1965 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1965 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University during the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 7–2–1 with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, tying for third place in the Big Ten. Purdue played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana.

1965 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
Record	7–2–1 (5–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jack Mollenkopf (10th season)
MVP	Bob Griese
Captains	Sal Ciampi Jerry Shay
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium
Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

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	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Miami (OH)*	No. 9	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 38–0	44,809
September 25	No. 1 Notre Dame*	No. 6	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 25–21	61,921
October 2	at SMU*	No. 2	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	T 14–14	17,000	[1]
October 9	at Iowa	No. 6	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 17–14	58,000
October 16	at Michigan	No. 7	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	W 17–15	85,905	[2]
October 23	No. 2 Michigan State	No. 6	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 10–14	62,113
October 30	at Illinois	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 0–21	59,507
November 6	Wisconsin		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 45–7	48,264
November 13	Minnesota		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 35–0	45,587
November 20	at Indiana		Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 26–21	50,046
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

Iowa

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Purdue	0	7	7	3	17
Iowa	0	7	0	7	14

• Date: October 9
• Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, IA
• Game attendance: 59,800

Scoring summary

2		IOWA	Kimble 42-yard pass from Snook (Anderson kick)	IOWA 7-0
2		PUR	Griese 1-yard run (Griese kick)	Tied 7-7
3		PUR	Kuzniewski 1-yard run (Griese kick)	PUR 14-7
4		PUR	Griese 19-yard field goal	PUR 17-7
4		IOWA	Wilder 4-yard pass from Snook (Anderson kick)	PUR 17-14

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Michigan

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Purdue	0	0	14	3	17
Michigan	0	6	6	3	15

• Date: October 16
• Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI

• Source:

Scoring summary

2		MICH	Ward 17-yard run (kick failed)	MICH 6-0
3		PUR	Finley 24-yard pass from Griese (Griese kick)	PUR 7-6
3		PUR	Beirne 6-yard pass from Griese (Griese kick)	PUR 14-6
3		MICH	Clancy 40-yard pass from Gabler (run failed)	PUR 14-12
4		MICH	Sygar 18-yard field goal	MICH 15-14
4	0:55	PUR	Griese 35-yard field goal	PUR 17-15

Indiana

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Purdue	20	0	6	0	26
Indiana	0	14	7	0	21

• Date: November 20
• Location: Bloomington, IN

• Source:

Scoring summary

1		PUR	Kuzniewski 6-yard run (Griese kick)	PUR 7-0
1		PUR	Teter 9-yard run (kick failed)	PUR 13-0
1		PUR	Kuzniewski 2-yard run (Griese kick)	PUR 20-0
2		IND	Malinchak 75-yard pass from Stavroff (kick failed)	PUR 20-6
2		IND	Malinchak 21-yard pass from Stavroff (Stavroff to Kalupa pass)	PUR 20-14
3		PUR	Griese 1-yard run (pass failed)	PUR 26-14
3		IND	Cole 13-yard run (Kornowa kick)	PUR 26-21

Roster

1965 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Jim Beirne OL Jim Bonk OL Sal Ciampi RB Bob Corby QB 12 Bob Griese OL Babe DiFilippo OL Charles Erlenbaugh TE Jim Faflik WR Jim Finley WR Bob Hadrick OL Jim Hales QB Doug Holcomb OL Bob Hopp RB Bob Hurst OL Larry Kaminski OL Chuck Kuzneski RB John Kuzniewski RB Jerry Mewha RB Randy Minniear RB Lou Sims OL Karl Singer RB Gordon Teter	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Mike Barnes LB Francis Burke DL Jack Calcaterra DB George Catavolos DB John Charles LB Pat Conley DB Charles King LB Pat Labus DL Jim Long DL George Olion DL Jerry Shay DL Bob Sebeck LB Bob Yunaska	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jack Mollenkopf Coordinators/assistant coaches Bob DeMoss Len Jardine Ned Maloney Ron Meyer Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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