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1 Conference realignment  



1.1  Membership changes  







2 Conference standings  





3 Postseason  



3.1  Bracket  





3.2  Championship game outstanding players  







4 See also  





5 References  














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1965 NAIA football season
Regular seasonAugust–November 1965
PostseasonNovember 27– December 11, 1965
National ChampionshipARC Stadium
Augusta, GA
ChampionSaint John's (MN) (2)
  • NAIA football season
  • 1966 →
  • The 1965 NAIA football season was the tenth season of college football sponsored by the NAIA.

    The season was played from August to November 1965, culminating in the 1965 NAIA Championship Bowl, played this year again at ARC Stadium in Augusta, Georgia.

    Saint John's (MN) defeated Linfield in the Championship Bowl, 33–0, to win their second NAIA national title.[1]

    Conference realignment[edit]

    Membership changes[edit]

    Team 1964 conference 1965 conference
    Portland State Oregon Collegiate Conference NCAA College Division independent

    Conference standings[edit]

    1965 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Arkansas State Teachers + 5 1 1 7 1 1
    Arkansas A&M + 5 1 1 7 2 1
    Arkansas Tech 5 2 0 7 3 0
    Harding 3 3 1 5 3 1
    Ouachita Baptist 3 3 1 5 4 1
    Southern Arkansas 3 4 0 4 6 0
    Henderson State 2 5 0 4 6 0
    Ozarks 0 7 0 0 8 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1965 Carolinas Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Lenoir Rhyne $ 6 0 0 7 3 0
    Guilford 3 1 0 8 2 0
    Western Carolina 5 2 0 7 2 0
    Catawba 3 3 0 7 3 0
    Appalachian State 3 3 0 5 5 0
    Newberry 3 4 0 3 7 0
    Presbyterian 1 4 0 5 5 0
    Elon 0 7 0 2 8 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.3Morgan State $ 8 0 0 9 0 0
    Johnson C. Smith 5 1 0 5 4 0
    Maryland State 5 1 0 5 2 0
    St. Augustine's 6 1 1 8 1 1
    North Carolina A&T 4 3 0 4 6 0
    Delaware State 3 3 0 4 5 0
    Virginia State 5 4 0 5 4 0
    Saint Paul's (VA) 4 3 0 5 3 0
    North Carolina College 3 4 1 3 5 1
    Howard 2 3 0 5 3 0
    Norfolk State 4 4 0 4 4 0
    Virginia Union 3 5 0 3 5 0
    Livingstone 3 5 0 3 5 0
    Shaw 4 5 0 4 5 0
    Elizabeth City State 3 5 0 3 5 0
    Winston-Salem State 2 6 0 2 7 0
    Fayetteville State 1 5 0 1 6 0
    Hampton 0 7 0 1 8 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.12Omaha $ 4 0 0 8 1 0
    Fort Hays State 3 1 0 6 3 0
    Pittsburg State 2 2 0 3 6 0
    Washburn 1 3 0 2 6 1
    Emporia State 0 4 0 1 8 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 College Conference of Illinois football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.7Illinois Wesleyan $ 6 0 0 8 0 0
    Carthage 5 1 0 6 2 0
    North Central (IL) 3 3 0 5 3 0
    Augustana (IL) 2 2 2 4 2 2
    Carroll (WI) 1 4 1 3 4 1
    Millikin 1 4 1 2 5 1
    North Park 1 5 0 2 6 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Eastern Football Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Southern Connecticut State $ 5 0 0 7 3 0
    Central Connecticut State 3 1 0 7 1 0
    Montclair State 3 1 0 4 4 0
    Bridgeport 1 3 0 3 6 0
    Trenton State 1 4 0 1 8 0
    Glassboro State 0 4 0 0 8 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 Evergreen Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.10Eastern Washington $ 4 1 0 8 1 0
    Whitworth 3 2 0 5 3 0
    Western Washington 2 2 1 4 4 1
    Central Washington 1 3 1 3 4 1
    Puget Sound 0 2 2 0 5 3
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Gateway Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Northwestern (WI) $ 4 0 0 6 1 0
    Milton 3 1 0 4 3 0
    Lakeland 2 2 0 5 3 0
    Illinois–Chicago 1 3 0 1 7 0
    Eureka 0 4 0 1 7 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 Gulf States Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Southwestern Louisiana + 4 1 0 6 3 0
    McNeese State + 4 1 0 5 4 0
    Louisiana Tech 3 2 0 4 4 0
    Northwestern State 2 3 0 5 3 0
    Southeastern Louisiana 2 3 0 5 4 0
    Northeast Louisiana State 0 5 0 1 8 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1965 Iowa Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.16Central (IA) $ 7 0 0 8 1 0
    Luther 6 1 0 6 3 0
    Dubuque 5 2 0 6 2 1
    Buena Vista 4 3 0 6 3 0
    Upper Iowa 3 4 0 4 5 0
    Simpson 2 5 0 3 6 0
    Wartburg 1 6 0 2 7 0
    William Penn 0 7 0 1 8 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.5Ottawa $ 9 0 0 9 0 0
    Bethany (KS) 7 2 0 7 2 0
    Baker 6 3 0 6 3 0
    College of Emporia 5 3 1 5 3 1
    Southwestern (KS) 5 3 1 5 3 1
    Friends 4 5 0 4 5 0
    Kansas Wesleyan 3 6 0 3 6 0
    Sterling 3 6 0 3 6 0
    McPherson 2 7 0 2 7 0
    Bethel (KS) 0 9 0 0 9 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Lone Star Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.2Sul Ross $^ 6 0 0 10 1 0
    Southwest Texas State 4 2 0 8 2 0
    Stephen F. Austin 4 2 0 6 3 0
    Texas A&I 4 2 0 6 3 0
    East Texas State 2 4 0 4 5 0
    Sam Houston State 1 4 0 4 6 0
    Howard Payne 0 6 0 2 8 0
    McMurry 0 0 0 4 5 1
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
  • Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Mid-Ohio Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Ashland $ 3 0 0 7 1 1
    Bluffton 2 1 0 7 2 0
    Defiance 1 2 0 3 4 0
    Wilmington (OH) 0 3 0 0 7 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 Midwest Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Ripon $ 7 1 0 7 1 0
    Grinnell 6 2 0 6 2 0
    Beloit 5 3 0 5 3 0
    Lawrence 5 3 0 5 3 0
    St. Olaf 5 3 0 5 3 0
    Coe 4 4 0 4 4 0
    Carleton 3 5 0 3 5 0
    Cornell (IA) 2 6 0 2 6 0
    Monmouth (IL) 2 6 0 2 6 0
    Knox 1 7 0 1 7 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.1Saint John's (MN) $^ 7 0 0 11 0 0
    No.19Concordia (MN) 5 2 0 6 2 0
    St. Thomas (MN) 4 2 1 4 4 1
    Gustavus Adolphus 4 3 0 5 4 0
    Minnesota–Duluth 3 4 0 4 5 0
    Augsburg 2 4 1 3 5 1
    Hamline 2 5 0 3 6 0
    Macalester 0 7 0 0 8 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
  • Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    William Jewell $ 4 0 0 7 2 0
    Missouri Valley 3 1 0 4 5 0
    Central Methodist 2 1 0 4 4 0
    Graceland 2 3 0 3 6 0
    Tarkio 1 3 0 3 6 0
    Culver–Stockton 0 4 0 1 7 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 Nebraska College Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Kearney State + 3 1 0 7 2 0
    Wayne State (NE) + 3 1 0 6 4 0
    Peru State + 3 1 0 4 5 0
    Hastings 1 3 0 4 6 0
    Chadron State 0 4 0 2 6 1
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1965 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.17Mayville State $ 6 0 0 7 1 0
    Dickinson State 5 1 0 6 2 0
    Minot State 4 2 0 5 2 1
    Valley City State 3 3 0 3 5 0
    Jamestown 2 4 0 2 6 0
    Wahpeton Science 0 5 1 2 5 1
    Ellendale 0 5 1 1 6 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Northern Intercollegiate Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Michigan Tech $ 4 1 0 6 2 0
    Winona State 3 2 0 6 2 0
    Mankato State 3 2 0 5 3 1
    Bemidji State 3 2 0 4 4 0
    Moorhead State 2 3 0 5 4 0
    St. Cloud State 0 5 0 2 6 1
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 Northwest Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.9Linfield $^ 5 0 0 8 2 0
    Willamette 4 1 0 6 1 1
    Pacific (OR) 2 3 0 5 3 0
    College of Idaho 2 3 0 2 6 0
    Lewis & Clark 1 4 0 3 5 0
    Whitman 1 4 0 2 6 0
    Pacific Lutheran     4 5 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
  • Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.4East Central $ 7 0 0 9 1 0
    Northeastern State 5 1 1 7 1 1
    Central State (OK) 5 1 1 6 3 1
    Langston 3 4 0 5 4 0
    SW Oklahoma State 3 4 0 5 5 0
    Panhandle A&M 3 4 0 3 6 0
    NW Oklahoma State 1 6 0 3 7 0
    SE Oklahoma State 0 7 0 1 8 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Oregon Collegiate Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Southern Oregon $ 4 0 0 5 3 1
    Oregon College 2 2 0 5 3 1
    Eastern Oregon 2 2 0 3 6 1
    Oregon Tech 2 2 0 2 5 0
    George Fox 0 4 0 0 8 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    East Division
    No. 8/10 East Stroudsburg xy$ 6 0 0 10 0 0
    West Chester 5 1 0 5 3 0
    Mansfield 4 2 0 4 5 0
    Bloomsburg 3 3 0 4 4 0
    Millersville 2 4 0 4 4 0
    Cheyney 1 5 0 2 5 0
    Kutztown 0 6 0 1 7 0
    West Division
    Indiana (PA)xy 5 1 0 7 3 0
    Clarion 4 1 1 6 2 1
    California (PA) 4 2 0 5 3 0
    Lock Haven 3 3 0 5 3 0
    Slippery Rock 2 3 1 4 3 1
    Shippensburg 2 4 0 3 5 0
    Edinboro * 0 6 0 6 2 1
    Championship: East Stroudsburg 26, Indiana (PA) 10
    • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – Edinboro forfeited four conference victories—over IUP, Clarion, Shippensburg, and California—but NCAA and Edinboro records do not reflect the forfeits in the team's overall record.
  • Rankings from NAIA poll and AP small college poll
    1965 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Northern State $ 5 1 0 5 4 0
    Dakota Wesleyan 4 2 0 7 2 0
    General Beadle 4 2 0 6 3 0
    Black Hills State 3 3 0 5 3 0
    Huron 3 3 0 5 4 0
    South Dakota Tech 1 5 0 3 5 0
    Southern State 1 5 0 1 7 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.11Occidental $ 5 0 0 8 1 0
    Pomona 3 2 0 5 5 0
    Whittier 2 2 0 4 5 0
    Redlands 2 2 0 4 6 0
    Claremont-Mudd 1 3 0 2 7 0
    Caltech 0 4 0 0 7 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.13Grambling $ 6 1 0 8 3 0
    Southern 4 2 1 5 4 1
    Texas Southern 4 2 1 5 4 1
    Jackson State 3 3 1 5 3 1
    Prairie View A&M 3 3 1 5 3 1
    Arkansas AM&N 3 3 1 4 5 1
    Alcorn A&M 2 4 1 3 5 1
    Wiley 0 7 0 1 7 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    Rankings from UPI small college poll
    1965 Tri-State Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Westmar + 5 1 0 7 1 1
    Midland + 5 1 0 6 2 0
    Yankton 4 2 0 7 2 0
    Concordia (NE) 3 3 0 6 3 0
    Dana 2 4 0 2 6 0
    Northwestern (IA) 1 5 0 2 6 0
    Sioux Falls 1 5 0 2 7 0
    • + – Conference co-champions
    1965 West Penn Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Waynesburg $ 2 0 1 6 2 1
    Westminster (PA) 2 1 0 5 3 0
    Grove City 1 1 1 4 4 1
    Geneva 0 3 0 3 5 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    No.6Fairmont State $^ 7 0 0 8 1 0
    Bluefield State 3 1 1 6 1 1
    West Virginia Wesleyan 3 2 0 6 3 0
    West Virginia Tech 5 3 0 5 3 0
    West Liberty State 3 2 2 4 2 2
    Concord 3 4 0 4 5 0
    Glenville State 2 5 0 2 6 0
    Salem 1 4 2 1 5 2
    West Virginia State 1 4 1 1 6 1
    Shepherd * 0 3 0 2 5 0
    • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
    * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Conference standings based on power ratings
  • Rankings from NAIA poll
    1965 Wisconsin State University Conference football standings
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Stout State $ 6 0 0 7 1 1
    Whitewater State 4 1 1 7 2 1
    La Crosse State 4 1 1 5 3 1
    Stevens Point State 4 2 0 6 3 0
    River Falls State 3 2 2 4 3 2
    Oshkosh State 3 4 0 5 4 0
    Eau Claire State 2 6 0 2 6 0
    Platteville State 1 5 0 2 6 1
    Superior State 0 6 0 0 9 0
    • $ – Conference champion
    1965 NAIA independents football records
  • t
  • e
  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Georgetown (KY)     9 0 0
    No.15Cal Lutheran     8 1 0
    No.18Southern Colorado State     8 1 1
    No.20Austin     7 2 0
    Earlham     7 2 0
    No.13Findlay     7 2 0
    No.14Northern Michigan     7 3 0
    Hillsdale     6 3 0
    La Verne     5 3 0
    Carson–Newman     5 4 0
    New Mexico Highlands     5 4 0
    Wofford     5 4 0
    McMurry     4 5 1
    Simon Fraser     2 3 0
    Doane     3 6 0
    Oklahoma Panhandle State     3 6 0
    Eastern New Mexico     2 6 1
    Azusa Pacific     1 6 0
    Iowa Wesleyan     1 7 0
    Wheaton (IL)     1 8 0
    St. Mary of the Plains     0 9 0
    Rankings from NAIA poll

    Postseason[edit]

    Bracket[edit]

    Semifinals
    November 27, 1965
    Championship
    December 11, 1965
    Augusta, GA[2]
          
    Fairmont State 7
    Saint John's (MN)* 28
    Saint John's (MN) 33
    Linfield 0
    Linfield 30
    Sul Ross* 27

    Championship game outstanding players[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  • ^ "1965 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 15, 2015.

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