1965 Springfield Maroons football team

1965 Springfield Maroons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
Home stadiumPratt Field
Seasons
← 1964
1966 →
1965 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Springfield     9 0 0
Ithaca     8 0 0
Parsons     8 1 0
Santa Clara     8 1 0
UC Santa Barbara     8 2 0
Cortland     7 2 0
Wabash     7 2 0
Northeastern     6 2 0
UC Riverside     6 2 0
Tampa     6 2 1
Northern Michigan     7 3 0
Mississippi Valley State     6 3 0
St. Norbert     6 3 0
Rose Poly     5 3 0
Drake     6 4 0
Chattanooga     5 4 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff     5 4 1
Lake Forest     4 4 0
Cal Poly Pomona     4 5 0
Howard (AL)     4 6 0
Portland State     4 6 0
Colorado College     3 5 0
Milwaukee     2 6 0
Southern Illinois     2 8 0
Pacific (CA)     2 8 0
Hawaii     1 8 1
Carnegie Tech     1 7 0

The 1965 Springfield Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, as an independent during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Ted Dunn, the Maroons compiled a 9–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 242 to 87.[1] It was Springfield's first perfect season since 1893 when the team played only two games.[2]

Key players included halfback Hal Vasvari, quarterback Dave Bennett, linebacker Dave Hughes, end George Wolfort, and placekicker Vince Cutrona.[3]

The team played its home games at Pratt Field in Springfield.

  1. ^ "1965 - Springfield (MA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  2. ^ "Springfield (MA) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "Ed Wing of Williams Named to AP All New England Team". The North Adams Transcript. November 25, 1965. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.