1965 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1965 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

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	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18		Kansas State*	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	NBC	W 19–7	22,883
September 25		Northwestern	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 0–20	31,537
October 2	7:30 pm	at No. 1 Texas*	Memorial Stadium Austin, TX		L 12–27	57,000	^[1]
October 9		at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN		L 18–42	46,010
October 16		at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 13–34	61,257
October 23		Washington State*	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 7–8	32,061
October 30		Iowa	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 21–17	32,417
November 6		at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		L 10–17	83,863
November 13		at No. 1 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)		L 13–27	75,280
November 20		Purdue	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		L 21–26	50,046
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time