1965 Stanford Indians football team

The 1965 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by third-year head coach John Ralston and played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

1965 Stanford Indians football
ConferenceAthletic Association of Western Universities
Record6–3–1 (2–3 AAWU)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
1965 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 UCLA $ 4 –0 –08 –2 –1
No. 10 USC 4 –1 –07 –2 –1
Washington State 2 –1 –07 –3 –0
Washington 4 –3 –05 –5 –0
Stanford 2 –3 –06 –3 –1
California 2 –3 –05 –5 –0
Oregon State 1 –3 –05 –5 –0
Oregon 0 –5 –04 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Stanford finished with a losing record within the AAWU conference, but were undefeated (4–0–1) outside the conference.[1] They were led by defensive end Gary Pettigrew and fullback Ray Handley.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 17San Jose State*
W 26–6
September 25Navy*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
T 7–7
October 2at Air Force*
W 17–16
October 9Oregon
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 17–14
October 16at No. 6 USC
L 0–14
October 23Army*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 31–14
October 30at Washington
L 8–41
November 6at Tulane*
W 16–0[2]
November 13No. 7 UCLA
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 13–30
November 20California
W 9–7
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Conference opponents not played this season: Oregon State, Washington State

Players drafted by the NFL/AFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL/AFL Club[a 1]
Gary PettigrewDefensive tackle2/620/49Philadelphia Eagles/San Diego Chargers[a 2]
John MasonEnd8114Philadelphia Eagles
Craig RitcheyDefensive back16143Oakland Raiders

[3][4]

  1. AFL Draft selections shown in italics.
  2. Signed with Philadelphia.

References
  1. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1965–1969". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 19, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
  2. "Stanford whacks Green Wave, 16–0". Oakland Tribune. November 7, 1965. Retrieved October 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1966 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  4. "1966 AFL Draft". Retrieved November 25, 2013.
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