American college football season
The 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season . Led by second-year head coach Ara Parseghian , the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 7–2–1.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 18 4:30pm at California No. 3 NBC W 48–653,000 September 25 2:30pm at No. 6 Purdue No. 1 L 21–2561,291 October 2 2:30pm Northwestern No. 8 W 38–759,273 October 9 8:00pm vs. Army No. 7 W 17–061,000 October 23 2:30pm No. 4 USC No. 7 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 28–759,225 October 30 2:30pm Navy No. 4 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) W 29–359,206 November 6 1:30pm at Pittsburgh No. 4 W 69–1357,169 November 13 1:30pm North Carolina No. 4 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) W 17–059,216 [ 1] November 20 1:30pm No. 1 Michigan State No. 4 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) L 3–1259,291 November 27 8:00pm at Miami (FL) No. 6 T 0–068,077
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1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 9 19 13 7 48 California 0 6 0 0 6
Scoring summary 1 ND Ivan 28-yard field goal ND 3-0 1 ND Zloch 3-yard run (kick failed) ND 9-0 2 ND Conjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 16-0 2 ND Rassas 65-yard punt return (2-pt failed) ND 22-0 2 Cal Bradley 7-yard pass from Berry (kick failed) ND 22-6 2 ND Zloch 11-yard run (2-pt failed) ND 28-6 3 ND Eddy 24-yard pass from Zloch (kick failed) ND 34-6 3 ND Wolski 6-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 41-6 4 ND Harshman 3-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 48-6
1 2 3 4 Total Notre Dame 3 7 8 3 21 • Purdue 0 12 6 7 25
Scoring summary 1 ND Ivan 27-yard field goal ND 3-0 2 PU Beirne 28-yard pass from Griese (kick failed) PU 3-6 2 ND Eddy 4-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 10-6 2 PU Beirne 14-yard pass from Griese (2-pt failed) PU 10-12 3 PU Minniear 12-yard pass from Griese (2-pt failed) PU 10-18 3 ND Wolski 54-yard run (2-pt good) Tied 18-18 4 ND Ivan 24-yard field goal ND 21-18 4 PU Teter 3-yard run (Griese kick) PU 21-25
1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 7 0 0 0 7 • Notre Dame 0 6 8 24 38
Scoring summary 1 NW Clark 50-yard interception return (Dickie kick) NW 0-7 2 ND Wolski 7-yard run (kick failed) NW 6-7 3 ND Rassas 92-yard interception return (2-pt good) ND 14-7 4 ND Ivan 26-yard field goal ND 17-7 4 ND Rassas 72-yard punt return (Ivan kick) ND 24-7 4 ND May 1-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 31-7 4 ND Bleier 13-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 38-7
1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 0 7 7 3 17 Army 0 0 0 0 0
Scoring summary 2 ND Don Gmitter 29-yard pass from Tom Schoen (Ken Ivan kick) ND 7-0 3 ND Nick Eddy 5-yard run (Ken Ivan kick)ND 14-0 4 ND Ken Ivan 23-yard field goal ND 17-0
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1 2 3 4 Total USC 0 0 0 7 7 • Notre Dame 14 7 7 0 28
Date: October 23Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, INGame start: 1:30 p.m. EST Television network: NBC Scoring summary 1 ND Conjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 7-0 1 ND Conjar 2-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 14-0 2 ND Conjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 21-0 3 ND Conjar 2-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 28-0 4 USC Thomas 8-yard pass from Winslow (Rossovich kick) ND 28-7
1 2 3 4 Total Navy 0 3 0 0 3 • Notre Dame 0 7 22 0 29
Date: October 30Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, INGame start: 1:30 p.m. EST Scoring summary 2 Navy Hoch 29-yard field goal Navy 0-3 2 ND Eddy 55-yard pass from Zloch (Ivan kick) ND 7-3 3 ND Zloch 1-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 14-3 3 ND Conjar 1-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 21-3 3 ND Rassas 66-yard punt return (2-pt. good) ND 29-3
1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 21 14 20 14 69 Pittsburgh 0 6 0 7 13
Scoring summary 1 ND Conjar 42-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 7-0 1 ND Wolski 7-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 14-0 1 ND Wolski 5-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 21-0 2 ND Wolski 5-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 28-0 2 ND Wolski 1-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 35-0 2 Pitt Dyer 21-yard pass from Lucas (kick blocked) ND 35-6 3 ND Wolski 1-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 42-6 3 ND Gmitter 44-yard pass from Zloch (kick blocked) ND 48-6 3 ND May 5-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 55-6 4 ND Bleier 3-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 62-6 4 ND Conway 2-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 69-6 4 Pitt Zalansky 5-yard pass from James (Jones kick) ND 69-13
1 2 3 4 Total N. Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 • Notre Dame 0 0 0 17 17
Date: November 13Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, INGame start: 1:30 p.m. EST Scoring summary 4 ND Ivan 38-yard field goal ND 3-0 4 ND Eddy 66-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 10-0 4 ND Eddy 3-yard run (Ivan kick) ND 17-0
1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan St. 0 0 6 6 12 Notre Dame 3 0 0 0 3
Date: November 20Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, INGame start: 1:30 p.m. EST Scoring summary 1 ND Ivan 22-yard field goal ND 3-0 3 MSU Jones 3-yard run (kick failed) MSU 3-6 4 MSU Lee 19-yard pass from Juday (2-pt. failed) MSU 3-12
Notre Dame outgained Miami, 175 yards to 87 (including 115 yards rushing to negative 17), but missed field goals of 22 and 27 yards. The latter miss came with 5:15 left in the game, after a drive that had advanced to the Miami 3 yard line before going backwards. Miami had no serious scoring threats and only once made it as far as the ND 42 yard line.[ 4]
1 2 3 4 Total Notre Dame 0 0 0 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 0 0
Venues Bowls and rivalries Culture and lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold