The 1965 Northern Illinois State Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title. Northern Illinois was invited to the Mineral Water Bowl, where they lost to North Dakota. The Huskies playing their first three home games at Glidden Field before opening the newly constructed Huskie Stadium on November 6 against Illinois State.[1]
| 1965 Northern Illinois Huskies football | |
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IIAC champion | |
Mineral Water Bowl, L 20–37 vs. North Dakota | |
| Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 9–1 (4–0 IIAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Bill Peck (1st season) |
| MVP | Bob Stark |
| Captain | Ron Christian, Terry Henigan |
| Home stadium | Glidden Field Huskie Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | Whitewater State* | W 28–14 | [2] | |||
| September 25 | Omaha* |
| W 28–13 | [3] | ||
| October 2 | at Central Michigan | Mount Pleasant, MI | W 19–14 | 3,500 | [4][5] | |
| October 9 | Northeast Missouri State* |
| W 22–20 | [6] | ||
| October 16 | at Bradley* | Peoria, IL | W 27–7 | [7] | ||
| October 23 | at Milwaukee* | W 38–12 | [8] | |||
| October 30 | at Eastern Illinois | No. 8 |
| W 20–11 | [9] | |
| November 6 | Illinois State | No. 7 |
| W 48–6 | 18,858 | [10] |
| November 13 | Western Illinois | No. 8 |
| W 40–13 | 12,587 | [11] |
| November 27 | vs. North Dakota* | No. 6 |
| L 20–37 | 4,000–5,000 | [12][13] |
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