1965 Texas Longhorns football team

American college football season

1965 Texas Longhorns football

Conference| Southwest Conference
Record| 6–4 (3–4 SWC)
Head coach|

* Darrell Royal (9th season)

Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

<- 1964

1966 ->

1965 Southwest Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 3 Arkansas $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Texas Tech | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
TCU | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Texas | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Baylor | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
SMU | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Texas A&M | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Rice | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their ninth year under head coach Darrell Royal, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 6–4, with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the SWC.[1]

## Regular season

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Tommy Nobis was in his final year at Texas[2] and was known as an "iron man", playing (and starting) on both defense and offense for his entire college career. Aside from being an All-American linebacker, he also played guard on the offensive side of the ball[2] and was often the primary blocker on touchdown runs. Famed Texas coach Darrell K Royal called him "the finest two-way player I have ever seen." A knee injury slowed him during the latter part of his senior season,[3] but he still was able to perform at a high level and won a number of major individual awards including the Knute Rockne Award, best lineman, the Outland Trophy, best interior lineman, and the Maxwell Award for college football's best player. Nobis also finished seventh in the Heisman voting to USC's Mike Garrett. He appeared on the covers of LIFE, Sports Illustrated and TIME magazines.

## Schedule

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The season opener against Tulane was originally scheduled to be played in New Orleans, but was switched to Austin because of significant destruction caused by Hurricane Betsy.

Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 18| 8:00 p.m.| Tulane*| No. 2|

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX

| | W 31–0| 40,000| [4]
September 25| 7:30 p.m.| Texas Tech| No. 3|

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX (rivalry)

| | W 33–7| 65,310| [5]
October 2| 7:30 p.m.| Indiana*| No. 1|

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX

| | W 27–12| 57,000| [6]
October 9| 2:00 p.m.| vs. Oklahoma*| No. 1|

* Cotton Bowl
* Dallas, TX (rivalry)

| | W 19–0| 75,504| [7]
October 16| 2:30 p.m.| at No. 3 Arkansas| No. 1|

* Razorback Stadium
* Fayetteville, AR (rivalry)

| NBC| L 24–27| 42,000| [8]
October 23| 7:00 p.m.| Rice| No. 5|

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX (rivalry)

| | L 17–20| 63,000| [9]
October 30| 2:00 p.m.| at SMU| No. 9|

* Cotton Bowl
* Dallas, TX

| | L 14–31| 48,000| [10]
November 6| 1:30 p.m.| Baylor| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX (rivalry)

| NBC| W 35–14| 57,500| [11]
November 13| 2:00 p.m.| TCU| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Austin, TX (rivalry)

| | L 10–25| 51,500| [12]
November 25| 1:00 p.m.| at Texas A&M| |

* Kyle Field
* College Station, TX (rivalry)

| | W 21–17| 40,000| [13]

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Central time

## Game summaries

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### Oklahoma

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Oklahoma | 0 | 0| 0| 0 | 0
• Texas | 0 | 9| 0| 10 | 19

* Date: October 9
* Location: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas
* Game attendance: 75,504

| Scoring summary

2| | TEX| David Conway 22 yard field goal| TEX 3-0
2| | TEX| Marvin Kristynik 1 yard run (kick failed)| TEX 9-0
4| | TEX| David Conway 35 yard field goal| TEX 12-0
4| | TEX| Kelly Baker 11 yard pass from Regg Lott (David Conway kick)| TEX 19-0

Texas' eight straight win in the Red River series.[14]

## Awards and honors

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* Tommy Nobis, Maxwell Award
* Tommy Nobis, Outland Trophy
* Tommy Nobis, Consensus All-American[15]

## 1965 team players in the NFL

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The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.[16]

Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise

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Tommy Nobis | Linebacker | 1 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons
Diron Talbert | Defensive tackle | 5 | 66 | Los Angeles Rams
Phil Harris | Back | 7 | 104 | New York Giants
Pete Lammons | End | 14 | 213 | Cleveland Browns

* Tommy Nobis was also drafted by the Houston Oilers in the first round of the 1966 American Football League draft.[17]

## References

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1. ^ "1965 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
2. ^ a b Padwe, Sandy (September 14, 1965). "Football's Top Five for 1965". Meriden Journal, via Google News. Meriden, Connecticut. Newspaper Enterprise Association.
3. ^ "Nobis' Knee Injury Problem for Texas". The Altus Times-Democrat, via Google News. Altus, Oklahoma. United Press International. October 14, 1965.
4. ^ "Longhorns slap down bumbling Tulane, 31–0". Austin American-Statesman. September 19, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "Longhorns bowl over Texas Tech, 33 to 7". The Odessa American. September 26, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Texas topples I.U., 27–12; Unbeaten Longhorns win 3d". The Indianapolis Star. October 3, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Texas rolls past Oklahoma 19 to 0". The Vernon Daily Record. October 10, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ "Late drive spells win for Arkie over Texas". The Clarion-Ledger. October 17, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ "Field goal gives Rice 20–17 upset win over Texas". The El Paso Times. October 24, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "SMU Mustangs humiliate Texas Longhorns, 31–14". Longview Morning Journal. October 31, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
11. ^ "Texas goes in air to clobber Baylor". Express and News. November 7, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
12. ^ "Owls do it, Hogs do it, even educated Frogs do it". The Victoria Advocate. November 14, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
13. ^ "Steers get last laugh, 21–17". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 26, 1965. Retrieved April 30, 2023 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ "Texas Continues March as Sooners Fall, 19-0." Palm Beach Post. 1965 Oct 10.
15. ^ Awards
16. ^ "Team 1966". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2018.
17. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 399

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Texas Longhorns football

Venues|

* Clark Field (1896–1924)
* Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (1924–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Arkansas
* Baylor
* Oklahoma (Red River Rivalry)
* Rice
* TCU
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* The University of Texas National Championship 2005
* 2005 Ohio State game
* 2007 player suspensions
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