1965 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

The 1965 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) as an independent during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Under second-year head coach Don Shroyer, the team compiled a 2–8 record.^[1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

1965 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–8
Head coach	Don Shroyer (2nd season)
Home stadium	McAndrew Stadium
Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

1965 NCAA College Division independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Springfield			–					9	–	0	–	0
Ithaca			–					8	–	0	–	0
Parsons			–					8	–	1	–	0
Santa Clara			–					8	–	1	–	0
UC Santa Barbara			–					8	–	2	–	0
Cortland			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					7	–	2	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	2	–	0
UC Riverside			–					6	–	2	–	0
Tampa			–					6	–	2	–	1
Northern Michigan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Mississippi Valley State			–					6	–	3	–	0
St. Norbert			–					6	–	3	–	0
Rose Poly			–					5	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					6	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga			–					5	–	4	–	1
Arizona State–Flagstaff			–					5	–	4	–	1
Lake Forest			–					4	–	4	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona			–					4	–	5	–	0
Howard (AL)			–					4	–	6	–	0
Portland State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Colorado College			–					3	–	5	–	0
Milwaukee			–					2	–	6	–	0
Southern Illinois			–					2	–	8	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					2	–	8	–	0
Hawaii			–					1	–	8	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	State College of Iowa	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	W 23–16	7,200	[2]
September 25	at Louisville	Fairgrounds Stadium Louisville, KY	L 0–13	7,200
October 2	Youngstown State	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 7–9
October 9	Lincoln (MO)	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 6–9		[3]
October 16	Drake	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	L 12–18
October 23	at Wichita State	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	L 0–27	9,615
October 30	Tulsa	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 12–55	15,000
November 6	Northern Michigan	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 6–24
November 13	at Ball State	Ball State Field Muncie, IN	L 19–30	8,200	[4]
November 20	Southwest Missouri State	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	W 19–6

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