1965 Texas Longhorns football team

1965 Texas Longhorns football
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
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

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

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
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	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

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0
• Texas	0	9	0	10	19

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

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

Awards and honors

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

1965 team players in the NFL

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

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
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

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

[1] "1965 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2023.

[nobis-2] 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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