| Number: | 1 |
| Type: | Vanier Cup |
| Date: | November 20, 1965 |
| Stadium: | Varsity Stadium |
| City: | Toronto |
| Visitor Name: | Alberta Golden Bears |
| Home Name: | Toronto Varsity Blues |
| Visitor Coach: | Gino Fracas |
| Home Coach: | Dalt White |
| Visitor Record: | 4–2 |
| Home Record: | 3–3 |
| Visitor1: | 0 |
| Visitor2: | 0 |
| Visitor3: | 0 |
| Visitor4: | 7 |
| Home1: | 0 |
| Home2: | 0 |
| Home3: | 0 |
| Home4: | 14 |
| Mvp: | Jerry Sternberg, Toronto |
| Attendance: | 3,488 |
The 1st Vanier Cup was played on November 20, 1965, at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, and decided Canada's university football champions by way of a national invitation to participate in the game. The Alberta Golden Bears and the Toronto Varsity Blues were invited by a national panel to compete in a single elimination game to decide the Canadian university football champion for the 1965 season. The Varsity Blues won the game for their first ever championship by defeating the Golden Bears by a score of 14-7.[1] [2]