1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team explained

Year:	1965
Team:	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Sport:	football
Conference:	Independent
Coachrank:	9
Aprank:	9
Record:	7–2–1
Head Coach:	Ara Parseghian
Hc Year:	2nd
Captain:	Phil Sheridan

The 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. Led by second-year head coach Ara Parseghian, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 7–2–1.

Schedule

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Game summaries

California

Purdue

Northwestern

• Source: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=mq6pegT_rlEC&dat=19651003&printsec=frontpage

Army

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USC

Navy

Pittsburgh

North Carolina

Michigan State

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.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1965 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results.
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=mq6pegT_rlEC&dat=19651010&printsec=frontpage "Notre Dame Wrecks Army." Palm Beach Post. 1965 Oct 10.
3. South Bend Tribune, Nov. 28, 1965, p. 1.