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1965 Michigan State Spartans football
Coaches Poll national champion
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl, L 12–14 vs. UCLA
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 2
Record10–1 (7–0 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPSteve Juday
CaptainDonald Japinga, Steve Juday
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Michigan State $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Ohio State 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Purdue 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Minnesota 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Illinois 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Michigan 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Indiana 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Iowa 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1965 Michigan State Spartans football team represented the Michigan State University in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. The Spartans won the Big Ten Championship and competed in the 1966 Rose Bowl, losing to UCLA. Despite the loss, the Spartans shared the national championship with Alabama. Michigan State was selected national champion by UPI/coaches, Berryman, Billingsley, DeVold, Dunkel, FB News, Helms, Litkenhous, NFF, Poling, Sagarin, and Sagarin (ELO-Chess) and also co-national champion by FW.[1]: 120  Both Alabama and Michigan State were national champions for the season.[1]: 120 

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18UCLA*
W 13–351,279
September 25at Penn State*
W 23–046,100
October 2IllinoisNo. 9
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 22–1271,237
October 9at MichiganNo. 5
W 24–7103,219[2]
October 16Ohio StateNo. 4
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 32–775,288
October 23at No. 6 PurdueNo. 2
W 14–1062,113
October 30NorthwesterndaggerNo. 1
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 49–774,215
November 6at IowaNo. 1
W 35–054,700
November 13IndianaNo. 1
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
W 27–1375,280
November 20at No. 4 Notre Dame*No. 1
W 12–359,291
January 1, 1966vs. No. 5 UCLA*No. 1
L 12–14100,087
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  1. ^ a b 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Bob Pille (October 10, 1965). "Spartans Rip U-M, 24-7". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 5E – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Football Statistics Summary for 1965". msuspartans.com. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
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