1965 NAIA football season

1965 NAIA football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1965
PostseasonNovember 27– December 11, 1965
National ChampionshipARC Stadium
Augusta, GA
ChampionSaint John's (MN) (2)

The 1965 NAIA football season was the tenth season of college football sponsored by the NAIA.

The season was played from August to November 1965, culminating in the 1965 NAIA Championship Bowl, played this year again at ARC Stadium in Augusta, Georgia.

Saint John's (MN) defeated Linfield in the Championship Bowl, 33–0, to win their second NAIA national title.[1]

Conference realignment

Membership changes

Team 1964 conference 1965 conference
Portland State Oregon Collegiate Conference NCAA College Division independent

Conference standings

1965 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arkansas State Teachers + 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Arkansas A&M + 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Arkansas Tech 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Harding 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Ouachita Baptist 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Southern Arkansas 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Henderson State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Ozarks 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1965 Carolinas Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lenoir Rhyne $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Guilford 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Western Carolina 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Catawba 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Appalachian State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Newberry 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Presbyterian 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Elon 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Morgan State $ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Johnson C. Smith 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Maryland State 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
St. Augustine's 6 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
North Carolina A&T 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Delaware State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Virginia State 5 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Saint Paul's (VA) 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
North Carolina College 3 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Howard 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Norfolk State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Virginia Union 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Livingstone 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Shaw 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Elizabeth City State 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Winston-Salem State 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Fayetteville State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Hampton 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Omaha $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Fort Hays State 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburg State 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Washburn 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Emporia State 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 College Conference of Illinois football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Illinois Wesleyan $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Carthage 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
North Central (IL) 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Augustana (IL) 2 – 2 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
Carroll (WI) 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Millikin 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
North Park 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Eastern Football Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southern Connecticut State $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Central Connecticut State 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Montclair State 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Bridgeport 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Trenton State 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Glassboro State 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 Evergreen Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Eastern Washington $ 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Whitworth 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Western Washington 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Central Washington 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Puget Sound 0 – 2 – 2 0 – 5 – 3
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Gateway Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northwestern (WI) $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 0
Milton 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Lakeland 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Illinois–Chicago 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Eureka 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southwestern Louisiana + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
McNeese State + 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Louisiana Tech 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Northwestern State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Northeast Louisiana State 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1965 Iowa Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Central (IA) $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Luther 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Dubuque 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Buena Vista 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Upper Iowa 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Simpson (IA) 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Wartburg 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
William Penn 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Ottawa $ 9 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Bethany (KS) 7 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Baker 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
College of Emporia 5 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Southwestern (KS) 5 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Friends 4 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Kansas Wesleyan 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Sterling 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
McPherson 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Bethel (KS) 0 – 9 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Sul Ross $^ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Southwest Texas State 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Stephen F. Austin 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Texas A&I 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
East Texas State 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Sam Houston State 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Howard Payne 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
McMurry 0 – 0 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Mid-Ohio Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ashland $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Bluffton 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Defiance 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Wilmington (OH) 0 – 3 – 0 0 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 Midwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Ripon $ 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Grinnell 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Beloit 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Lawrence 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
St. Olaf 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Coe 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Carleton 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Cornell (IA) 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Monmouth (IL) 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Knox 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Saint John's (MN) $^ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
No. 19 Concordia (MN) 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
St. Thomas (MN) 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Gustavus Adolphus 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Minnesota–Duluth 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Augsburg 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Hamline 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Macalester 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
William Jewell $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Missouri Valley 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Central Methodist 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Graceland 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Tarkio 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Culver–Stockton 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 Nebraska College Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Kearney State + 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Wayne State (NE) + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Peru State + 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Hastings 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Chadron State 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
1965 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Mayville State $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Dickinson State 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Minot State 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Valley City State 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Jamestown 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Wahpeton Science 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Ellendale 0 – 5 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan Tech $ 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Winona State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Mankato State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Bemidji State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Moorhead State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
St. Cloud State 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 Northwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Linfield $^ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Willamette 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Pacific (OR) 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
College of Idaho 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Lewis & Clark 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Whitman 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Pacific Lutheran   –   4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 East Central $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Northeastern State 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Central State (OK) 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Langston 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
SW Oklahoma State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Panhandle A&M 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
NW Oklahoma State 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
SE Oklahoma State 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Oregon Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southern Oregon $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Oregon College 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Eastern Oregon 2 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Oregon Tech 2 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
George Fox 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Division
No. 8/10 East Stroudsburg xy$ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
West Chester 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Mansfield 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Bloomsburg 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Millersville 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Cheyney 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Kutztown 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
West Division
Indiana (PA) xy 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Clarion 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
California (PA) 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Lock Haven 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Slippery Rock 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Shippensburg 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Edinboro * 0 – 6 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Championship: East Stroudsburg 26, Indiana (PA) 10
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – Edinboro forfeited four conference victories—over IUP, Clarion, Shippensburg, and California—but NCAA and Edinboro records do not reflect the forfeits in the team's overall record.
Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll
1965 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Northern State $ 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Dakota Wesleyan 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
General Beadle 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Black Hills State 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Huron 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
South Dakota Tech 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Southern State (SD) 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Occidental $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Pomona 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Whittier 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Redlands 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Claremont-Mudd 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Caltech 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 Grambling $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Southern 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Texas Southern 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Jackson State 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Prairie View A&M 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Arkansas AM&N 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Alcorn A&M 2 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Wiley 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll
1965 Tri-State Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Westmar + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Midland + 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Yankton 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Concordia (NE) 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Dana 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Northwestern (IA) 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Sioux Falls 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
1965 West Penn Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Waynesburg $ 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Westminster (PA) 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Grove City 1 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Geneva 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Fairmont State $^ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Bluefield State 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
West Virginia Wesleyan 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
West Virginia Tech 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
West Liberty State 3 – 2 – 2 4 – 2 – 2
Concord 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Glenville State 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Salem 1 – 4 – 2 1 – 5 – 2
West Virginia State 1 – 4 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Shepherd * 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
    * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Conference standings based on power ratings
Rankings from NAIA poll
1965 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Stout State $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Whitewater State 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
La Crosse State 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Stevens Point State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
River Falls State 3 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Oshkosh State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Eau Claire State 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Platteville State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Superior State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1965 NAIA independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Georgetown (KY)   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 15 Cal Lutheran   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 18 Southern Colorado State   –   8 – 1 – 1
No. 20 Austin   –   7 – 2 – 0
Earlham   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Findlay   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 14 Northern Michigan   –   7 – 3 – 0
Hillsdale   –   6 – 3 – 0
La Verne   –   5 – 3 – 0
Carson–Newman   –   5 – 4 – 0
New Mexico Highlands   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wofford   –   5 – 4 – 0
McMurry   –   4 – 5 – 1
Simon Fraser   –   2 – 3 – 0
Doane   –   3 – 6 – 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State   –   3 – 6 – 0
Eastern New Mexico   –   2 – 6 – 1
Azusa Pacific   –   1 – 6 – 0
Iowa Wesleyan   –   1 – 7 – 0
Wheaton (IL)   –   1 – 8 – 0
St. Mary of the Plains   –   0 – 9 – 0
Rankings from NAIA poll

Postseason

Bracket

Semifinals
November 27, 1965 		Championship
December 11, 1965
Augusta, GA[2]
      
Fairmont State 7
Saint John's (MN)* 28
Saint John's (MN) 33
Linfield 0
Linfield 30
Sul Ross* 27

Championship game outstanding players

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. ^ "1965 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.