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1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1965 record 5–4–1 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Murray Warmath (12th year)
MVP John Hankinson
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Michigan State $ 7 0 0     10 1 0
Ohio State 6 1 0     7 2 0
Purdue 5 2 0     7 2 1
Minnesota 5 2 0     5 4 1
Illinois 4 3 0     6 4 0
Northwestern 3 4 0     4 6 0
Michigan 2 5 0     4 6 0
Wisconsin 2 5 0     2 7 1
Indiana 1 6 0     2 8 0
Iowa 0 7 0     1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan 7 0 0 6 13
Minnesota 0 0 7 7 14

The 1965 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 12th year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled an 5–4–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 188 to 160.

Quarterback John Hankinson received the team's Most Valuable Player award. End Aaron Brown was named an All-American by the Associated Press, Look magazine, United Press International, Collier's/Grantland Rice and Football Writers Association of America. Brown was also named All-Big Ten first team.

Total attendance for the season was 302,747, which averaged to 50,458. The season high for attendance was against Michigan.



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