1965 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1965 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by Jerry Burns in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Hawkeyes compiled an overall record of 1–9 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Iowa Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

1965 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Michigan State $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Ohio State	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Minnesota	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Michigan	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Indiana	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Iowa	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Washington State*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 0–7	53,000
September 25	at Oregon State*	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	NBC	W 27–7	24,778
October 2	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (rivalry)		L 13–16	63,058
October 9	No. 6 Purdue	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 14–17	58,000
October 16	Minnesota	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		L 3–14	59,200
October 23	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		L 0–9
October 30	at Indiana	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 17–21	32,417
November 6	No. 1 Michigan State	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	NBC	L 0–35	54,700
November 13	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 0–38	84,116
November 20	NC State*	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 20–28	37,000	^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "Burns era ends in 28–20 defeat". The Des Moines Register. November 21, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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