1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football
AP Poll national champion SEC champion Orange Bowl champion
Orange Bowl, W 39–28 vs. Nebraska
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 1
1965 record	9–1–1 (6–1–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (8th year)
Captain	Steve Sloan
Captain	Paul Crane
Home stadium	Denny Stadium Legion Field Ladd Stadium
Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

1965 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Alabama $	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
Auburn	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Florida	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#7 Tennessee	3	–	1	–	2	8	–	1	–	2
Ole Miss	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
#8 LSU	3	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Kentucky	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Tulane	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Mississippi State	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Alabama	0	3	7	7	17
• Georgia	0	10	0	8	18

Date: September 18
Location: Sanford Stadium
Athens, GA
Game attendance: 42,500

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Tulane	0	0	0	0	0
• Alabama	10	7	7	3	27

Date: September 25
Location: Ladd Stadium
Mobile, AL
Game attendance: 31,920

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Ole Miss	3	6	0	7	16
• Alabama	0	7	0	10	17

Date: October 2
Location: Legion Field
Birmingham, AL
Game attendance: 65,677

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	1	2	3	4	Total
• Alabama	0	0	0	22	22
Vanderbilt	0	7	0	0	7

Date: October 9
Location: Dudley Field
Nashville, TN
Game attendance: 30,066

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Third Saturday in October

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	0	7	0	0	7
Alabama	0	7	0	0	7

Date: October 16
Location: Legion Field
Birmingham, AL
Game attendance: 65,680

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	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	0	0	0	0	0
• Alabama	7	6	0	8	21

Date: October 23
Location: Denny Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL
Game attendance: 43,066

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	1	2	3	4	Total
• #10 Alabama	7	0	3	0	10
Mississippi State	0	0	7	0	7

Date: October 30
Location: Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium
Jackson, MS
Game attendance: 45,876

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	1	2	3	4	Total
• #5 Alabama	7	17	7	0	31
LSU	0	0	0	7	7

Date: November 6
Location: Tiger Stadium
Baton Rouge, LA
Game attendance: 58,953

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The 1965 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1965 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 71st overall and 32nd season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his eighth year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished season with nine wins, one loss and one tie (9–1–1 overall, 6–1–1 in the SEC), as SEC champions and with a victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl. Alabama was also recognized as national champions by the AP Poll after their Orange Bowl win.

Alabama opened the season ranked No. 5, but were upset by Georgia 18–17 in the first game of the season. They rebounded with their first win of the season over Tulane and followed that with a 17–16 win over Ole Miss in a game in which Alabama had to rally from a nine-point fourth quarter deficit for the victory. The next week, the Crimson Tide defeated Vanderbilt in Nashville before they returned home for their rivalry game against Tennessee. Against the Volunteers, the score was deadlocked 7–7 in the closing seconds, but Alabama had driven to the Tennessee four-yard line. Ken Stabler believing that it was third down, threw the ball out of bounds with six seconds left to stop the clock. However, it was actually fourth down, possession went to Tennessee, and the game ended in a tie.

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