1965 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
This year's championships were held March 25–28 in Washington at Crystal Mountain, located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Pierce County, southeast of Seattle. Opened in late 1962, the ski area was completing its third season.


1965 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
The twelfth edition, these were the first championships held in Washington and the first in the Cascade Range.


1965 NCAA Soccer Tournament
The 1965 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament was the seventh organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Saint Louis Billikens won their fifth title, defeating the Michigan State Spartans in the final, 1–0, on December 4, 1965. This tournament returned to a field of 16 teams. The tournament final was played in St. Louis, Missouri.


1965 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament
The 1965 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1965 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its nineteenth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals.


1965 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament
Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 23 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The nineteenth tournament's champion was Arizona State, coached by Bobby Winkles. The Most Outstanding Player was Sal Bando of Arizona State.


1965 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament, Regionals
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across seven district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.


1965 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament, Regionals, District 6
Texas automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.


1965 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
The 1965 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1965, and ended with the championship game on March 20 in Portland, Oregon. A total of 27 games were played, including a third-place game in each region and a national third-place game.


1965 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 91–80 victory in the final game over Michigan, coached by Dave Strack. Bill Bradley of Princeton was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1965 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
UCLA finished the season with 28 wins and two defeats. In the championship game, the Bruins shot 56.9% with Gail Goodrich's 42 points and Kenny Washington's 17 points to become the fifth team to win consecutive championships.


1965 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
Of note, this was the last NCAA Tournament for Henry Iba of Oklahoma State.


1965 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Locations
Portland, Oregon became the eighth host city, and the Memorial Coliseum the ninth host venue, of the Final Four. At the time the five-year-old arena was the third-youngest arena to host a Final Four, after Freedom Hall (2 years old at the time of its first Final Four) and McGaw Memorial Hall (4 years old), and the first opened in the 1960s. The tournament featured one new venue and host site, as the tournament came to Western Kentucky State College and E.A. Diddle Arena, the home of the Hilltoppers. Meanwhile, the midwest and west regional first rounds were played in one arena, the Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. All eight venues used in the tournament in 1965 would host games again afterwards.


1965 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships
The 1965 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships were the 27th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 22, 1965, the meet was hosted by the University of Kansas at Rim Rock Farm in Lawrence, Kansas. This was the first meet not held at Michigan State. The distance for this race was extended to 6 miles (9.7 kilometers).


1965 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships
All NCAA University Division members were eligible to qualify for the meet. In total, 17 teams and 148 individual runners contested this championship.


1965 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was retained by the Western Michigan Broncos, their second team title. The individual championship was won by John Lawson, from Kansas State, with a time of 29:24.00. Given this was the first race at 6 miles, Lawson's time became the meet's distance record. However, his time would be superseded the following year, 1966, by Gerry Lindgren from Washington State.


1965 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
The 1965 NCAA University Division Golf Championship was the 27th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States.


1965 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee, hosted by the University of Tennessee.


1965 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
Defending champions Houston won the team title, the Cougars' eighth NCAA team national title.


1965 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
This was the first NCAA tournament decided by stroke play and the first without a tournament medalist.


1965 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1965 NCAA Men's University Division Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season, the 18th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 18 and 20, 1965, and concluded with Michigan Tech defeating Boston College 8-2. All games were played at the Meehan Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island.


1965 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
This is the first time the NCAA tournament did not have a participant that appeared in the previous season's meeting.


1965 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the WCHA tournament champion received automatic bids into the tournament. Two at-large bids were offered to one eastern and one western team based upon both their tournament finish as well as their regular season record.


1965 NCAA University Division Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the Meehan Auditorium. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.


1965 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1965 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 17−19 at the 43rd annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate University Division outdoor track and field events in the United States.


1965 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships
For the first time, the NCAA hosted a separate championship just for indoor track and field events. The inaugural event was contested at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan and won by Missouri. Unlike the outdoor event in June, the indoor championship was contested during the NCAA's winter sports season.


1965 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships
This year's outdoor meet was hosted by the University of California at Edwards Stadium in Berkeley.


1965 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Oregon and USC finished tied in the team standings and were declared co-national champions; it was the Ducks' third title and the Trojans' twenty-third.


1965 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1965 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1965 at the Beyer Hall Pool at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa at the 42nd annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of University Division men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1965 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships
USC finished in first place in the team standings for the third consecutive year, edging out Indiana by six-and-a-half points. This was the Trojans' fourth title in program history (and fourth title in five years).


1965 NCAA University Division Tennis Championships
The 1965 NCAA University Division Tennis Championships were the 20th annual tournaments to determine the national champions of NCAA University Division men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1965 NCAA University Division Tennis Championships
UCLA captured the team championship, the Bruins' eighth such title. UCLA finished eighteen points ahead of Miami (FL) in the final team standings (31–13).


1965 NCAA University Division Tennis Championships, Host site
This year's tournaments were contested at the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California.


1965 NCAA University Division Tennis Championships, Team scoring
Until 1977, the men's team championship was determined by points awarded based on individual performances in the singles and doubles events.


1965 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships
The 1965 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships were the 35th NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships to be held. The University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming hosted the tournament at War Memorial Fieldhouse.


1965 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships
Iowa State was took home the team championship with 87 points and two individual champions.


1965 NCAA University Division Wrestling Championships
Yojiro Uetake of Oklahoma State was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler and Charles Tribble of Arizona State received the Gorriaran Award.


1965 NCAA University Division baseball rankings
The following poll makes up the 1965 NCAA University Division baseball rankings. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1965 NCAA University Division baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1965 season is available.


1965 NCAA University Division baseball season
The 1965 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1965. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1965 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the nineteenth time in 1965, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Arizona State claimed the championship.


1965 NCAA University Division baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1965 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 10 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.


1965 NCAA University Division baseball season, College World Series
The 1965 season marked the nineteenth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Arizona State claiming their first championship with a 2–1 win over Ohio State in the final.


1965 NCAA University Division football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1965 NCAA University Division football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1965 NCAA University Division football rankings, AP Poll
For the first time in its history, the final AP Poll was released in January, after the bowl games. This practice would not be repeated again for the next two seasons, but has been the standard since the 1968 season.


1965 NCAA University Division football rankings, AP Poll
The AP Poll ranked only the top ten teams from 1962 through 1967. Entering New Year's Day, the top three teams (Michigan State, Arkansas, Nebraska) were all 10–0, but all three lost.


1965 NCAA University Division football rankings, Final Coaches' poll
The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, in late November.Michigan State received 28 of the 35 first-place votes; Arkansas received five and Nebraska two.


1965 NCAA University Division football season
During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A. The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of "wire service" (AP and UPI) polls. The "writers' poll" by Associated Press (AP) was the most popular, followed by the "coaches' poll" by United Press International) (UPI). Prior to 1965, both services issued their final polls at the close of the regular season, but before teams competed in bowl games. For the 1965 season, the AP took its final poll after the postseason games, an arrangement made permanent in 1968. The Associated Press presented the "AP Trophy" to the winner.


1965 NCAA University Division football season
The AP poll in 1965 consisted of the votes of 55 sportswriters, each of whom would give their opinion of the ten best teams. Under a point system of ten points for first place, nine for second, etc., the "overall" ranking was determined. In the preseason poll for 1965, the writers cast first place votes for nine different teams, and the range of points between the highest six finishers ranged from 252 to 311 points. Nebraska was first, followed by Texas, Notre Dame, Michigan, Alabama, and Arkansas. As the regular season progressed, new polls were issued weekly on Mondays.


1965 NCAA University Division football season
At season's end, Michigan State, Arkansas, and Nebraska were all unbeaten at 10–0. As champions of their respective conferences (Big Ten, Southwest, and Big Eight), they played in three separate bowl games (Rose, Cotton, and Orange) on New Year's Day. Arkansas and Michigan State lost during the day, and Alabama defeated Nebraska at night in Miami. In the final poll, taken after the bowls, Alabama was crowned the national champion by the Associated Press. The Crimson Tide had been first in both final polls at the end of the 1964 regular season and crowned as national champions, but lost the Orange Bowl.


1965 NCAA University Division football season
In addition to 1964 and 1965, the UPI national champions in 1970 and 1973 also lost their respective bowl games. Beginning with the 1974 season, the UPI released its final poll after the bowls.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, The AP Regular Season Poll
In the preseason poll released on September 13, the top five teams were from different conferences. First place was the Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big 8) followed by Texas (Southwest), independent Notre Dame, Michigan of the Big Ten and Alabama from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Arkansas, the SWC rival to Texas, was No. 6, followed by USC from the AAWU (later Pacific-8, Pac-10, and now Pac-12).


1965 NCAA University Division football season, September
In Week One (September 18) Alabama and USC both fell out of the Top Ten. USC played Minnesota to a 20–20 tie on a Friday night game in Los Angeles while No. 5 Alabama narrowly lost to Georgia, 18–17. No. 1 Nebraska beat Texas Christian (TCU) at home, 34–14. No. 2 Texas shut out Tulane 31–0 in a game which was shifted from New Orleans to Austin due to the devastation of Hurricane Betsy across the Crescent City. No. 3 Notre Dame crushed California 48–6 at Berkeley, and No. 4 Michigan won 31–24 at North Carolina. Following the 48–6 win, Notre Dame rose to No. 1 in the next poll, Nebraska and Texas fell to 2nd and 3rd, Michigan stayed at fourth and Arkansas (which had beaten Oklahoma State 28–14) was fifth. Michigan State defeated UCLA 13–3 at East Lansing and was seventh.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, September
On September 25, No. 1 Notre Dame stayed in Indiana as it lost to No. 6 Purdue 25–21 at West Lafayette. No. 2 Nebraska won 27–17 over Air Force in Colorado Springs, and No. 3 Texas beat Texas Tech 33–7. No. 4 Michigan barely won over unranked California 10–7 and No. 5 Arkansas 20–12 defeated Tulsa.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, September
In next poll, Texas, Purdue and Nebraska had had 15, 14 and 13 first place votes in a tight race for No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3. Arkansas rose to fourth, while the LSU Tigers, coming from a 42–14 win over Rice, placed fifth. Michigan State rose to sixth, while Michigan and Notre Dame fell to seventh and eighth place respectively.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, October
October 2, No. 1 Texas hosted Indiana and won 27–12; Purdue played SMU to a 14–14 tie in Dallas. No. 3 Nebraska shut out Iowa State 44–0, while No. 4 Arkansas blanked TCU 28–0. In an SEC matchup at Gainesville, visiting No. 5 LSU fell to the Florida Gators 14–7. No. 10 Georgia beat No. 7 Michigan 15–7 in Ann Arbor and climbed into the top five, while Michigan State beat Illinois at home, 22–12. The next poll was 1.Texas 2.Nebraska 3.Arkansas 4.Georgia and 5.Michigan State


1965 NCAA University Division football season, October
In October 9 play, all five of the top teams remained unbeaten. No. 1 Texas shut out Oklahoma, 19–0 at Dallas. No. 2 Nebraska held visiting Wisconsin scoreless 37–0. No. 3 Arkansas won at Baylor 38–7 and No. 4 Georgia beat Clemson at home, 23–9. No. 5 Michigan State followed Georgia's visit to Ann Arbor with one of its own, beating Michigan 24–7. The Spartans and Bulldogs traded places in the next poll, which was 1.Texas 2.Nebraska 3.Arkansas 4.Michigan State 5.Georgia


1965 NCAA University Division football season, October
On October 16 the No. 1 Texas met the No. 3 Arkansas at Fayetteville in a Southwest Conference matchup between the two 4–0 teams and Arkansas won, 27–24. Meanwhile, No. 2 Nebraska recorded its third straight shutout, a 41–0 win at Kansas State. In a game that ultimately decided the Big Ten title, No. 4 Michigan State beat Ohio State 32–7, and No. 5 Georgia lost 10–3 to Florida State at Tallahassee. Arkansas was the new No. 1 in the poll that followed, followed by Michigan State and Nebraska. The USC Trojans, who had beaten Stanford 14–0 and remained unbeaten (4–0–1) were No. 4 while Texas dropped from first to fifth.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, October
October 23: The No. 1 Arkansas defeated North Texas State 55–20 at Little Rock, No. 2 Michigan State won 14–10 at Purdue, and No. 3 Nebraska beat Colorado 38–13. No. 4 USC fell 28–7 to No. 7 Notre Dame at South Bend, and No. 5 Texas lost its second straight game, falling 20–17 to Rice. After its 4–0 start, the Longhorns  finished the season at 6–4. In the next poll, Michigan State received fewer first place votes than Arkansas, but had seven more points overall, 473–466, while Nebraska was third. The three teams were the last to remain unbeaten, all with 6–0 records. Notre Dame was fourth, and LSU, 5–1 after beating South Carolina 21–7, rose from ninth to fifth.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, October
October 30 No. 1 Michigan State overwhelmed Northwestern 49–7 at home in East Lansing. Playing in Little Rock, No. 2 Arkansas shut out Texas A&M 31–0. No. 3 Nebraska won a close one, 16–14, at Missouri and No. 4 Notre Dame won 29–3 over Navy. No. 5 LSU was shut out at home by Mississippi, 23–0. Meanwhile, No. 10 Alabama beat Mississippi State 10–7 at Jackson to take LSU's place at No. 5. The top four  stayed the same: 1.Michigan State 2.Arkansas 3.Nebraska 4.Notre Dame 5.Alabama.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, November
On November 6, No. 1 Michigan State won 35–0 win at Iowa, No. 2 Arkansas won 31–0 at Rice, and No. 3 Nebraska won 42–6 over Kansas. All three remained unbeaten, with 8–0 records. No. 4 Notre Dame rolled over host Pittsburgh 69–13, and No. 5 Alabama won 31–7 at LSU to take the SEC title.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, November
November 13  The top three extended their records to 9–0. No. 1 Michigan State beat Indiana 27–13 to guarantee itself the Big Ten title and the trip to Pasadena. No. 2 Arkansas beat SMU 24–3 at Dallas, with only one game left in SWC play, a match against second place Texas Tech. No. 3 Nebraska had a surprisingly difficult game against 1–6 Oklahoma State, winning 21–17 at Stillwater. No. 4 Notre Dame shut out visiting North Carolina, 17–0, and No. 5 Alabama beat South Carolina 35–14 at home.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, November
November 20: With its Big Ten title assured, No. 1 Michigan State visited its most difficult opponent yet, No. 4 Notre Dame, with hopes of finishing its season unbeaten. The Spartans won, 12–3. Though unbeaten, No. 2 Arkansas was only a game ahead of SWC rival Texas Tech (6–0 vs. 5–1) in conference play. The two met at Arkansas, and the Razorbacks beat the Red Raiders 42–24 to get a spot in the Cotton Bowl.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, November
In Los Angeles, No. 7 UCLA beat No. 6 USC 20–16 to win the AAWU (Pac-8) title and the right to meet Michigan State in the Rose Bowl. Unranked LSU destroyed Tulane 62–0 (the third time in the past eight meetings the Tigers defeated the Green Wave by that score) and earned the berth in the Cotton Bowl opposite Arkansas.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, November
Thanksgiving Day, No. 3 Nebraska beat Oklahoma at home in Lincoln, 21–9 to gain the Big 8 title and the Orange Bowl spot. No. 5 Alabama and Auburn University both met in their annual season closer at Birmingham on Saturday and the Crimson Tide beat the Tigers 30–3.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, November
On the following December 4 No. 4 UCLA lost to Tennessee 37–34 in a game marred by a questionable pass interference call and the clock stopping for no apparent reason during Tennessee's last minute drive. The next AP poll was 1.Michigan State 2.Arkansas 3.Nebraska 4.Alabama and 5.Tennessee. For the first time, the Associated Press made plans to take its final poll after the bowl games, as its top six teams were all playing on New Year's Day.


1965 NCAA University Division football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
The top three teams in the polls were upset, starting with LSU's 14–7 win over No. 2 Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl. Then came an even bigger stunner, as 13-point underdog UCLA bested top-ranked Michigan State in the Rose Bowl, 14–12. Trailing by eight points, Michigan State scored a touchdown in the final minute but the two-point conversion attempt to tie was stopped just short of the goal line. With the top two teams defeated, the Orange Bowl game that night between No. 3 Nebraska and No. 4 Alabama would determine the national champion. Alabama, led by QB Steve Sloan, beat Nebraska 39–28 to claim the national title. The final AP poll, released three days after the bowls, was No. 1 Alabama, No. 2 Michigan State, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 4 UCLA, and No. 5 Nebraska.


1965 NFL Championship Game
The 1965 National Football League Championship Game was the 33rd championship game for the National Football League (NFL), played on January 2, 1966, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This was the first NFL championship game played in January, televised in color, and the last one played before the Super Bowl era.


1965 NFL Championship Game
The game matched the Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Browns (11–3), the defending NFL champions, and the Green Bay Packers (10–3–1) of the Western Conference. A week earlier, the Packers defeated the Baltimore Colts in a tiebreaker Western Conference playoff at Lambeau Field, while the Browns were idle. The Packers were making their first appearance in the championship game in three years, since their consecutive wins in 1961 and 1962. Green Bay was relegated to the third place Playoff Bowl the previous two seasons, with a victory over the Browns and a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.


1965 NFL Championship Game
The home field for the NFL title game alternated between the conferences; in odd-numbered seasons, the Western team was the host. Home field advantage was not implemented in the NFL playoffs until 1975.


1965 NFL Championship Game
With the 23–12 victory, the Packers won their ninth NFL title, sixth in the championship game era.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game-day preparations
The Packers, coached by Vince Lombardi, featured Bart Starr, Paul Hornung, Jim Taylor, and Carroll Dale on offense, along with linemen Jerry Kramer, Forrest Gregg, and Fuzzy Thurston. Defensively, Green Bay showcased Herb Adderly, Ray Nitschke, Willie Davis, Willie Wood, and Dave Robinson.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game-day preparations
Cleveland, coached by Blanton Collier, had Jim Brown, WR's Gary Collins, Paul Warfield, guard Gene Hickerson and kicker Lou "The Toe" Groza on offense. Cleveland's defense however, during the regular season, allowed an average of 23.2 points and twice gave up 40+ points in losses to the lowly Cardinals and Rams.1


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game-day preparations
Despite a heavy snowstorm that blanketed the field, 50,777 hearty fans showed up in 26 °F (−3 °C) weather. A tarp covered the field until shortly before kickoff and a moderated wind of 12 mph (19 km/h) blew through Lambeau field.3 4 7 Intermittent rain fell during the game, later turning to light snow. The field initially had a thin covering of snow, but soon turned to mud for most of the game.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game-day preparations
Ticket prices for the game were ten and twelve dollars.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter
Tom Moore returned the opening kickoff to the Green Bay 23-yard line and the Packers wasted no time in moving the ball as Bart Starr, who had bruised ribs tightly taped, mixed running plays to Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung with short passes to both backs. After a Taylor 6-yard run up the middle to the Cleveland 47, Starr faked to Hornung and lofted a pass to Carroll Dale at the Cleveland 18. Starr slipped as he threw the ball but Cleveland's DB Walter Beach slid on the tricky surface while Dale kept his footing, adjusted to the underthrown ball and galloped into the end zone amid the frenzied cheers of the Green Bay faithful. Don Chandler's kick put GB in front, 7–0.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter
Cleveland took possession and immediately turned to Jim Brown. However instead of running, Brown circled out of the backfield and turned towards the right sideline where Frank Ryan hit him with a 30-yard pass despite good defense by linebacker Dave Robinson. Ryan continued passing hitting Warfield over the middle for 19 yards and Gary Collins on a square-out pattern near the right corner of the end zone for 17 yards and a touchdown. Green Bay fans responded by pelting Collins with snowballs. On the extra-point attempt, holder Bobby Franklin fumbled the snap, and Cleveland's kicker Lou Groza, who did not miss an extra point all year, picked up the errant ball and passed to Franklin. However Green Bay's Willie Wood promptly tackled him at the 5-yard line, keeping Green Bay ahead, 7–6.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter
After a short punt gave the Browns possession in Green Bay territory, Ryan passed to Warfield for 11 yards and Jim Brown ran for 5 more. On the play Brown jumped to the outside when he found the middle awash in green and yellow jerseys. Green Bay's strategy throughout the game would be to clog the middle forcing Brown to hesitate while looking for room to run. Brown took extra steps to cut on the wet field thus giving the GB defense time to catch up.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter
On 3rd down and 2, Ryan, instead of handing off to Brown, crossed up the defense and sent Warfield to the Post. Warfield beat safety Tom Brown and CB Doug Hart to the goal line but the ball was slightly overthrown and eluded Warfield's outstretched hands. On 4th down Lou Groza, the 41-year-old 6-foot 1-inch, 240 lb lineman whose career extended all the way back to the A.A.F.C., coolly kicked a 24-yard field goal to put Cleveland in front, 9–7.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, First quarter
After the Packers took over on their own 23, Taylor was tackled for a yard loss. Starr attempted a pass to Hornung and the Browns were flagged for defensive holding, resulting in a first down at the Green Bay 27. Jerry Kramer escorted Paul Hornung around left end on the Packers sweep, picking up 34 yards. Bart Starr passed to Boyd Dowler for 11 yards and Taylor gained 7 off tackle. Taylor made a first down at the 17. Hornung gained four yards on a sweep, this time led by Fuzzy Thurston. Taylor gained four and another run by Hornung gave Green Bay a first down at the Cleveland 6 as the first quarter ended.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter
Taylor gained 3, but Cleveland's defense stuffed Hornung and then sacked Starr. Don Chandler kicked a 15-yard field goal, making it 10–9, GB.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter
With 7:42 left in the 2nd period, and Jim Brown unable to make headway, Cleveland's Frank Ryan again attempted to go deep to Warfield. The speedy Warfield, who had been sidelined by injury and caught only 3 passes all year, was now covered by GB defensive back Bob Jeter, replacing Doug Hart. Jeter's speed enabled him to keep up with Warfield and he batted away Ryan's pass at the Cleveland 43. On 3rd down and 10, Ryan threw a quick pass to Leroy Kelly who was streaking up the right sideline.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter
The ball was underthrown and GB's Willie Wood made a spectacular play tipping the ball to himself and returning the interception to the Cleveland 9 yard-line. Helped by a motion penalty against Paul Hornung (who misheard the snap count in the huddle), Cleveland's defense rose to the occasion and held the Packers to a 23-yard field goal by Chandler, extending the Packer lead to 13–9.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter
With the clock winding down, Cleveland took over on their own 16 yard line. Field conditions were rapidly deteriorating, as Frank Ryan sent Jim Brown around left end on Cleveland's own version of the sweep and Brown tip-toed his way for 9 yards. Ryan then sent Brown sweeping around the right end. Cleveland's HOF guard Gene Hickerson led the way giving Brown room to find good footing and sprint down the sideline for 15 yards. After an incomplete pass and the middle of the field turning into a quagmire, Ryan sent Brown on a pitchout around left end. Brown found good traction near the sideline and picked 8 more yards. On 3rd down Brown again tried sweeping around the right, but the Green Bay defense swarmed over him for a loss, forcing Cleveland to punt.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter
Green Bay took over deep in their own territory where Bart Starr committed one of the few mistakes of a Lombardi coached team. On 3rd down, Starr faked a run but overthrew Hornung who was open along the left sideline. Walter Beach intercepted, toe tapping the sideline to give Cleveland the ball at the Green Bay 30 yard line. This was the only Green Bay turnover in the game.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Second quarter
Frank Ryan looked downfield but threw incomplete to Collins, double covered at the goal line. Ryan's next pass attempt went awry as Ray Nitschke charged up the middle on a blitz forcing Ryan out of the pocket, where he was sacked by Dave Robinson. Ryan then completed a pass to Brown on the left flat and Brown angled towards the sideline but was stopped at the Green Bay 21 by Nitschke and Jeter, 1 yard short of the first down. Groza's 28-yard field goal sent the teams into halftime at 13–12, GB.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter
The second half was dominated by Green Bay as the weather brought more snow, fog, mud, and less wide open play. The Packers' ball control offense began to assert itself.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter
Cleveland made no headway at the start of the half and punted. Green Bay's Elijah Pitts carried the punt backwards for −10 yards, and the Packers were forced to start from their own 10-yard line. The Packers methodically marched down field as Forrest Gregg, Fuzzy Thurston, Ken Bowman and Jerry Kramer all made room for Taylor and Hornung to run. Hornung carried for 6 yards, Taylor for 8, Taylor left for 7 yards, and Taylor again for a 1st down to the Cleveland 46.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter
A pass was complete to Taylor in the left flat for 10 yards, then Hornung slipped outside the right tackle for 20 yards. After a short gain by Taylor the 11-play, 90 yard drive culminated as Paul Hornung followed Jerry Kramer on a 13-yard TD sweep around left end. The play captured from an end zone ground level camera is on what seems like every Packer highlight reel.6  Chandler's point made the score 20–12, GB.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter
Fog rolled in as Cleveland looked to come back. With a 1st down on their own 31, Ryan scrambled for 8 yards and the Packers' LeRoy Caffey was flagged for a 15-yard face mask penalty, one of only three penalties on the day for the Packers. Jim Brown however was unable to find any running room and Ryan continued to pass, hitting Collins for 11 yards. From the Packer 27 he looked for Brown in the end zone.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter
The pass was catchable but Ray Nitschke made a great effort to stretch and barely knock the wet ball out of Brown's hands. Cleveland would not threaten the goal line the rest of the day. Ryan's next attempt slipped out of his hand. He managed to recover the loose ball and Groza was brought in for the field goal attempt. Henry Jordan however, broke through the Cleveland line and deflected Groza's kick which bounced harmlessly into the end zone.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Third quarter
Starting from the Packer 20, Taylor ran for a yard. Starr's pass to tight end Bill Anderson missed, but on third down Starr hit Carroll Dale who was brought down by Bernie Parrish at the 34. Taylor picked up 4 and 6 yards on two carries for another first down at the GB 44 as the quarter ended.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
As the quarter opened, Hornung tried a halfback option pass to Dale that missed at the Cleveland 25. Starr then slipped on the muddy turf as he retreated to pass, but regained his balance and threw a strike to wide open Boyd Dowler over the middle. Dowler was tackled at the Cleveland 38. Taylor ran for 3 yards, 6 yards, then dove for the first down. Frank Gifford remarked on the CBS telecast that Taylor was "running like a demon here today." After another 4 yard gain Taylor went to the sidelines for a breather. The Packer drive stalled at the Cleveland 22-yard line and Chandler kicked his third field goal from 29 yards out, bringing Lombardi and the Packers one step closer to their 3rd championship as a unit.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Cleveland had one last chance when Leroy Kelly took Chandler's ensuing kickoff and promptly angled towards the right sideline. At midfield, Chandler, the kicker, was the last player in Kelly's path. Kelly tried to cut back but Chandler held his ground and dropped Kelly on the muddy turf with an ankle tackle at the Packer 47. With good field position, Cleveland could not move the ball and punted again after Willie Davis sacked Ryan on third down.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Game summary, Fourth quarter
The Packers also failed to move the ball, but Chandler was hit by Cleveland's Ralph Smith after punting from the end zone. The roughing penalty gave GB a first down and another opportunity to run down the clock. The Packers continued to run Taylor (27 carries on the day for 96 yds) and Hornung (18 carries for 105 yds) to control the ball and chew up time. After the two minute warning the Packers punted again, and a last minute interception by Herb Adderley at the Packer 26 sealed Cleveland's fate.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Officials
The NFL added a sixth game official in 1965, the line judge. The side judge was added thirteen years later in 1978.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Players' shares
The Packer players each received $7,500 and the Brown players about $4,600 each. This was slightly lower than the previous year, which had a much higher attendance (79,544) in the larger Cleveland Municipal Stadium.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Players' shares
Packer fullback Jim Taylor was named the game's outstanding player by Sport magazine and received a 1966 Chevrolet Corvette. He followed teammates Paul Hornung (1961) and linebacker Ray Nitschke (1962) as winners of the award.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Vince Lombardi–Jim Brown
Vince Lombardi proved to be a master tactician by stressing a ball control offense, assigning Nitschke to shadow Brown all day, and switching defensive assignments when Warfield was getting open early in the game. The Packers ran the ball 47 times for 204 yards 7 on the day while holding Cleveland to just 38 total offensive plays. Lombardi coached the team to stop Jim Brown and force Cleveland's other players to step up and try to win the game. 6 The strategy worked as the Packers gained twice as many yards from scrimmage as the Browns.


1965 NFL Championship Game, Vince Lombardi–Jim Brown
This was Brown's last NFL game, as he left at the top of his game (9 seasons) to pursue an acting career in Hollywood.9  Brown, who had carried his team to an NFL title in 1964, would have no regrets, despite the fact that he was still a month shy of 30 years old. He had one year remaining (1966) on a three-year contract, and officially announced his retirement 6½ months later in mid-July.


1965 NFL Draft
The 1965 National Football League draft was held at the Summit Hotel in New York City on Saturday, November 28, 1964. The first player selected was Tucker Frederickson, back from Auburn, by the New York Giants.


1965 NFL Draft
The draft was marked by the failure of the St. Louis Cardinals to sign quarterback Joe Namath of Alabama, who went with the New York Jets of the American Football League. The AFL draft was held the same day.


1965 NFL Draft, Hall of Famers
Five members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were taken in the 1965 NFL draft:


1965 NFL playoffs
The 1965 NFL playoffs determined the champion of the National Football League in professional American football for its 1965 season. Although a single championship game between conference winners was the current format for the league, a tie in the Western Conference standings between the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts necessitated an unscheduled tiebreaker playoff, the first in the league in seven years and the first in the Western conference since 1957. A coin flip decided the home team. The teams had played twice during the regular season and Green Bay had won both: 20–17 in Milwaukee on September 26, and 42–27 in Baltimore on December 12.


1965 NFL playoffs
Both teams were hampered on offense without their starting quarterbacks. Colts Johnny Unitas and Gary Cuozzo were both sidelined with injuries, and newly-signed replacements Ed Brown and George Haffner were ruled ineligible by the league owners, so fifth-year running back Tom Matte, a quarterback in college at Ohio State, led the Baltimore attack, backed up by defensive back Bobby Boyd. Packer QB Bart Starr was injured (ribs) on the first play, so veteran Zeke Bratkowski played the rest of the game, backed up by halfback Paul Hornung and safety Willie Wood.


1965 NFL playoffs
Tied at ten points at the end of regulation, the game went into overtime for over thirteen minutes; at the time, it was the longest game in NFL history. Green Bay kicker Don Chandler made a controversial field goal late in regulation (22 yards), and then the winning FG in overtime (25 yards).


1965 NFL playoffs
Although the championship game was played in 1966 on January 2, it is recognized as part of the 1965 NFL season. It was the latest date for an NFL Championship Game to that point, and the first time in league history that the game was held after all of the college bowl games.


1965 NFL playoffs
The Playoff Bowl (a consolation game between the conference runners-up) for the 1965 season took place in Miami on January 9, 1966, the Sunday following the NFL championship game. With Matte at quarterback, the Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys 35–3; the rusty Cowboys' previous game was three weeks earlier, on December 19. This capped a season where the Western Conference won 15 out of 16 interconference games against the Eastern Conference, including the championship game and Playoff Bowl.


1965 NFL playoffs
The tiebreaker playoff between Green Bay and Baltimore was the last for the NFL; the league expanded to sixteen teams in four divisions in 1967 and a point differential was introduced to break ties. It was used that year in the Coastal Division, where Baltimore (11–1–2) tied with Los Angeles for the best overall record in the league, but was left out of the postseason, which consisted of the four division winners only; the wild card team was introduced in 1970 with the realignment of the AFL–NFL merger. The American Football League (AFL) had two tiebreaker playoff games, the last in 1968.


1965 NFL season
The 1965 NFL season was the 46th regular season of the National Football League. The Green Bay Packers won the NFL title after defeating the Cleveland Browns in the championship game, the last before the Super Bowl era.


1965 NFL season, War with the AFL
The NFL's war with the rival American Football League began to increase as the two leagues competed for the top players coming out of college. Prior to the season, both the NFL's Chicago Bears and the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs selected running back Gale Sayers in their respective league drafts. Sayers eventually decided to sign with the NFL's Bears in a victory for the established league. On the other hand, quarterback Joe Namath was selected by both the NFL's St. Louis Cardinals and the AFL's New York Jets, but Namath decided to play for the Jets after signing a $427,000 contract for three years.


1965 NFL season, War with the AFL
This war between the AFL and the NFL would escalate until just before the 1966 season, when they would agree to merge and create a new AFL-NFL World Championship Game between the winners of the two leagues, that later would be known as the Super Bowl.


1965 NFL season, Draft
The 1965 NFL Draft was held on November 28, 1964 at New York City's Summit Hotel. With the first pick, the New York Giants selected back Tucker Frederickson from Auburn University.


1965 NFL season, Conference races
Each team played each of the six other teams in its conference twice. In addition, each team played two of the seven teams from the other conference to complete the 14 game schedule. Thus each week's schedule included 6 intra-conference games (3 from each conference) and one inter-conference game. In 1965 the Western Conference dominated the Eastern winning 13 out of the 14 interconference games. The lone win for the Eastern Conference was a 39–31 victory by Dallas over San Francisco in week eight.


1965 NFL season, Conference races
As in 1964, the Eastern Conference race started out as a battle between the Cardinals and the Browns. By Week Five (October 17), both had 4–1–0 records, but the Cards won only one more game after that, finishing 5–9. The Browns won all seven of their remaining divisional games during the same stretch, losing only their two inter-conference games against Western opponents. The Browns had clinched the conference title by November 28.


1965 NFL season, Conference races
In the Western race, Green Bay won its first six games before a 31–10 loss at Chicago on Halloween put it in a tie with the Baltimore Colts. In Week Eight (November 7), the Packers lost again, 12–7 to Detroit, while the Colts beat Chicago 26–21. Both teams won their next two games, but in Week Eleven, the Packers lost 21–10 to the Rams, and the Colts averted a loss by tying the Lions, 24–24. In Week Twelve, Green Bay closed the gap with a 24–19 win over the Vikings, while the Colts fell to Chicago, losing the game (13–0) and their star quarterback, Johnny Unitas, to a knee injury.


1965 NFL season, Conference races
With backup Gary Cuozzo passing for the Colts, they met the Packers again, in Baltimore, on December 12, and Paul Hornung scored five touchdowns as Green Bay won, 42–27, to take a half-game division lead, 10–3 to 9–3–1. Along with the conference lead, the Colts lost another quarterback when Cuozzo was injured. In the final weekend, the Colts were in Los Angeles for a Saturday game that they had to win, but were losing 17–10. A tying touchdown by fourth-string quarterback Ed Brown helped the Colts knot the game 17–17, but a tie wasn't enough.


1965 NFL season, Conference races
It took Lou Michaels' field goal to get a 20–17 win and a 10–3–1 record. A Green Bay win the next day in San Francisco would have ended the race, and the Packers leading and were slightly more than a minute away from the title game, but the 49ers tied the game, 24–24, with 1:07 to play. Both Green Bay and Baltimore had 10–3–1 records, forcing a playoff for the day after Christmas.


1965 NFL season, Final standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1965 NFL season, Playoffs
Because the Green Bay Packers and Baltimore Colts ended up tied in the Western Conference standings after the regular season ended, a conference playoff game was held in Green Bay at Lambeau Field. Although the Packers had defeated the Colts in both of their games in 1965, there were no tiebreaking rules at the time.


1965 NFL season, Playoffs
In the playoff game, both Colts starting quarterback Johnny Unitas and backup Gary Cuozzo could not play, so Baltimore was forced to use Tom Matte, normally a running back, as quarterback. (Matte played the position in college at Ohio State.) Packer quarterback Bart Starr was injured on the first play from scrimmage and did not return to the game, relieved by Zeke Bratkowski. Green Bay's Don Chandler kicked a 27-yard field goal with less than two minutes remaining to tie the game and it went to overtime. Chandler kicked the game-winning 25-yard field goal after 13 minutes, 39 seconds of extra time. The following week at Lambeau, Starr returned and the Packers defeated the Cleveland Browns in the NFL championship game, the last before the Super Bowl era.


1965 NFL season, Playoffs
The Playoff Bowl was between the conference runners-up, for third place in the league. This was its sixth year (of ten) and it was played a week after the title game.


1965 NFL season, Stadium changes
The home of the Green Bay Packers, City Stadium, is renamed Lambeau Field in memory of team founder, player, and head coach Curly Lambeau


1965 NHL Amateur Draft
The 1965 NHL Amateur Draft was the third NHL Entry Draft. It was a draft to assign unaffilated amateur junior-age players to NHL teams. It was held on April 27, 1965, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1965 NHL Amateur Draft
For the first time the eligibility rules were changed for the 1965 draft. The minimum age criterion was increased, to 18 from 16 years. Clubs were not permitted to begin negotiations with the selected players until they reached 19 years of age, and the date from which they were ineligible due to being on club sponsorship lists was pushed back from May 23 to April 1.


1965 NHL Amateur Draft
The NHL also reached an agreement with the AHL, CHL and WHL, allowing their clubs to participate in the draft. After the NHL clubs made their selections the clubs from the other three leagues were permitted to make their own selections. Each AHL and WHL club was allowed three picks, while each CHL team was allowed two.


1965 NHL Amateur Draft
The general consensus on the part of each participatory club was that the talent pool from which to draft was exceptionally poor. The majority of amateur players falling within the new age rules had already been sponsored, if not turned professional. A paltry 11 picks were made, which to this date remains the lowest ever in an NHL draft. Only two players played in the NHL: Pierre Bouchard and Michel Parizeau.


1965 NHL Amateur Draft
The pool of available player talent was considered so poor that the Toronto Maple Leafs elected not to participate whatsoever. The only non-NHL club to exercise their right to make a selection was the Pittsburgh Hornets of the AHL, who picked Junior C player Gary Beattie with the 11th, final pick.


1965 NHL Amateur Draft, Selections by round
Below are listed the selections in the 1965 NHL amateur draft.


1965 NSWRFL season
The 1965 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 58th season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Ten clubs from across the city competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield and the WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between St. George and South Sydney.


1965 NSWRFL season
The 1965 season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Norm Provan.


1965 NSWRFL season, Teams
58th seasonGround: Leichhardt Oval Coach: Harry Bath Captain: Keith Barnes


1965 NSWRFL season, Teams
58th seasonGround: Sydney Sports GroundCoach: Bert Holcroft Captain: Frank Drake


1965 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
In 1965, the Sydney Cricket Ground could accommodate 70,000. With capacity already reached two hours before kick-off the SCG staff closed the gates and posted an attendance figure of just over 78,000, a ground record that still stands as of 2016 and with changes to the venue in the years since resulting in a decreased capacity of 48,000 is unlikely to be broken. Meanwhile, the surrounding streets and parklands were packed with an estimated 40,000 people who were still trying to get into a ground.


1965 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Hundreds chose to break in by storming the Members gates and proceeded to climb the grandstands, perching themselves on the roofs. Scores more bought tickets to the Motor Show which was being held next door in the Royal Showground. From here they took up vantage points on the Showground Pavilions with good views of the SCG pitch. After consultation the police allowed thousands to sit on the ground itself, covering the outer ring of the oval.


1965 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
At 3pm, St George captain-coach Norm Provan, the last player from the Dragons' 1956 premiership-winning side, led his team onto the field in what would be his final match before retiring. Souths had already beaten Saints twice in 1965 and the huge crowd that attended were either looking to see the milestone 10th successive win or to see the dominant run halted. The St George team, with an average age of 27, faced a real threat from their younger South Sydney rivals whose average age was 22.


1965 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Rabbitohs fullback, Kevin Longbottom opened the scoring with a 55-yard penalty goal in the 20th minute – the kick receiving applause from St. George fullback Graeme Langlands. St George replied with a Billy Smith try. Langlands and Longbottom exchanged penalty goals with both players booting the ball more than 50 yards. It was a tough encounter with fiery forward charges from Provan, Johnny Raper and Kevin Ryan. The scrums in particular were no place for the faint-hearted, and Ryan was being unsettled by the Souths' front row of Jim Morgan and John O'Neill.


1965 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
In one scrum, after seeing Rabbitohs hooker Fred Anderson reaching into the tunnel, Ryan stood on Anderson, raked him back and proceeded to walk over him. The Dragons pack surged forward, forcing Anderson along the ground through the St George second row and out the back of the scrum. The 'keelhauled' Anderson sat dazed and bleeding on the ground with the ball still in hand.


1965 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
The second half began with more penalty goals to Langlands and Longbottom. Souths' lock Ron Coote kept his side in the match with two brilliant try-saving tackles. With 13 minutes to go, Johnny King scored, continuing his amazing record of scoring tries in six successive Grand Finals. Souths' Eric Simms kicked a penalty goal, giving them some hope but Saints held their line and at full-time the score was 12–8. St George had won their tenth consecutive Grand Final and Provan bowed out victorious. At the sounding of the full-time siren, the SCG was invaded by thousands of fans and the ground became a sea of people – any chance of a victory lap was soon forgotten. Kevin Ryan was named Man of the Match.


1965 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Some records were set in the 1965 Grand Final. The attendance of 78,056 is the record for a rugby league match at the SCG and for thirty four years, until the Sydney Olympic Stadium was opened in 1999, this stood as the highest attendance at a rugby league match in Australia. Norm Provan's ten premiership wins achieved that day stands as the most number of grand final successes by a player. He also holds equal first place with his St George team-mate Brian Clay for the highest number of grand final appearances. Clay's ten appearances include two losses in 1954 and 1955 with Newtown.


1965 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
South Sydney 8 ( Goals: Longbottom 3, Simms.). Crowd 78,056


1965 National Challenge Cup
The 1965 National Challenge Cup was the 52nd edition of the USSFA's annual open soccer championship. The New York Ukrainians defeated the Chicago Hansa to win.


1965 National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament was originated by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association in 1938. Responsibility for its administration was transferred two years later to local colleges, first known as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Committee and in 1948, as the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Basketball Association (MIBA), which comprised representatives from five New York City schools: Fordham University, Manhattan College, New York University, St. John's University, and Wagner College. Originally all of the teams qualifying for the tournament were invited to New York City, and all games were played at Madison Square Garden.


1965 National Invitation Tournament
The tournament originally consisted of only six teams, which later expanded to eight teams in 1941, 12 teams in 1949, 14 teams in 1965, 16 teams in 1968, 24 teams in 1979, 32 teams in 1980, and 40 teams from 2002 through 2006. In 2007, the tournament reverted to the current 32-team format.


1965 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 14 teams selected for the tournament.


1965 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1965 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Bill Elias.


1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1965 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big Eight Conference in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1965 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Vasas SC won the championship.


1965 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
The 1965 Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the 15th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.


1965 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1965 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1965 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC). The Wolf Pack were led by seventh-year head coach Dick Trachok and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.


1965 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 1964 season 1–9 and 1–4 in FWC play to finish in fifth place.


1965 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1965 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. They were led by first year head coach Andy Mooradian and completed their year with zero wins and eight losses, finishing in last place in the Yankee Conference. Mooradian did not coach another season at New Hampshire.


1965 New Jersey State Senate election
The 1965 New Jersey State Senate elections were held on November 2.


1965 New Jersey State Senate election
The elections were the first held after the Supreme Court's Reynolds v. Sims decision, which held that New Jersey's single-seat county apportionment was unconstitutional. The ruling forced New Jersey to grant multiple seats to its largest counties (and eventually, switch to single-member districts that did not follow county lines).


1965 New Jersey State Senate election
The election also coincided with a landslide re-election victory for Democratic Governor Richard J. Hughes.


1965 New Jersey State Senate election
The result was a majority for the Democratic Party, the first since 1915.


1965 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
Until 1965, the New Jersey State Senate was composed of 21 Senators, with each county electing one Senator. After the U.S. Supreme Court decision Reynolds v. Sims required legislative districts to be approximately equal in population (a principle known as "one man, one vote"), New Jersey entered a decade-long period of redistricting.


1965 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
The overall effect of the redistricting was to reduce representation for rural counties and increase representation for more populous urban counties, bringing the per person population closer to parity.


1965 New Jersey State Senate election, Background, Redistricting
In 1965, the Senate was increased to 29 members, with larger counties given multiple seats and some smaller counties sharing one or two Senators:


1965 New Jersey gubernatorial election
The 1965 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1965. Incumbent Democrat Richard J. Hughes defeated Republican nominee Wayne Dumont with 57.39% of the vote.


1965 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1965 New Mexico Lobos football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Mexico in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth season under head coach Bill Weeks, the Lobos compiled a 3–7 record (2–3 against WAC opponents) and were outscored, 226 to 127.


1965 New Mexico Lobos football team
Quarterback Stan Quintana and Dave Hettema were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included Quintana with 444 passing yards, Carl Jackson with 665 rushing yards and 60 points scored, and Woody Dame with 198 receiving yards.


1965 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The 1965 New Mexico State Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico State University as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth year under head coach Warren B. Woodson, the Aggies compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 236 to 153. The team played its four home games at Memorial Stadium in Las Cruces, New Mexico.


1965 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Sal Olivas with 594 passing yards, running back Jim Bohl with 1,191 rushing yards, and wide receiver Hartwell Menefee with 571 receiving yards.


1965 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The crowd of 29,052 that attended the October 2 rivalry game with Texas Western was the largest to attend a sporting event in El Paso, Texas, up to that date. The following month, the crowd of 17,500 that attended the rivalry game with New Mexico was the largest to attend a football game in Las Cruces.


1965 New Orleans mayoral election
The New Orleans mayoral election of 1965 resulted in the re-election of Victor Schiro to his second full term as Mayor of New Orleans. No runoff was needed, as Schiro received over 50% of the vote. Elections were held on November 6.


1965 New Orleans mayoral election, Results
Gerald J. Gallinghouse withdrew before the primary to endorse Fitzmorris.


1965 New South Wales state election
The 1965  New South Wales  state election  was held on 1 May 1965. It  was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and  was held on boundaries created at a 1961 redistribution. The election was for all of the 94 seats in the  Legislative Assembly.


1965 New South Wales state election, Issues
In May 1965, Labor had been in power for 24 years and 56-year-old Jack Renshaw, who had been seen as a generational change for the party leadership, had been premier for one year. Yet Renshaw had difficulty adjusting to a televised campaign; and his manner, the result of spending much of his early life in remote New South Wales, had limited appeal to urban voters. The longevity of the government was an issue promoted by the opposition which described it as being composed of "tired old men"; indeed, six members of Renshaw's cabinet were 65 years old or older, and most of them had been in cabinet during Labor's entire 24-year run in government.


1965 New South Wales state election, Issues
Continuing cost overruns and construction delays at the Sydney Opera House made problematic the Renshaw government's claims of sound economic management. Causing further damage were accusations that the Speaker, Ray Maher, had indecently exposed himself to a staff member. This scandal disrupted the start of the government's campaign.


1965 New South Wales state election, Issues
Moreover the government's keynote policy of releasing large tracts of land in Sydney for residential development was leaked to the opposition, which then claimed the plan as its own policy. The ALP continued to have an ideological difficulty matching the Opposition's promises of state aid for non-government schools, and this was the most decisive issue in the election. Other government policies included increased high school bursaries, measures to reduce unfair trading, reduced power costs, increased sick leave and reform of Workers' Compensation schemes.


1965 New South Wales state election, Issues
In contrast to Renshaw, Robert Askin (who had been the leader of the conservative coalition since 1959) was skilled in his use of television and put forward a positive program. This included promises for non-government schools included free transport, library grants, low interest loans, textbook subsidies and bursaries. Askin accused Renshaw's administration of having allowed the transport infrastructure of the state to decay. Also, Askin pledged that if he won the election,  he would order improvements to the Illawarra and Eastern Suburbs rail lines. He promised to integrate the state's bus and train fares and reduce suburban rail costs. Motor registry costs would be reduced and better rent control was to be introduced for pensioners. Askin, in addition, promised to recruit more police, and provide more resources for mental health and district hospitals.


1965 New South Wales state election, Results
Prior to the election, Independent Frank Purdue had gained the seat of Waratah from the Labor Party  at a by-election caused by the death of Edward Greaves. Sam Jones regained the seat for Labor at the general election.


1965 New South Wales state election, Results
Despite a strong swing of more than 5% to the Coalition, the result of the election remained in doubt for two weeks. The effects of a long incumbency bolstered by the cumulative effects of a number of re-distributions limited Labor's losses to nine seats. In several of these the margin of defeat was less than 300 votes. In the final result the Coalition had 47 seats, one short of a majority.


1965 New South Wales state election, Results
However, it could rely on the support of two conservative independents--Douglas Darby, a former Liberal who was subsequently readmitted to the party room, and Harold Coates, who had won the seat of Hartley. After providing a Speaker, the coalition was able to form a government with a three-seat majority in the Assembly, ending 24 years and eight terms of Labor government.


1965 New South Wales state election, Results
The DLP contested 28 seats and, while it gained less than 2.5% of the statewide primary vote, its preferences strongly favoured the coalition and were vital to its success. The Communist party was reduced to 13 candidates who received negligible support.


1965 New South Wales state election, Seats changing party representation
This table lists changes in party representation since the 1965 election


1965 New South Wales state election, Tabulated Results
New South Wales state election, 1 May 1965Legislative Assembly << 1962–1968 >>


1965 New South Wales state election, Aftermath
Robert Askin and Charles Cutler became Premier and Deputy Premier in New South Wales' first conservative government for 24 years. Renshaw became Leader of the Opposition, a post he held throughout the term of the parliament. During this parliament there were 3 by-elections. These resulted in the Country party gaining one seat from Labor and one seat from the Liberal Party.


1965 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1965 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 29 December 1964 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1965.


1965 New Year Honours
At this time honours for Australians were awarded both in the United Kingdom honours, on the advice of the premiers of Australian states, and also in a separate Australia honours list.


1965 New Year Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1965 New Year Honours, United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Royal Victorian Order, Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.


1965 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1965 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1964 and the beginning of 1965, and were announced on 1 January 1965.


1965 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1965 New York City mayoral election
The 1965 New York City mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, November 2, 1965, with Republican Congressman John Lindsay winning a close plurality victory over the Democratic candidate, New York City Comptroller Abraham Beame.


1965 New York City mayoral election
Lindsay received 44.99% of the vote to Beame's 40.98%, a victory margin of 4.01%.


1965 New York City mayoral election
Finishing in a distant third was the candidate of the recently formed Conservative Party, conservative author and commentator William F. Buckley Jr., who received 13.36% of the vote.


1965 New York City mayoral election
Lindsay and Beame received the Liberal and Civil Service ballot line respectively.


1965 New York City mayoral election
Lindsay won a decisive majority in Manhattan, while winning comfortable plurality victories in Queens and Staten Island. Beame won pluralities in the Bronx and Brooklyn.


1965 New York City mayoral election
Linsday was sworn into office in January 1966, replacing outgoing Democratic Mayor Robert F. Wagner Jr.. Whilst Lindsay won the mayoralty four years later, he lost the Republican nomination to John J. Marchi. As a result this was the last mayoral election that a Republican won until Rudy Giuliani's victory in 1993.


1965 New York City mayoral election, Results
Almost a quarter of Lindsay's vote (281,796) was on the Liberal Party line, while 63,590 of Beame's votes were on the Civil Service Fusion line. John Lindsay, a Republican Congressman from the "Silk-Stocking" District on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, carried Manhattan, Queens, and traditionally Republican Staten Island (Richmond), while Abe Beame, the City Comptroller, carried The Bronx and his home borough of Brooklyn, both of which he had also won in the Democratic primary. However, while Beame had also carried Queens in the primary, he lost it to Lindsay in the general election.


1965 New York City mayoral election, Results
(Five years later, Bill Buckley's brother James L. Buckley won the 1970 New York state election for U.S. Senator on the Conservative Party line against divided opposition.) The Other vote was 11,104- Vito Battista - United Taxpayer Party; 3,977- Clifton DeBerry - Socialist Workers; 2,087 - Eric Haas - Socialist Labor


1965 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 31st New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1965.


1965 New York Giants season
The 1965 New York Giants season was the franchise's 41st season in the National Football League. The Giants were led by fifth-year head coach Allie Sherman and finished with a 7–7 record, which placed them in a tie for second in the Eastern Conference with the Dallas Cowboys, four games behind the Cleveland Browns. The Cowboys won both meetings with the Giants and gained the berth as the conference runner-up in the third place Playoff Bowl in Miami.


1965 New York Giants season, Offseason, NFL Draft
In the 1965 NFL draft, the Giants had the first overall selection and took running back Tucker Frederickson; future hall of famers taken later in the first round were Joe Namath, Gale Sayers, and Dick Butkus.


1965 New York Giants season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1965 New York Jets season
The 1965 New York Jets season was the sixth season for the team in the American Football League (AFL). The season began with the team trying to improve on their 5–8–1 record from 1964 under head coach Weeb Ewbank. The Jets finished the season 5–8–1, their third consecutive season with that record.


1965 New York Jets season
The Jets changed their primary logo in 1965, reversing the colors and slightly enlarging the helmet decal, which was now solid green with white lettering ("JETS" in thick sans-serif italics in front of "NY" in outline serif lettering) and a white miniature football at bottom center.


1965 New York Jets season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1965 New York Mets season
The 1965 New York Mets season was the fourth regular season for the Mets. They went 50–112 and finished tenth and last in the National League. They were managed by Casey Stengel and Wes Westrum. They played home games at Shea Stadium, where they drew 1.77 million paying fans, third in the National League (and over 500,000 more fans than the New York Yankees).


1965 New York Mets season
As WOR-TV, the team' television broadcaster, began to be broadcast on cable starting that year via microwave relay thru the WWOR EMI Service throughout much of the Northeastern United States, it made the Mets the first major league team to broadcast its games via satellite to viewers outside its home city. Home and away games were aired on cable to regional viewers in this part of the country.


1965 New York Mets season, Regular season
Former Yankee great Yogi Berra, fired as manager of the Bombers even after he had led them to the American League pennant and into the seventh game of the 1964 World Series, signed with the Mets as player–coach during the off-season. Before managing the 1964 Yankees, his last appearance in a game had been as a pinch hitter in Game 3 of the 1963 World Series on October 5; batting for Jim Bouton, Berra lined out to right field off Don Drysdale.


1965 New York Mets season, Regular season
With the 1965 Mets, Berra appeared in only four games, with two starts at catcher, and made only two hits in nine at bats. On May 9, 1965, he appeared in his final game as a player, three days shy of his 40th birthday. He then served as the Mets' first-base coach through the 1971 season and proved to be a valuable asset to the team, especially with young talent like Jerry Grote coming up.


1965 New York Mets season, Regular season
Following the 1964 season, the Milwaukee Braves sold pitcher Warren Spahn to the Mets. Braves manager Bobby Bragan predicted, "Spahnie won't win six games with the Mets." Spahn took on the dual role of pitcher and pitching coach in New York but won only four and lost twelve. Spahn was put on waivers on July 15, 1965, and released on July 22, 1965. He immediately signed with the San Francisco Giants, with whom he finished the season.


1965 New York Mets season, Regular season
Wes Westrum had joined the Mets as a coach in 1964 and became pitching coach on July 14, 1965, after Spahn's release. When manager Casey Stengel fell and broke his hip on July 25 while celebrating his upcoming 75th birthday at Toots Shor's in Manhattan, Westrum was named interim manager, a position in which he served until Stengel formally retired on August 30—Westrum then became the team's official manager.


1965 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1965 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1965 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1965 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1965 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1965 New York Yankees season
The 1965 New York Yankees season was the 63rd season for the Yankees in New York and their 65th overall. The team finished with a record of 77–85, finishing 25 games behind the Minnesota Twins. New York was managed by Johnny Keane.


1965 New York Yankees season
This season marked the beginning of a transition for the Yankees before a resurgence in the mid 1970s. This was the first season since 1925 that they failed to finish either above the .500 mark or in the first division. They would finish last in 1966, their first time doing so since 1912.


1965 New York Yankees season, Regular season
Bobby Murcer made his major league debut on September 8. He recorded his first hit on September 14, it was a two-run home run off Senators pitcher Jim Duckworth.


1965 New York Yankees season, Regular season
On October 3, Tony Kubek hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.


1965 New York Yankees season, Regular season, Record vs. opponents
NOTE: The Los Angeles Angels changed their name to California Angels on September 2, 1965, with the season in progress.


1965 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H =


1965 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1965 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1965 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1965 New York Yankees season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1965 New York state election
The 1965 New York state election was held on November 2, 1965, to elect a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate.


1965 New York state election, Background
Judge Marvin R. Dye would reach the constitutional age limit of 70 years at the end of the year.


1965 New York state election, Background
In December 1964, the assembly and senate districts were re-apportioned. This time the legislators were elected for an exceptional one-year term (session of 1966). From this election on, the assembly districts are all numbered statewide (from 1 to 165, in 1966; from 1 to 150 thereafter) instead of apportioned by county and numbered inside the county (previously 150 districts). This was the only general election of state legislators in an odd-numbered year after 1937.


1965 New Zealand Grand Prix
The 1965 New Zealand Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Pukekohe Park Raceway on 9 January 1965. The race was held over 50 laps of the 3.5 km (2.2 mi) combined circuit for a total distance of 175 km (110 mi). The Grand Prix was run for open wheel racing cars, specifically conforming to either the 2.5 litre Tasman Formula regulations or the 1.6 litre New Zealand National Formula regulations.


1965 New Zealand Grand Prix
It was the 12th New Zealand Grand Prix, doubled as the opening round of the 1965 Tasman Series. The race attracted 19 starters, including several overseas based drivers and teams. A large contingent of cars from Australia competed, including Frank Gardner competing for Alec Mildren Racing. Lex Davison and Leo Geoghegan brought across their own teams, while 1962 Formula One world champion, British racer Graham Hill race a Brabham for David McKay's Scuderia Veloce team. Star attraction though was the appearance of Team Lotus with their lead driver, 1963 World Champion, Jim Clark.


1965 New Zealand Grand Prix
Local honour was upheld by Bruce McLaren, who in an early iteration of the later McLaren team brought a pair of factory supported Coopers to race with American racer, the 1961 World Champion Phil Hill as his number two. The race was won by Graham Hill, his first victory in the NZGP. Gardner finished second to be the first 'antipodean' while first New Zealander was domestic series racer Jim Palmer in a career highlight as Brabham racing cars clean swept the podium.


1965 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election
The 1965 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election was held on 9 December 1965 to determine the future leadership of the New Zealand Labour Party. The election was won by Lyttelton MP Norman Kirk.


1965 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Background
After Walter Nash retired as leader in 1963 Arnold Nordmeyer became Labour's 5th leader despite holding considerable public blame for Labour's loss of support after the "Black Budget. The memory of the "Black Budget" still plagued Nordmeyer's profile and many within the party believed that it was time for a fresh start. In 1965 a group of younger Labour MPs formed a group who became dedicated to replace Nordmeyer with Kirk, becoming known as the "Mafia".


1965 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Candidates, Arnold Nordmeyer
Nordmeyer had led Labour since Nash's retirement nearly three years earlier. He led them in the 1963 election where Labour's vote increased slightly, but still did not perform well enough to win office. Some within Labour's caucus were of the opinion that Nordmeyer was too distant and out of touch with his colleagues and vice versa. The younger Norman Kirk eventually emerged as the favourite candidate to succeed Nordmeyer as leader.


1965 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Candidates, Norman Kirk
Kirk first entered parliament in 1957. Gradually, he began to rise through Labour's internal hierarchy, becoming vice-president of the Party in 1963 and president in 1964. Other MPs often saw Kirk as a champion for ordinary New Zealanders via his working-class background at a time when ordinary voters saw many other politicians, such as Nordmeyer, out-of-touch and aloof.


1965 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Result
A caucus vote was held on 9 December 1965 where Nordmeyer was defeated by Kirk 25 votes to 10. Nordmeyer's deputy leader, Hugh Watt, retained his position despite the change in leadership receiving 24 votes against a combined total of 10 votes for the other two nominees.


1965 New Zealand Labour Party leadership election, Aftermath
Kirk's new enthusiastic leadership brought about a gradual rejuvenation in Labour's popularity. He suffered narrow election losses in 1966 and 1969 elections before finally winning office and becoming Prime Minister in 1972 election. Nordmeyer remained in Parliament for another four years, moving to the backbenches and becoming an elder statesman of the party. He retired at the 1969 election.


1965 New Zealand bravery awards
The 1965 New Zealand bravery awards were announced via two special honours lists dated 20 April and 23 September 1965, and recognised two men for their actions when three boys were trapped in a water main tunnel in the Wellington suburb of Khandallah in June 1964. Further bravery awards were also included in that year's New Year and Queen's Birthday Honours.


1965 New Zealand bravery awards, British Empire Medal (BEM)
In recognition of his great courage and tenacious devotion to duty during rescue operations at a tunnel at Khandallah on the evening of Sunday the 14th day of June 1964.


1965 New Zealand bravery awards, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct
In recognition of his gallant services during rescue operations when three boys were trapped in a water main tunnel at Khandallah on the evening of Sunday, 14 June 1964.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season
The 1965 New Zealand rugby league season was the 58th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New Zealand drew a Test series 1-all with Australia. Australia defeated Wellington 34-16, Canterbury 19-4, the West Coast 16-6, Taranaki 29-11, Waikato 25-4 and Auckland at Carlaw Park 18-2. The Auckland team was; Jack Fagan, Roy Christian, Gary Bailey, Reg Cooke, Brian Campbell, Doug Ellwood, Billy Harford, Roy Roberts, Len Morgan, Albie Wiggs, Eddie Moore, Graham Mattson and Ernie Wiggs. Tony Kriletich came on as a substitute for Eddie Moore at halftime after Moore suffered a broken nose.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
The Kiwis then toured Great Britain and France, losing the series to Great Britain 0-2, with one draw, and losing the series against France 0-3. The team was coached by Bill Telford.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
New South Wales Country toured New Zealand, beating Canterbury 32-10 before losing to Auckland 18-5.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, International competitions
Bill Deacon won the New Zealand Rugby League's player of the year award.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Northern Union Cup
Auckland again held the Northern Union Cup at the end of the season. Auckland defeated Canterbury 23-0 in a challenge match at Auckland and won again 8-6 in a match at the Addington Showgrounds.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-island competition
The North Island defeated South Island 16-2 in Greymouth in what was to be the last inter-island fixture.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
Auckland won the Rothmans trophy, defeating Wellington 11-4 in the final.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, National competitions, Inter-district competition
The West Coast defeated Canterbury 6-2 on 2 June in a match to celebrate 50 years of the West Coast Rugby League.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Marist Brothers won the Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial Trophy, defeating Glenora 19-6. They also shared the Stormont Shield with Otahuhu after a 15-all draw. Otahuhu won the Roope Rooster while Ponsonby won the Rukutai Shield. Southern won the Sharman Cup.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Tony Kriletich won the Lipscombe Cup while Bill Harford won the Rothville Trophy, both were from Marist.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
City-Newton, Ellerslie, Glenora, Marist, Midlands, Mount Albert, Otahuhu and Ponsonby all competed in the first division, after qualifying from the expanded 1964 competition.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Auckland
Marist were coached by Neville Denton and included Kriletich, captain Harford, Brian Reidy, Oscar Danielson and Bill and Paul Schultz.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Canterbury
Hornby, in its 50th year, won the Canterbury Rugby League's Massetti Cup.


1965 New Zealand rugby league season, Club competitions, Other Competitions
Greymouth Marist defeated Hornby 9-8 to win the Thacker Shield.


1965 Nigerien parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Niger on 21 October 1965 The country was a one-party state at the time, and voters were presented with a single list from the Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally. According to official figures, 98.2% of eligible voters cast votes, and the PPN list won all 50 seats in the National Assembly.


1965 Nigerien presidential election
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Niger on 30 September 1965. The country had been declared a one-party state shortly after independence in 1960, with the Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally becoming the sole legal party. Its leader, incumbent president Hamani Diori, was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed. Voter turnout was reported to be 98.4%.


1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 16th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).


1965 Nordic Athletics Championships
The 1965 Nordic Athletics Championships was the third and final edition of the international athletics competition between Nordic countries and was held in Helsinki, Finland. It consisted of 34 individual athletics events, 22 for men and 12 for women. This covered a track and field programme plus a men's marathon race.


1965 Nordic Athletics Championships
Finland won its third team title in the men's points classification with 161 points and dethroned Sweden in the women's team competition with a total of 77 points. Iceland took part in the men's competition only and had its first and only champion at this edition – Valbjörn Thorláksson in the decathlon. Among the athletes in attendance were 1962 European Athletics Championships medalists Stig Pettersson, Rainer Stenius and Pentti Eskola.


1965 Nordic Athletics Championships
Berit Berthelsen of Norway was the athlete of the tournament, taking a sweep of the women's sprints from 100 metres to 400 metres as well as the long jump. Finland's Marjatta Mäkinen won the shot put and discus throw events. No man won an individual double at this edition. Nina Hansen won the women's pentathlon, making her the only athlete in the competition's history to win three straight titles in an event. Carl Fredrik Bunæs (twice 100 m champion) returned to win a third title, this time in 400 m. Athletes to defend their 1963 titles included Bengt Persson (steeplechase) and Bjørn Bang Andersen (shot put).


1965 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1965 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The Tar Heels were led by seventh-year head coach Jim Hickey and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


1965 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
The 1965 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. In its ninth year under head coach Marvin C. Helling, the team compiled a 9–1 record (5–1 against NCC opponents), finished in second place out seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 248 to 85. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.


1965 North Dakota State Bison football team
The 1965 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University as a member of the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. In their third season under head coach Darrell Mudra, the team compiled an 11–0 record (6–0 against conference opponents). The team was ranked No. 1 in the 1965 AP and UPI small college polls.


1965 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1965 North Indian Ocean cyclone season had no bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with peaks in May and November. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India.


1965 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center releases unofficial advisories. An average of four to six storms form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.


1965 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone One (01B)
Two cyclones that hit on May 11 and June 1 killed a total of 47,000 people.


1965 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone Two (02B)
Two cyclones that hit on May 11 and June 1 killed a total of 47,000 people.


1965 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclone Fourteen (14B)
A cyclone hit East Pakistan on December 15, causing about 10,000 casualties.


1965 Northeast Louisiana State Indians football team
The 1965 Northeast Louisiana State Indians football team was an American football team that represented Northeast Louisiana State College (now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. In their second year under head coach Dixie B. White, the team compiled a 1–8 record.


1965 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 1965 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. The Huskies played in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC). They were led by tenth-year head coach Howard Fletcher. The Huskies started the year playing their first three home games at the retiring Glidden Field, and officially opened their newly constructed Huskie Stadium on November 6 vs. Illinois State.


1965 Northern Ireland general election
The 1965 Northern Ireland general election was held on 25 November 1965. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party. This was the last election in Northern Ireland in which one party won a majority of the vote. The Ulster Unionists increased their vote share largely due to a reduction in the number of uncontested seats, but also picked up two additional seats. Similarly, the Nationalist vote share decreased largely due to more of the seats in which they stood candidates being contested.


1965 Northern Ireland general election, Results
All parties shown. The only independent candidate was elected unopposed. Electorate: 907,667 (563,252 in contested seats); Turnout: 57.6% (324,589).


1965 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1965 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. In their second year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 4–6 record (3–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference.


1965 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Denny Boothe with 487 passing yards, Bob McKelvey with 587 rushing yards, and Cas Banaszek with 333 receiving yards. McKelvey, Banaszek, and tackle Jim Burns were selected by the Associated Press as second-team All-Big Ten players.


1965 Norwegian Football Cup
Skeid   became Norwegian Cup winners after defeating Frigg 2–1 in the third final on 7 November 1965. There were 3 finals in 1965. The first two ended as ties. The goal scorers for Skeid were Terje Gulbrandsen and Pål Sæthrang. For Frigg, the goal scorer was Erik Schønfeldt. 8 990  spectators attended Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo. The referee was Sverre Eugen Olsen. This was Skeid's seventh Norwegian Cup.


1965 Norwegian Football Cup
First Final- 24 October. 2–2. Trygve Bornø scored for Skeid after 60 minutes and Kai Sjøberg scored after 114 minutes. For Frigg, Tore Fjeldstad scored in the 14th minute and Arne Bergersen scored in the 111th minute. 18 821 spectators attended at Ullevaal. The referee was Finn Bolstad.


1965 Norwegian Football Cup
Second final- 31 October. 1–1. The goal scorer for Skeid was Pål Sæthrang and scored in the 75th minute. The goal scorer for Frigg was Per Pettersen who scored in the 25th minute. 8 826 spectators attended Ullevaal. The referee was Rolf Hansen.


1965 Norwegian Football Cup, Squads
Skeid: Kjell Kaspersen, Ragnar Næss, Kjell Wangen, Jan "Jonas" Gulbrandsen, Frank Olafsen, Finn Thorsen, Erik Mejlo, Per Egil Bjørnsen, Terje Gulbrandsen,Trygve Bornø, Kai Sjøberg, Pål Sæthrang, Terje Kristoffersen.


1965 Norwegian Football Cup, Squads
Frigg: Ebbe Gysler,  Anders Svela, Tore Børrehaug,  Jon Birch-Aune, Åge Solvang, Erik Hagen,  Ole Erik Hansen, Tore Fjeldstad, Per Pettersen, Arne Bergersen and Erik Schønfeldt.


1965 Norwegian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 12 and 13 September 1965. The Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 68 of the 150 seats. However, the four non-socialist parties succeeded in winning a majority between them and forming a government. Per Borten, the leader of the Centre Party, became Prime Minister.


1965 Norwegian parliamentary election, Results
The joint list of the Conservative Party and the Christian People's Party won two seats, with the parties taking one each.


1965 Norwegian parliamentary election, Results
The joint list of the Centre Party and the Liberal Party won one seat, taken by the Centre Party.


1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season.


1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, Game summaries, Miami (Florida)
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.


1965 Nuneaton by-election
A by-election for the United Kingdom House of Commons was held in the constituency of Nuneaton on 21 January 1965, following the creation of a vacancy by the granting of a Life Peerage to the sitting Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Frank Bowles.


1965 Nuneaton by-election, Background
Following the Labour victory in the 1964 general election, new Prime Minister Harold Wilson appointed the General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union, Frank Cousins, as Minister of Technology. Since Cousins was not a Member of Parliament, attempts were made to find him a seat. Bowles volunteered to accept a Peerage to make way for him in what was considered a safe seat, with a majority of over 11,000. He told the press he had initially been "shocked, tremendously worried and ill" at the thought of leaving the Commons, but decided to make the sacrifice.