# 1965 Texas Longhorns football team

The 1965 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their ninth year under head coach Darrell Royal, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 6–4, with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the SWC.

## Regular season

Tommy Nobis was in his final year at Texas and was known as an "iron man", playing (and starting) on both defense and offense for his entire college career. Aside from being an All-American linebacker, he also played guard on the offensive side of the ball and was often the primary blocker on touchdown runs. Famed Texas coach Darrell K Royal called him "the finest two-way player I have ever seen." A knee injury slowed him during the latter part of his senior season, but he still was able to perform at a high level and won a number of major individual awards including the Knute Rockne Award, best lineman, the Outland Trophy, best interior lineman, and the Maxwell Award for college football's best player. Nobis also finished seventh in the Heisman voting to USC's Mike Garrett. He appeared on the covers of LIFE, Sports Illustrated and TIME magazines.

## Schedule

The season opener against Tulane was originally scheduled to be played in New Orleans, but was switched to Austin because of significant destruction caused by Hurricane Betsy.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 18 | 8:00 p.m. | Tulane* | No. 2 | Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | | W 31–0 | 40,000 |
| September 25 | 7:30 p.m. | Texas Tech | No. 3 | Memorial StadiumAustin, TX (rivalry) | | W 33–7 | 65,310 |
| October 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Indiana* | No. 1 | Memorial StadiumAustin, TX | | W 27–12 | 57,000 |
| October 9 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. Oklahoma* | No. 1 | Cotton BowlDallas, TX (rivalry) | | W 19–0 | 75,504 |
| October 16 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 3 Arkansas | No. 1 | Razorback StadiumFayetteville, AR (rivalry) | NBC | L 24–27 | 42,000 |
| October 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Rice | No. 5 | Memorial StadiumAustin, TX (rivalry) | | L 17–20 | 63,000 |
| October 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at SMU | No. 9 | Cotton BowlDallas, TX | | L 14–31 | 48,000 |
| November 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Baylor | | Memorial StadiumAustin, TX (rivalry) | NBC | W 35–14 | 57,500 |
| November 13 | 2:00 p.m. | TCU | | Memorial StadiumAustin, TX (rivalry) | | L 10–25 | 51,500 |
| November 25 | 1:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M | | Kyle FieldCollege Station, TX (rivalry) | | W 21–17 | 40,000 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||||

## Game summaries
### Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| • Texas | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 19 |
Texas' eight straight win in the Red River series.

## Awards and honors

* Tommy Nobis, Maxwell Award
* Tommy Nobis, Outland Trophy
* Tommy Nobis, Consensus All-American

## 1965 team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Tommy Nobis | Linebacker | 1 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Diron Talbert | Defensive tackle | 5 | 66 | Los Angeles Rams |
| Phil Harris | Back | 7 | 104 | New York Giants |
| Pete Lammons | End | 14 | 213 | Cleveland Browns |
* Tommy Nobis was also drafted by the Houston Oilers in the first round of the 1966 American Football League draft.