American college football season
The1965 Washington Huskies football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Washington during the1965 NCAA University Division football season . In its ninth season under head coachJim Owens , the team compiled a 5–5 record, finished in fourth place in theAthletic Association of Western Universities , and outscored its opponents 205 to 185.[ 1]
Ron Medved and Ralph Winters were the team captains.
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 18 Idaho * W 14–954,500–54,682 [ 2] [ 3] September 25 atBaylor * L 14–1722,000 [ 4] October 2 Ohio State * University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA L 21–2354,132 October 9 No. 8USC University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA L 0–3457,533 October 16 atCalifornia L 12–1635,000 October 23 atOregon W 24–2033,437 October 30 Stanford University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA W 41–850,633 November 6 at No. 8UCLA L 24–2846,084 November 13 Oregon State University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA W 28–2153,187 November 20 Washington State University of Washington Stadium Seattle, WA (Apple Cup ) W 27–957,395 [ 5] [ 6] *Non-conference game Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game
Team 1 2 3 4 Total Washington St 3 6 0 0 9 •Washington 0 20 0 7 27
Scoring summary 1 WSU Gerela 40-yard field goal WSU 3-0 2 WASH O. Parker 28?-yard pass from Hullin (kick failed) WASH 6-3 2 WASH Halverson 4-yard run (Martin kick) WASH 13-3 2 WASH Williams 54-yard pass from Hullin (Martin kick) WASH 20-3 2 WSU Washington 4-yard pass from Roth (kick failed) WASH 20-9 4 WASH Medved 38-yard run (Martin kick) WASH 27-9
Professional football draft selections [ edit ] Three University of Washington Huskies were selected in the1966 NFL draft , which lasted 20 rounds with 305 selections.[ 7] One Husky was selected in the1966 AFL Draft , which lasted twenty rounds with 181 selections.[ 8] This was the final year of separate drafts; acommon draft was introduced for1967 .
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