1965 Pacific Tigers football team

The 1965 Pacific Tigers football team represented the University of the Pacific during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season.

1965 Pacific Tigers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–8
Head coach
Home stadiumPacific Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 NCAA College Division independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Springfield  900
Ithaca  800
Parsons  810
Santa Clara  810
UC Santa Barbara  820
Cortland  720
Wabash  720
Northeastern  620
UC Riverside  620
Tampa  621
Northern Michigan  730
Mississippi Valley State  630
St. Norbert  630
Rose Poly  530
Drake  640
Chattanooga  541
Arizona State–Flagstaff  541
Lake Forest  440
Cal Poly Pomona  450
Howard (AL)  460
Portland State  460
Colorado College  350
Milwaukee  260
Southern Illinois  280
Pacific (CA)  280
Hawaii  181
Carnegie Tech  170

Pacific competed as an independent in 1965. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium[note 1] in Stockton, California. In their second (and last) season under head coach Don Campora, the Tigers finished with a record of one win and eight losses (1–8). For the 1965 season they were outscored by their opponents 81–250.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at San Diego StateL 6–4610,050[1]
September 25at Iowa StateL 13–3816,000–17,550
October 2HawaiiW 21–04,000–5,500[2]
October 9at New Mexico State
L 6–145,000[3][4]
October 23Air Force
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 0–4010,000
October 30Montana
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 7–137,900
November 6at San Jose StateL 21–5217,735
November 13Fresno State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 0–201,000–4,000[5][6]
November 20No. 9 Long Beach State
  • Pacific Memorial Stadium
  • Stockton, CA
L 7–271,500–4,000[7][8]
November 26at Cal State Los Angeles Cancelled (flooding)
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

No University of the Pacific players were selected in the 1965 NFL Draft.[10][11][12]

The following finished their college career at Pacific, were not drafted, but played in the AFL or NFL starting with the 1966 season.

PlayerPositionFirst AFL team
Bill SandemanTackle, defensive tackle1966 Dallas Cowboys
Paul LatzkeCenter1966 San Diego Chargers

Notes

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