1965 LSU Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1965 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth year under head coach Charles McClendon, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a conference record of 3–3 the SEC, placing in a three-way tie for sixth place in the SEC.[1][2]
| 1965 LSU Tigers football | |
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Cotton Bowl, W 14–7 vs. Arkansas | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 14 |
| AP | No. 8 |
| Record | 8–3 (3–3 SEC) |
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| Home stadium | Tiger Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Alabama $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Tennessee | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 LSU | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Back-to-back losses to Ole Miss and Alabama put LSU's bowl hopes in peril, but wins over Mississippi State and Tulane prompted the Cotton Bowl to extend a bid to the 7-–3 Tigers. The bowl's faith in LSU was rewarded when the Tigers stunned No. 2 Arkansas, 14–7, to stop the Razorbacks' winning streak at 22 games and deny Arkansas a second consecutive national championship.
Schedule
Destruction from Hurricane Betsy on September 10 put the season opener vs. Texas A&M in jeopardy. Repairs to the light towers, scoreboard and press box were made in time for the game to proceed as planned eight days later.
LSU defeated rival Tulane by a 62-0 tally for the third time in eight seasons (1958 and 1961) in the Green Wave's final football game as a member of the Southeastern Conference. It was also LSU's third consecutive shutout of Tulane at Baton Rouge.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | 8:00 pm | Texas A&M* | No. 8 | W 10–0 | 68,000 | [3] | ||
| September 25 | 8:00 pm | Rice* | No. 7 |
| W 42–14 | 67,500 | [4] | |
| October 2 | 1:00 pm | at Florida | No. 5 | L 7–14 | 47,592 | [5] | ||
| October 9 | 7:00 pm | at Miami (FL)* | W 34–27 | 43,367 | [6] | |||
| October 16 | 8:00 pm | Kentucky |
| W 31–21 | 68,000 | [7] | ||
| October 23 | 8:00 pm | South Carolina* | No. 9 |
| W 21–7 | 66,000 | [8] | |
| October 30 | 2:00 pm | at Ole Miss | No. 5 | L 0–23 | 46,616 | [9] | ||
| November 6 | 1:15 pm | No. 5 Alabama |
| NBC | L 7–31 | 58,000 | [10] | |
| November 13 | 8:00 pm | Mississippi State |
| W 37–20 | 60,000 | [11] | ||
| November 20 | 8:00 pm | Tulane |
| W 62–0 | 65,000 | [12] | ||
| January 1, 1966 | 12:30 pm | vs. No. 2 Arkansas* | CBS | W 14–7 | 76,200 | [13] | ||
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