1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 9
Record7–2–1
Head coach
CaptainPhil Sheridan
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
1965 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
New Mexico State – 8–2–0
Utah State – 8–2–0
Xavier – 8–2–0
Texas Western – 8–3–0
No. 9 Notre Dame – 7–2–1
Southern Miss – 7–2–0
Syracuse – 7–3–0
Virginia Tech – 7–3–0
Georgia Tech – 7–3–1
Boston College – 6–4–0
West Texas State – 6–4–0
Boston University – 5–3–1
Buffalo – 5–3–2
Miami (FL) – 5–4–1
Penn State – 5–5–0
Memphis State – 5–5–0
San Jose State – 5–5–0
Navy – 4–4–2
Colgate – 4–5–1
Florida State – 4–5–1
Army – 4–5–1
Houston – 4–5–1
Colorado State – 4–6–0
Air Force – 3–6–1
Pittsburgh – 3–7–0
Dayton – 3–7–0
Holy Cross – 2–7–1
Villanova – 1–8–0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team was an American football team that represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their second year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Fighting Irish compiled a 7–2–1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 270 to 73, and were ranked No. 9 in the final AP and UPI polls. In three games against ranked opponents, they lost to No 6 Purdue and No. 1 Michigan State and defeated No. 4 USC.[1]

Guard Dick Arrington and defensive back Nick Rassas were both consensus first-team picks on the 1965 All-America college football team.[2] Fullback Bill Wolski also received first-team honors from Football News.[3] The team's statistical leaders included Wolski (48 points scored), quarterback Bill Zloch (558 passing yards), and Nick Eddy (572 rushing yards, 233 receiving yards).[4]

The team played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 184:30pmat CaliforniaNo. 3
NBCW 48–653,000[5]
September 252:30pmat No. 6 PurdueNo. 1
L 21–2561,291[6]
October 22:30pmNorthwesternNo. 8
W 38–759,273[7]
October 98:00pmvs. ArmyNo. 7
W 17–061,000[8]
October 232:30pmNo. 4 USCNo. 7
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 28–759,235[9]
October 302:30pmNavyNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 29–359,206[10]
November 61:30pmat PittsburghNo. 4
W 69–1357,169[11]
November 131:30pmNorth CarolinaNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 17–059,216[12]
November 201:30pmNo. 1 Michigan StateNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 3–1259,291[13]
November 278:00pmat Miami (FL)No. 6
T 0–068,077[14]

Game summaries

California

Team 1 234Total
• Notre Dame 9 19137 48
California 0 600 6
Scoring summary
1NDIvan 28-yard field goalND 3-0
1NDZloch 3-yard run (kick failed)ND 9-0
2NDConjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 16-0
2NDRassas 65-yard punt return (2-pt failed)ND 22-0
2CalBradley 7-yard pass from Berry (kick failed)ND 22-6
2NDZloch 11-yard run (2-pt failed)ND 28-6
3NDEddy 24-yard pass from Zloch (kick failed)ND 34-6
3NDWolski 6-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 41-6
4NDHarshman 3-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 48-6

Purdue

Team 1 234Total
Notre Dame 3 783 21
• Purdue 0 1267 25
Scoring summary
1NDIvan 27-yard field goalND 3-0
2PUBeirne 28-yard pass from Griese (kick failed)PU 3-6
2NDEddy 4-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 10-6
2PUBeirne 14-yard pass from Griese (2-pt failed)PU 10-12
3PUMinniear 12-yard pass from Griese (2-pt failed)PU 10-18
3NDWolski 54-yard run (2-pt good)Tied 18-18
4NDIvan 24-yard field goalND 21-18
4PUTeter 3-yard run (Griese kick)PU 21-25

Northwestern

Team 1 234Total
Northwestern 7 000 7
• Notre Dame 0 6824 38
  • Source:
Scoring summary
1NWClark 50-yard interception return (Dickie kick)NW 0-7
2NDWolski 7-yard run (kick failed)NW 6-7
3NDRassas 92-yard interception return (2-pt good)ND 14-7
4NDIvan 26-yard field goalND 17-7
4NDRassas 72-yard punt return (Ivan kick)ND 24-7
4NDMay 1-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 31-7
4NDBleier 13-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 38-7

Army

Team 1 234Total
• Notre Dame 0 773 17
Army 0 000 0
Scoring summary
2NDDon Gmitter 29-yard pass from Tom Schoen (Ken Ivan kick)ND 7-0
3NDNick Eddy 5-yard run (Ken Ivan kick)ND 14-0
4NDKen Ivan 23-yard field goalND 17-0

[17]

USC

Team 1 234Total
USC 0 007 7
• Notre Dame 14 770 28
  • Date: October 23
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
  • Television network: NBC
Scoring summary
1NDConjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 7-0
1NDConjar 2-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 14-0
2NDConjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 21-0
3NDConjar 2-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 28-0
4USCThomas 8-yard pass from Winslow (Rossovich kick)ND 28-7
Team 1 234Total
Navy 0 300 3
• Notre Dame 0 7220 29
  • Date: October 30
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
Scoring summary
2NavyHoch 29-yard field goalNavy 0-3
2NDEddy 55-yard pass from Zloch (Ivan kick)ND 7-3
3NDZloch 1-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 14-3
3NDConjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 21-3
3NDRassas 66-yard punt return (2-pt. good)ND 29-3

Pittsburgh

Team 1 234Total
• Notre Dame 21 142014 69
Pittsburgh 0 607 13
Scoring summary
1NDConjar 42-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 7-0
1NDWolski 7-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 14-0
1NDWolski 5-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 21-0
2NDWolski 5-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 28-0
2NDWolski 1-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 35-0
2PittDyer 21-yard pass from Lucas (kick blocked)ND 35-6
3NDWolski 1-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 42-6
3NDGmitter 44-yard pass from Zloch (kick blocked)ND 48-6
3NDMay 5-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 55-6
4NDBleier 3-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 62-6
4NDConway 2-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 69-6
4PittZalansky 5-yard pass from James (Jones kick)ND 69-13

North Carolina

Team 1 234Total
N. Carolina 0 000 0
• Notre Dame 0 0017 17
  • Date: November 13
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
Scoring summary
4NDIvan 38-yard field goalND 3-0
4NDEddy 66-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 10-0
4NDEddy 3-yard run (Ivan kick)ND 17-0

Michigan State

Team 1 234Total
• Michigan St. 0 066 12
Notre Dame 3 000 3
  • Date: November 20
  • Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
  • Game start: 1:30 p.m. EST
Scoring summary
1NDIvan 22-yard field goalND 3-0
3MSUJones 3-yard run (kick failed)MSU 3-6
4MSULee 19-yard pass from Juday (2-pt. failed)MSU 3-12

Miami (Florida)

Notre Dame outgained Miami, 175 yards to 87 (including 115 yards rushing to negative 17), but missed field goals of 22 and 27 yards. The latter miss came with 5:15 left in the game, after a drive that had advanced to the Miami 3 yard line before going backwards. Miami had no serious scoring threats and only once made it as far as the ND 42 yard line.[18]

Team 1 234Total
Notre Dame 0 000 0
Miami 0 000 0

References

  1. ↑ "1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 9. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Roger Stanton, ed. (November 27, 1965). "All-America Selected: USC's Mike Garrett Is Named 'Player of Year'". The Football News. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Fighting Irish roll over California, 48–6". Wichita Falls Times. September 19, 1965. Retrieved March 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Purdue upsets Irish 25 to 21". Southern Illinoisan. September 26, 1965. Retrieved March 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Notre Dame belts Northwestern 38–7". The Kokomo Tribune. October 3, 1965. Retrieved March 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "61,000 see Irish blank Army, 17–0". The Los Angeles Times. October 10, 1965. Retrieved March 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Revengeful Irish bury Southern Cal, 28–7". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 24, 1965. Retrieved March 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Notre Dame fires past Navy, 29–3". Fort Lauderdale News. October 31, 1965. Retrieved March 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Irish trample Pitt, 69–13". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 7, 1965. Retrieved March 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Irish roll 17 to 0". The Nashville Tennessean. November 14, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Spartans handcuff Irish, 12–3". Rockford Morning Star. November 21, 1965. Retrieved March 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Irish, Miami play scoreless tie". Rockford Morning Star. November 28, 1965. Retrieved March 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Schedule/Results (1965 Notre Dame)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 12, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Notre Dame Wrecks Army." Palm Beach Post. 1965 Oct 10.
  18. ↑ South Bend Tribune, Nov. 28, 1965, p. 1.
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