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1965 Arizona Wildcats Football Team
The 1965 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jim LaRue, the Wildcats compiled a 3–7 record (1–4 in WAC, last), and were outscored 172 to 77. Home games were played on campus at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, and the team captains were linebacker Tom Malloy, safety Woody King, and tackle Jim Pazerski, Arizona's statistical leaders included Phil Albert with 559 passing yards, Brad Hubbert with 526 rushing yards, and Tim Plodinec with 191 receiving yards. Schedule Season notes * Arizona scored 77 total points quarterbacks and only two touchdown passes by their quarterbacks in the entire season, mainly due to having an option offense at the time. The 77 points and the two passing touchdowns is claimed to be the fewest in a season for Arizona in its football history. * The W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim LaRue
Jim Elmer LaRue (August 11, 1925 – March 29, 2015) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Arizona from 1959 to 1966, compiling a record of 41–37–2. LaRue played six seasons of varsity football at three different schools: Carson–Newman College (1942), Duke University (1943–1944), and the University of Maryland, College Park (1947–1949). He served as an assistant coach at the University of Houston, Wake Forest University, and with the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). LaRue died on March 29, 2015 in Tucson, Arizona, aged 89, from undisclosed causes. Head coaching record References External links * 1925 births 2015 deaths American football halfbacks Arizona Wildcats football coaches Buffalo Bills coaches Chicago Bears coaches Carson–Newman Eagles football players Duke Blue Devils football players Houston Cougars football coaches Kansas State Wildcats fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Memorial Stadium (Laramie, Wyoming)
War Memorial Stadium, also known as Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium, is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. The home field of the Wyoming Cowboys of the Mountain West Conference, it is the largest stadium in the state, and the only college football venue in the state. The field is named after a natural gas field at the Green River Basin in Sublette County. At an elevation of above sea level, War Memorial Stadium is the highest Division I FBS college football stadium in the U.S., followed by the Air Force Academy's Falcon Stadium at . Between them in elevation is the Walkup Skydome of FCS Northern Arizona University at . History Along with the War Memorial Fieldhouse, War Memorial Stadium was built in the spring and summer of 1950. The stadium replaced Corbett Field, a small field opened in 1922 and located southeast of Half Acre Gym on land now occupied by the Business Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempe, Arizona
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Sun Devil Stadium
Sun Devil Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in the southwestern United States, on the campus of Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Arizona. It is home to the ASU Sun Devils football team of the Pac-12 Conference. The stadium's seating capacity as of 2018 is 53,599, reduced from a peak of 74,865 in 1989.In 2022, the university's website lists the capacity of the stadium at 75,000. Se"ASU Virtual Tour: Sun Devil Stadium"/ref> The natural grass playing surface within the stadium was named Frank Kush Field in 1996 in honor of the former coach of the team. The stadium underwent a five-year, $304-million renovation that was completed in August 2019. The stadium has hosted two annual college football bowl games: the Fiesta Bowl from 1971 to 2006, and the Cactus Bowl from 2006 to 2015. Sun Devil Stadium was the only major football stadium in the Phoenix metropolitan area until the construction of State Farm Stadium – then called "Cardinals Stadium" &nd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Arizona State Sun Devils Football Team
The 1965 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled a 6–4 record (3–1 against WAC opponents), finished in second place in the WAC, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 142 to 132. The team's statistical leaders included John Goodman with 1,165 passing yards, Travis Williams with 523 rushing yards, and Ben Hawkins with 504 receiving yards. Don Baker, Dick Corrick, Bill Kajikawa, Paul Kemp, Jack Stovall, and Dick Tamburo were assistant coaches. The team captains were right tackle Bobby Johnson and linebacker John Folmer. The Sun Devils finished 5-2 at home and 1-2 on the road. All home games were played at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona. Schedule Game summaries On September 18, in the season opener at S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 BYU Cougars Football Team
The 1965 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Tommy Hudspeth, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, won the WAC title, and outscored opponents 229 to 178. The conference championship was the first program history.BYU Football 2015 Almanac, p. 174. The Cougars' statistical leaders included Virgil Carter with 1,789 passing yards, John Ogden with 700 rushing yards, and Phil Odle with 657 receiving yards and 66 points scored. The morning of the season finale at New Mexico, a chartered DC-3 with thirteen aboard crashed in a snowstorm near Camp Williams, between Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah. It was bound for Provo to pick up more passengers for the afternoon game in Albuquerque; there were no survivors. Schedule Ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Air Force Falcons Football Team
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The 1965 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Ben Martin, the Falcons compiled a record of 3–6–1 and outscored their opponents 166–156. Air Force played their home games at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Schedule References Air Force Air Force Falcons football seasons Air Force Falcons football The Air Force Falcons football program represents the United States Air Force Academy in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. Air Force has been a member of the Mountain West Conference s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Texas Western Miners Football Team
The 1965 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College (now known as the University of Texas at El Paso) as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Bobby Dobbs, the team compiled an 8–3 record, defeated TCU in the 1965 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 317 to 206. Schedule References Texas Western The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. It is a member of the University of Texas System. UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American stud ... UTEP Miners football seasons Sun Bowl champion seasons Texas Western Miners football {{collegefootball-1960s-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 San Jose State Spartans Football Team
The 1965 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State CollegeSan Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971. during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. San Jose State played as an Independent in 1965. The team was led by first-year head coach Harry Anderson, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1965 season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 184–192 for the season. Schedule Team players in the NFL/AFL The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1966 NFL Draft. The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1966 AFL Draft. The following finished their San Jose State career in 1965, were not drafted, but played in the AFL. Notes References San Jose State San Jose State Spartans football seasons San Jose State Spartans football The San Jose State Spart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spokane, Washington
Spokane ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It is in eastern Washington, along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south of the Canada–United States border, Canadian border, west of the Washington–Idaho border, and east of Seattle, along Interstate 90 in Washington, I-90. Spokane is the economic and cultural center of the Spokane metropolitan area, the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene combined statistical area, and the Inland Northwest. It is known as the birthplace of Father's Day (United States), Father's Day, and locally by the nickname of "Lilac City". Officially, Spokane goes by the nickname of ''Hooptown USA'', due to Spokane annually hosting Spokane Hoopfest, the world's largest basketball tournament. The city and the wider Inland Northwest area are served by Spokane International Airport, west of Downtown Spokane. According to the 2010 United States census, 2010 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Albi Stadium
Joe Albi Stadium is a former outdoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, located in Spokane, Washington. In the northwest part of the city, just east of the Spokane River, it was primarily used for high school football, and as a secondary home field for the Washington State Cougars from its opening through 1983. Built and opened in 1950 on the site of a U.S. Army hospital, it was closed in 2022 and demolished, replaced with a new stadium in downtown Spokane, just northeast of the Spokane Arena. History The stadium is located on part of the former site of the U.S. Army's Baxter General Hospital, which operated on the site during World War II between March 1943 and December 12, 1945. Built in less than four months in 1950, it opened as "Spokane Memorial Stadium" on September 15 with high school football. The name was selected through a newspaper contest and adopted by the city council in July. Its original grass field was taken from the lush sod of the parade grounds a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Washington State Cougars Football Team
The 1965 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Bert Clark, the Cougars compiled a 7–3 record (2–1 in AAWU, third), and outscored their opponents 139 to 103. The team's statistical leaders included Tom Roth with 1,257 passing yards, Larry Eilmes with 818 rushing yards, and Doug Flansburg with 578 receiving yards. The Cougars played only three conference games, all against Northwest teams, defeating Oregon State and Oregon. With several close margins in their games, they became known as the "Cardiac Kids." WSU dropped both rivalry games this season: the Battle of the Palouse at home to Idaho, and the Apple Cup to Washington in Seattle, which eliminated a possible Rose Bowl berth. Schedule Roster : NFL and AFL Drafts This was the final year f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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