1965 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

1965 ACC football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to an ineligible player. This moved Clemson and NC State to 5–2, making them co-Champions. Overall records do not reflect this.; Rankings from AP Poll

South Carolina Gamecocks football
1965 South Carolina Gamecocks football
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1965 record	5–5 (0–6 ACC)
Head coach	Marvin Bass (5th year)
Home stadium	Williams-Brice Stadium; (Capacity: 43,232)
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The 1965 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1965 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks would finish the season 5–5 overall.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 18	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC	W 13–3
September 25	Duke	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	L 15-20
October 2	NC State	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 13-7
October 9	at Tennessee	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	L 3-24
October 16	Wake Forest	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 38-7
October 23	at #9 LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 7-21
October 30	Maryland	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	L 14-27
November 6	at Virginia	Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA	W 17-7
November 13	at #5 Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	L 14-35
November 20	Clemson	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC (Battle of the Palmetto State)	W 17-16
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

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Venues	Old State Fairgrounds (1894, 1896–1898) Shandon Park (1895) College Park/Davis Field (1899–1925) Melton Field (1926–1934) Williams–Brice Stadium (1934–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Clemson Georgia Missouri North Carolina
Culture & lore	Spurrier Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Mighty Sound of the Southeast "Sandstorm" The Brawl
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	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

1965 ACC football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
NC State +	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0†
Clemson +	5	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0†
Duke	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Maryland	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Virginia	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0†
Wake Forest	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0†
South Carolina	0	–	6	–	0	5	–	5	–	0†

+ – Conference co-champions † South Carolina forfeited its 4 conference wins (Clemson, NC State, Virginia, Wake Forest) due to an ineligible player. This moved Clemson and NC State to 5–2, making them co-Champions. Overall records do not reflect this.^[1] Rankings from AP Poll^[2]