1965 Ball State Cardinals football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1965

| team = Ball State Cardinals

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Indiana Collegiate Conference

| short_conf = ICC

| record = 9–0–1

| conf_record = 6–0

| head_coach = Ray Louthen

| hc_year = 4th

| captain =

| stadium = Ball State Field

| champion = ICC champion

| bowl = Grantland Rice Bowl

| bowl_result = T 14–14 vs. Tennessee A&I

}}

The 1965 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State University in the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach Ray Louthen, the team compiled a 9–0 record in the regular season and played Tennessee A&I to a 14–14 tie in the 1965 Grantland Rice Bowl.{{cite web|title=2007 Ball State Football Media Guide|publisher=Ball State University |year=2007 |page=96 |url=http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/bitstream/handle/123456789/194436/2007Football.pdf;jsessionid=0B37326FBDE020AA536399711948B1E4?sequence=1|accessdate=July 8, 2020}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1965

| rankdivision = small college

| poll = AP

| attend = y

| source = y

|September 18||{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Indiana Indians|title=Indiana (PA)}}|Ball State Field|Muncie, IN|W 26-14|10,000|

|September 25|at|{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Valparaiso Crusaders|title=Valparaiso}}||Valparaiso, IN|W 14-6|5,333|

|October 2||{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Evansville Purple Aces|title=Evansville}}|Ball State Field|Muncie, IN|W 42-13|12,100|

|October 9|at|Akron||Akron, IN|W 16-14|4,000|

|October 16|at|{{cfb link|year=1965|team=DePauw Tigers|title=DePauw}}||Greencastle, IN|W 51-29|2,300|

|October 23||{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Butler Bulldogs|title=Butler}}|Ball State Field|Muncie, IN|W 22-7|7,100|

|October 30|at|{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Indiana State Sycamores|title=Indiana State}}||Terre Haute, IN (Blue Key Victory Bell)|W 52-15|3,500|

|November 6||{{cfb link|year=1965|team=Saint Joseph's Pumas|title=Saint Joseph's (IN)}}|Ball State Field|Muncie, IN|W 42-19|7,900|

|November 13||Southern Illinois|Ball State Field|Muncie, IN|W 30-19|8,200|{{cite news |last1=Barnet |first1=Bob |title=Ball State Ends 9-0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91947759/the-star-press/ |access-date=January 5, 2022 |work=The Star Press |date=November 14, 1965 |page=C1 |via=Newspapers.com}}

|December 11|vs|No. 5 Tennessee A&I|Horace Jones Field|Murfreesboro, TN (Grantland Rice Bowl)|T 14-14|12,000|{{cite news|title=Ball State, A&I Battle To Tie|newspaper=The Jackson Sun|date=December 12, 1965|page=3A|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40226430/ball_state_ai_battle_to_tie/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Ball State) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/47/stats/13167 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=June 3, 2022 }}

References

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