1965 Clemson Tigers football team

1965 Clemson Tigers football
ACC Co-Champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
1965 record 5–5 (5–2[a] ACC)
Head coach Frank Howard (26th year)
Captain Bill Hecht, Floyd Rogers
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
1965 ACC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
NC State + 5 2 0     6 4 0†
Clemson + 5 2 0     5 4 0†
Duke 4 2 0     6 4 0
Maryland 3 3 0     4 6 0
North Carolina 3 3 0     4 6 0
Virginia 3 3 0     4 6 0†
Wake Forest 2 4 0     3 7 0†
South Carolina 0 6 0     5 5 0†
  • + Conference co-champions
  • † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to an ineligible player. This moved Clemson and NC State to 5–2, making them co-Champions. Overall records do not reflect this.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll[2]

The 1965 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University during the 1965 college football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 18 NC State Memorial StadiumClemson, SC (Textile Bowl) W 21–7
September 25 at Virginia Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA W 20–14
October 2* at Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA (Clemson – Georgia Tech rivalry) L 6–38
October 9* at #4 Georgia Sanford StadiumAthens, GA L 9–23
October 16 at Duke Duke StadiumDurham, NC W 3–2
October 23* TCU Memorial StadiumClemson, SC W 3–0
October 30 Wake Forest Memorial StadiumClemson, SC W 26–13
November 6 at North Carolina Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC L 13–17
November 13 Maryland Memorial StadiumClemson, SC L 0–6
November 20 at South Carolina Carolina StadiumColumbia, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State) L 16–17[a]
*Non-Conference Game. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

^a South Carolina was forced by the ACC to forfeit all conference games due to ineligible players. Clemson and NC State, who had both lost to South Carolina, were declared co-champions.[3]

References

  1. "ACC Champions". 2007 Football Media Guide. Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 93. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  2. "1965 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  3. "ACC Champions" (PDF). 2007 Football Media Guide. Atlantic Coast Conference. p. 93. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
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