1965 Richmond Spiders football team

The 1965 Richmond Spiders football team represented the University of Richmond in the 1965 NCAA football season.[1] The Spiders were led by 15th year head coach Ed Merrick and played their home games at City Stadium.[2] They were members of the Southern Conference. The 1965 campaign marked Merrick's final year as head coach after Richmond finished with a winless 0–10 (0–6 SoCon) record.[2][3]

1965 Richmond Spiders football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1965 record0–10 (0–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumCity Stadium
1965 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
West Virginia $  4 –0   6 –4  
William & Mary  5 –1   6 –4  
East Carolina  3 –1   9 –1  
VMI  3 –2   3 –7  
George Washington  4 –3   5 –5  
The Citadel  4 –4   4 –6  
Davidson  2 –3   6 –4  
Furman  2 –3   5 –5  
Richmond  0 –6   0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 18at West Virginia
L 0–56
September 25VPI*
L 7–25
October 2at Southern Miss*
L 7–28[4]
October 9East Carolina
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 13–34[5]
October 16at Buffalo*
L 0–24
October 23at Boston College*
L 7–38
October 30The Citadel
  • City Stadium
  • Richmond, VA
L 0–24
November 6at VMI
L 14–21[6]
November 13at Furman
L 0–14
November 20William & Mary
L 0–21
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "NCAA I-AA/FCS Teams". Richmond Spiders Program Overview. College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  2. "All-Time Coaching Records". Richmond Spiders. College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "1965 Richmond Results". College Football Data Warehouse. 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  4. "Richmond gets early advantage, but Southerners claim win, 28–7". Daily Press. October 3, 1965. Retrieved March 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "ECC routs Richmond by 34–13". The Progress-Index. October 10, 1965. Retrieved March 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "VMI hands Richmond 12th straight defeat". The Daily News Leader. November 7, 1965. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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