The 1965 Detroit Lions season was the 36th season in franchise history. Harry Gilmer replaced George Wilson as the Lions head coach. The Lions failed to improve on their 1964 record of 7–5–2, finishing at 6–7–1.
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Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance 1 September 19 Los Angeles Rams W 20–0 1–0 46,941 2 September 26 at Minnesota Vikings W 31–29 2–0 46,826 3 October 3 Washington Redskins W 14–10 3–0 52,627 4 October 10 at Baltimore Colts L 7–31 3–1 60,238 5 October 17 Green Bay Packers L 21–31 3–2 56,712 6 October 24 at Chicago Bears L 10–38 3–3 45,658 7 October 31 at Los Angeles Rams W 31–7 4–3 35,137 8 November 7 at Green Bay Packers W 12–7 5–3 50,852 9 November 14 San Francisco 49ers L 21–27 5–4 54,534 10 November 21 Chicago Bears L 10–17 5–5 51,499 11 November 25 Baltimore Colts T 24–24 5–5–1 55,036 12 December 5 at San Francisco 49ers L 14–17 5–6–1 38,463 13 December 12 Minnesota Vikings L 7–29 5–7–1 45,420 14 December 19 at Philadelphia Eagles W 35–28 6–7–1 56,718 Thursday (November 25: Thanksgiving)
Standings
Roster 1965 Detroit Lions roster Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen Linebackers
OLB/K
Defensive backs Reserve lists
rookies in italics
References
Detroit Lions on Pro Football Reference Detroit Lions on jt-sw.com Detroit Lions on The Football Database