American college football season
1965 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W L T W L T NC State + 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0† Clemson + 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0† Duke 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Maryland 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 North Carolina 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Virginia 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0† Wake Forest 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0† South Carolina 0 – 6 – 0 5 – 5 – 0† + – Conference co-champions † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to use of ineligible players. This improved Clemson and NC State from 4–3 to 5–2, making them co-champions. Overall records did not change due to the forfeits. Duke and South Carolina were originally co-champions with records of 4–2.
The 1965 Duke Blue Devils football team was an American football team that represented Duke University as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season . In their 15th year under head coach William D. Murray , the Blue Devils complied an overall record of 6–4, with a conference record of 4–2, and finished third in the ACC.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 18 at Virginia W 21–727,800 [1] September 25 at South Carolina W 20–1539,000 [2] October 2 at Rice * W 41–2122,000 [3] October 9 Pittsburgh * W 21–1325,000 [4] October 16 Clemson L 2–331,000 [5] October 23 at Illinois * L 14–2847,077 [6] October 30 at Georgia Tech * L 23–3546,981 [7] November 6 at NC State L 0–2119,500 [8] November 13 Wake Forest W 40–725,000 [9] November 20 North Carolina W 34–745,000 [10] *Non-conference game Homecoming
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References [ edit ] ^ "Duke downs Virginia on late scores, 21–7" . Richmond Times-Dispatch . September 19, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Duke nudges Gamecocks" . The Roanoke Times . September 26, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Glacken hurls Duke by Rice" . The Kilgore News Herald . October 3, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Glacken, Duke dump Pitt, 21–13" . The Greenville News . October 10, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Clemson shocks Duke 3–2" . The Rocky Mount Telegram . October 17, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Illini running game drops Duke, 28–14" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . October 24, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Duke bows to Georgia Tech" . The Rocky Mount Telegram . October 31, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "State jolts Duke's title chances, 21–0" . Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel . November 7, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Sophomores win for Duke" . The Miami News . November 14, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "Duke defeats Carolina by 34–7" . Greensboro Daily News . November 21, 1965. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com . ^ "1965 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results" . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 20, 2024 .
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