1965 Florida Gators football team
| 1965 Florida Gators football | |
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Sugar Bowl, L 18–20 vs. Missouri | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 12 |
| 1965 record | 7–4 (4–2 3rd SEC) |
| Head coach | Ray Graves |
| Offensive coordinator | Ed Kensler |
| Defensive coordinator | Gene Ellenson |
| Home stadium | Florida Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1965 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1965 college football season. The season was Ray Graves's sixth year as the Florida Gators football team's head coach. The highlights of the season included an intersectional road victory over the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference, Southeastern Conference (SEC) wins over the Louisiana State (14–7), Ole Miss Rebels (17–0), Georgia Bulldogs (14–10) and Tulane Green Wave (51–13), and a sound thumping of the in-state rival Florida State Seminoles (30–17). The Gators also lost close matches against the Mississippi State Bulldogs (13–18) and the Miami Hurricanes (13–16). Graves' 1965 Florida Gators finished 7–4 overall and 4–2 in the SEC, placing third in the eleven-team conference.[1]
Schedule and results
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | ||||
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| 9–18–1965 | Northwestern* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 24–14 | ||||||
| 9–25–1965 | Mississippi State | No. 8 | Florida Field • Gainesville, FL | L 13–18 | |||||
| 10–2–1965 | No. 5 Louisiana State | Florida Field • Gainesville, FL | W 14–7 | ||||||
| 10–9–1965 | Mississippi | No. 10 | Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS | W 17–0 | |||||
| 10–16–1965 | North Carolina State* | No. 9 | Florida Field • Gainesville, FL (HC) | W 28–6 | |||||
| 10–30–1965 | Auburn | No. 7 | Cliff Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL | ABC | L 17–28 | ||||
| 11–6–1965 | Georgia | Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL | W 14–10 | ||||||
| 11–13–1965 | Tulane | Florida Field • Gainesville, FL | W 51–13 | ||||||
| 11–20–1965 | Miami* | No. 10 | Orange Bowl Stadium • Miami, FL | L 13–16 | |||||
| 11–27–1965 | Florida State* | Florida Field • Gainesville, FL | W 30–17 | ||||||
| 1–1–1966 | No. 6 Missouri* | Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | NBC | L 18–20 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game; from 1962 to 1967, AP only ranked the top ten teams. | |||||||||
Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide[1]
Postseason
At the end of the season, the Gators played the Missouri Tigers in the Gators' first-ever major bowl game, the Sugar Bowl, on January 1, 1966. Despite a three-touchdown second-half effort from the Gators, they lost to the Tigers 18–20 after they failed to score on three consecutive two-point conversion attempts after each of their touchdowns. Following the game, Gators quarterback Steve Spurrier was recognized as the game's Most Valuable Player—the only MVP selected from the losing team in the history of the Sugar Bowl.
References
- 1 2 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 110–111 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.