The 1965 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an

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team that represented the

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in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the

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. In its ninth year under head coach

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, the team compiled a 9–1 record (5–1 against NCC opponents), finished in second place out seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 248 to 85. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in

Grand Forks, North Dakota Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the state of North Dakota (after Fargo and Bismarck) and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2020 census, the city's population was 59,166. Grand Forks, along with its twin city o ...

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North Dakota Fighting Hawks football seasons

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