1965 Oregon Ducks football team

1965 Oregon Ducks football
1965 Oregon Ducks football
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Record	4–5–1 (0–5 AAWU)
Head coach	Len Casanova (15th season);
Captain	Tim Casey, Mark Richards, Dave Tobey
Home stadium	Hayward Field; Multnomah Stadium
	Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

The 1965 Oregon Ducks football team represented University of Oregon in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The Ducks were led by fifteenth-year head coach Len Casanova and finished with a record of four wins, five losses, and one tie (4–5–1 overall, 0–5 in AAWU, last).

1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 UCLA $	4	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	1
No. 10 USC	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
Washington State	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Stanford	2	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	0	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Three home games were played on campus at Hayward Field in Eugene and three at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 17–15	31,916
September 25	at Utah*	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 31–14	19,393	^[1]
October 2	BYU*	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 27–14	20,500	^[2]
October 9	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 14–17	39,500
October 16	Air Force*	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	T 18–18	20,677
October 23	Washington	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR (rivalry)	L 20–24	33,437
October 30	Idaho*	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 17–14	15,500	^[3]^[4]
November 6	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 7–27	20,000
November 13	California	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 0–24	16,890
November 20	Oregon State	Hayward Field Eugene, OR (Civil War)	L 14–19	21,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ "Oregon's air strikes blast Utes into submission 31–14". The Sacramento Bee. September 26, 1965. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Oregon Hands Cougars First Loss 27-14". The Sunday Herald. October 3, 1965. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Oregon duo beats Idaho". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. October 31, 1965. p. 1, sports.
^ Uhrhammer, Jerry (October 31, 1965). "Oregon finally on winning trail". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
^ "1965 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ "1965 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 48. Retrieved September 4, 2023.