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1965 Miami Redskins football team - Wikipedia

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1965 Miami Redskins football
MAC co-champion
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	7–3 (5–1 MAC)
Head coach	Bo Schembechler (3rd season)
MVP	Jim Bright
Captains	Jim Bright Don Peddie Paul Schudel
Home stadium	Miami Field
Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

1965 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Bowling Green +	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Miami (OH) +	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Western Michigan	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Kent State	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Marshall	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Toledo	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	1
Ohio	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The 1965 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their third season under Bo Schembechler, Miami compiled a 7–3 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie with Bowling Green for the MAC championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 247 to 137.^[1]^[2] After the season, Schembechler was selected as the MAC Coach of the Year.^[3]

The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Bruce Matte with 1,016 passing yards, halfback Al Moore with 677 rushing yards, and end John Erisman with 433 receiving yards.^[4]

Linebacker Jim Bright won the team's most valuable player award.^[5] Seven Miami players were selected as first-team All-MAC players: Matte, Moore, Erisman, Bright, end Gary Durchik, tackle Ed Philpott, and center Tom Stillwagon.^[6] Jim Bright, Don Peddie, and Paul Schudel were the team captains.^[7]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	at No. 9 Purdue*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 0–38	44,809
September 25	Xavier*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	L 28–29	12,927	^[8]
October 2	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	W 36–9
October 9	at Kent State	Memorial Stadium Kent, OH	L 13–24
October 16	Marshall	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 28–7
October 23	Ohio	Miami Field Oxford, OH (rivalry)	W 34–0
October 30	at Bowling Green	University Stadium Bowling Green, OH	W 23–7
November 6	Toledo	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 20–16
November 13	at Dayton*	Baujan Field Dayton, OH	W 28–0
November 20	at Cincinnati*	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH (rivalry)	W 37–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "1965 Miami (OH) RedHawks Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
^ "2005 Miami University Football Media Guide" (PDF). 2005. pp. 118, 122. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
^ 2005 Media Guide, p. 148.
^ "1965 Miami (OH) RedHawks Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
^ 2005 Media Guide, p. 149.
^ 2005 Media Guide, p. 147.
^ 2005 Media Guide, p. 148.
^ "Mighty XU comeback shatters Miami, 29–28". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 26, 1965. Retrieved May 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Miami RedHawks football
Venues	Miami Field (1896–1982) Yager Stadium (1983–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Cincinnati: (Victory Bell) Ohio: Battle of the Bricks
Culture & lore	Swoop "Miami March Song" Miami University Marching Band Cradle of Coaches Confusion Bowl
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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