 5-yard run (Ken Ivan kick)	ND 14-0

4	ND	Ken Ivan 23-yard field goal	ND 17-0

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References

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues	Cartier Field (1889–1928) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC

Culture & lore	All-time series results History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March" Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni T formation Tall Grass Game 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" Catholics vs. Convicts 1993 "Game of the Century" Bush Push Navy ends the drought Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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