1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big 8 champion
Orange Bowl (NCG), L 28–39 vs. Alabama
ConferenceBig Eight Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 5
Record10–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Big Eight Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Nebraska $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Missouri 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
Colorado 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 2
Iowa State 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Oklahoma 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Oklahoma State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Kansas 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Kansas State 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big Eight Conference in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 182:00 pmTCU*No. 1
W 34–1453,650
September 252:30 pmat Air Force*No. 2
W 27–1737,479
October 22:00 pmIowa StateNo. 3
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
W 44–054,440
October 92:00 pmWisconsin*No. 2
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE
W 37–053,641
October 161:30 pmat Kansas StateNo. 2
W 41–019,660
October 232:00 pmColoradodaggerNo. 3
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
W 38–1353,873
October 301:30 pmat MissouriNo. 3
W 16–1457,206
November 62:00 pmKansasNo. 3
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
W 42–653,910–54,118
November 131:30 pmat Oklahoma StateNo. 3
W 21–1729,901
November 2512:45 pmOklahomaNo. 3
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lincoln, NE (rivalry)
NBCW 21–952,533
January 1, 19667:00 pmvs. No. 4 Alabama*No. 3
NBCL 28–3972,214[1][2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster[edit]

Official Roster
  • 67 Allers, LaVerne LG (Jr.)
  • 33 Alvarez, Barry LB (So.)
  • 77 Barnes, Walter MG (Sr.)
  • 39 Beck, Dennis S (So.)
  • 76 Brichacek, Gary RT (Jr.)
  • 24 Brown, Bill FB (So.)
  • 73 Brown, James OT (Sr.)
  • 40 Brunk, Kenny FB (Jr.)
  • 41 Buckler, George FB (So.)
  • 68 Canarsky, Leonard RT (So.)
  • 78 Carlson, Dennis RT (Sr.)
  • 21 Carstens, Kaye CB (Jr.)
  • 89 Casey, Larry E (Sr.)
  • 15 Churchich, Bob QB (Jr.)
  • 62 Coleman, (Edward) Ricard LB (Jr.)
  • 80 Coleman, Langston DE (Jr.)
  • 35 Critchlow, Paul HB (So.)
  • 70 Czap, Dick DT (Jr.)
  • 92 Delaney, Dan E (So.)
  • 55 Drum, Duncan C (Sr.)
  • 10 Duda, Fred QB (Sr.)
  • 11 Fierro, Al QB (So.)
  • 65 Gatziolis, Jim RG (Jr.)
  • 81 Grace, Mike DE (Jr.)
  • 22 Gregory, Ben FB (So.)
  • 57 Grell, Stan LG (Jr.)
  • 38 Haasch, Richard FB (So.)
  • 58 Hansen, Ed RT (So.)
  • 79 Hansen, Larry DT (So.)
  • 87 Haug, William DE (Sr.)
  • 32 Hawkins, James CB (So.)
  • 53 Hill, Robert C (Jr.)
  • 43 Janik, Leonard LB (So.)
  • 84 Jeter, Tony E (Sr.)
  • 28 Johnson, William LB (Sr.)
  • 69 Kennedy, Michael LB (Sr.)
  • 91 Kimmel, Miles E (So.)
  • 20 Kirkland, Ron HB (Jr.)
  • 61 Kudrna, Roger LB (Jr.)
  • 42 Kuehl, Alan LB (So.)
  • 95 Mackevicius, Al C (So.)
  
  • 64 McCord, M.Jim DT (So.)
  • 66 Meylan, Wayne RG (So.)
  • 37 Morrison, Dennis FB (So.)
  • 30 Mueller, Marv DB (So.)
  • 52 Murphy, Jerry MG (Jr.)
  • 56 Narish, Louis DT (Jr.)
  • 17 Nettelmann, Bill S (So.)
  • 59 Osberg, James RG (Jr.)
  • 34 Pappas, Tom LB (Jr.)
  • 88 Patton, Jerry DE (So.)
  • 54 Petersen, Kelly C (Jr.)
  • 26 Poggemeyer, Ronald S (Jr.)
  • 82 Richnafsky, Dennis SE (So.)
  • 51 Schaefer, Steve MG (Sr.)
  • 93 Schindel, Bill OT (So.)
  • 63 Senkbeil, Lynn LB (Jr.)
  • 12 Sigler, Ernie QB (So.)
  • 83 Smith, Tom E (Jr.)
  • 45 Solich, Frank HB (Sr.)
  • 90 Startzer, Bill DE (So.)
  • 72 Stith, Carel DT (Jr.)
  • 74 Strohmyer, John DT (Sr.)
  • 48 Tatman, Pete FB (Jr.)
  • 75 Taucher, Robert OT (So.)
  • 25 Thorell, Dennis CB (Jr.)
  • 50 Tuthill, Harry C (Sr.)
  • 19 Unis, Joe LG (Jr.)
  • 46 Vactor, Theodore (Red) S (Sr.)
  • 36 Wachholtz, Larry S (Jr.)
  • 18 Walls, Don DT (So.)
  • 14 Weber, Wayne QB (So.)
  • 47 Weinman, Bob CB (Jr.)
  • 85 White, Freeman E (Sr.)
  • 71 Wilks, Jerry OT (Jr.)
  • 31 Wilson, Harry FB (Jr.)
  • 44 Winters, Charlie FB (So.)
  • 49 Worley, Michael FB (Sr.)
  • 23 Zemko, Steve LB (So.)
  • 29 Ziegler, Mick HB (So.)
  • 86 Zimmer, Ivan DE (So.)

Depth chart[edit]

Defensive starters
HB
Marv Mueller
Ted Vactor
HB
Larry Wachholtz
Ronald Poggemeyer
LB LB
Michael Kennedy Lynn Senkbeil
Barry Alvarez Rick Coleman
CB
William Johnson
Alan Kuehl
DE DT NT DT DE
Jerry Patton Dick Czap Walter Barnes Wayne Meylan Langston Coleman
Ivan Zimmer John Strohmyer Jerry Murphy Carel Stith Leonard Janik
CB
Kaye Carstens
Dennis Thorell
Offensive starters
TE
Freeman White
Larry Casey
LT LG C RG RT
James Brown LaVerne Allers Kelly Petersen James Osberg Dennis Carlson
Robert Taucher Roger Kudrna Duncan Drum Jim McCord Gary Brichacek
TE
Tony Jeter
Dennis Richnafsky
QB
Bob Churchich
Fred Duda
Wayne Weber
LB RB FB
Ron Kirkland Harry Wilson Frank Solich
Pete Tatman Ben Gregory Charlie Winters

Coaching staff[edit]

Name Title First year
in this position		 Years at Nebraska Alma mater
Bob Devaney Head coach 1962 1962–1972 Alma
Tom Osborne 1964 1964–1997 Hastings
John Melton 1962 1962–1988 Wyoming
Cletus Fischer 1960 1960–1985 Nebraska
Mike Corgan Running backs 1962 1962–1982 Notre Dame
George Kelly 1960 1960–1968
Jim Ross 1962 1962–1976
Carl Selmer Offensive line 1962 1962–1972

[3][4]

Game summaries[edit]

TCU[edit]

1 234Total
TCU 0 707 14
• #1 Nebraska 14 776 34

[5][6][7][8]

Air Force[edit]

1 234Total
• #2 Nebraska 21 060 27
Air Force 0 7100 17

[5][9][10][11]

Iowa State[edit]

1 234Total
Iowa State 0 000 0
• #3 Nebraska 0 16217 44
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 54,440

[5][9][12]

Wisconsin[edit]

1 234Total
Wisconsin 0 000 0
• #2 Nebraska 6 11146 37
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 53,641

[5][13][14][15]

Kansas State[edit]

1 234Total
• #2 Nebraska 0 21614 41
Kansas State 0 000 0

[5][13][16]

Colorado[edit]

1 234Total
Colorado 3 307 13
• #3 Nebraska 17 1407 38
  • Date: October 23
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 53,873
See also: Colorado–Nebraska football rivalry

[5][17][18][19]

Missouri[edit]

1 234Total
• #3 Nebraska 0 1303 16
Missouri 14 000 14
See also: Missouri–Nebraska football rivalry

[5][17][20][21]

Kansas[edit]

1 234Total
Kansas 0 600 6
• #3 Nebraska 7 14210 42
  • Date: November 6
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 54,118

[5][22][23]

Oklahoma State[edit]

1 234Total
• #3 Nebraska 0 777 21
Oklahoma State 7 0010 17

[5][22][24]

Oklahoma[edit]

1 234Total
Oklahoma 3 600 9
• #3 Nebraska 0 7140 21
  • Date: November 25
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
  • Game attendance: 52,533
See also: Nebraska–Oklahoma football rivalry

[5][25][26]

Alabama[edit]

1 234Total
#3 Nebraska 0 7615 28
• #4 Alabama 7 1787 39

[5][27][28]

Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910Final
AP123223333335
CoachesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A3

Awards[edit]

  • All American: Walter Barnes, Tony Jeter, Larry Wachholtz, Freeman White
  • All Big 8: LaVerne Allers, Dennis Carlson, Walt Barnes, Tony Jeter, Muike Kennedy, Frank Solich, Larry Wachholtz, Freeman White

[29]

Future professional players[edit]

References[edit]

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