1965 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1965 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	#13
1965 record	7–2–1 (5–2 Big 10)
Head coach	Jack Mollenkopf
Captain	Sal Ciampi
Captain	Jerry Shay
Home stadium	Ross-Ade Stadium

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

The 1965 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1965 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	Miami (OH)*		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 38–0	44,809
September 25	#1 Notre Dame*	#6	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	W 25–21	61,921
October 2	at SMU*	#2	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX	T 14–14	17,000
October 9	at Iowa	#9	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 17–14	58,000
October 16	Michigan	#7	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	W 17–15	85,905
October 23	#2 Michigan State	#6	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 10–14	62,113
October 30	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Purdue Cannon)	L 0–21	59,507
November 6	Wisconsin		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 45–7	48,264
November 13	Minnesota		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	W 35–0	45,587
November 20	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 26–21	50,046
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 0 7 7 3 17 Iowa 0 7 0 7 14 Date: October 9 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA Game attendance: 59,800

Scoring summary 2 IOWA Kimble 42-yard pass from Snook (Anderson kick) IOWA 7-0 2 PUR Griese 1-yard run (Griese kick) Tied 7-7 3 PUR Kuzniewski 1-yard run (Griese kick) PUR 14-7 4 PUR Griese 19-yard field goal PUR 17-7 4 IOWA Wilder 4-yard pass from Snook (Anderson kick) PUR 17-14

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 0 0 14 3 17 Michigan 0 6 6 3 15 Date: October 16 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI Source: [1]

Scoring summary 2 MICH Ward 17-yard run (kick failed) MICH 6-0 3 PUR Finley 24-yard pass from Griese (Griese kick) PUR 7-6 3 PUR Beirne 6-yard pass from Griese (Griese kick) PUR 14-6 3 MICH Clancy 40-yard pass from Gabler (run failed) PUR 14-12 4 MICH Sygar 18-yard field goal MICH 15-14 4 0:55 PUR Griese 35-yard field goal PUR 17-15

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total • Purdue 20 0 6 0 26 Indiana 0 14 7 0 21 Date: November 20 Location: Bloomington, IN Source: [2]

Scoring summary 1 PUR Kuzniewski 6-yard run (Griese kick) PUR 7-0 1 PUR Teter 9-yard run (kick failed) PUR 13-0 1 PUR Kuzniewski 2-yard run (Griese kick) PUR 20-0 2 IND Malinchak 75-yard pass from Stavroff (kick failed) PUR 20-6 2 IND Malinchak 21-yard pass from Stavroff (Stavroff to Kalupa pass) PUR 20-14 3 PUR Griese 1-yard run (pass failed) PUR 26-14 3 IND Cole 13-yard run (Kornowa kick) PUR 26-21