1965 SANFL season

1965 SANFL season
Teams	10
Premiers	Port Adelaide 23rd premiership
Minor premiers	Port Adelaide 33rd minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Gary Window Central District
Ken Farmer Medallist	Ian Brewer Norwood (96 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played	104
Total attendance	1,010,576 (9,717 per match)
Highest	62,543 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Sturt)

The 1965 South Australian National Football League season was the 86th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

1965 SANFL Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	PTS
1	Port Adelaide (P)	20	17	3	0	1756	1357	56.41	34
2	South Adelaide	20	15	5	0	1829	1318	58.12	30
3	Sturt	20	13	7	0	1953	1436	57.63	26
4	Norwood	20	13	7	0	1932	1532	55.77	26
5	North Adelaide	20	13	7	0	1808	1577	53.41	26
6	Glenelg	20	10	10	0	1721	1927	47.18	20
7	Central District	20	8	12	0	1623	2020	44.55	16
8	West Torrens	20	4	16	0	1443	1867	43.60	8
9	West Adelaide	20	4	16	0	1516	1994	43.19	8
10	Woodville	20	3	17	0	1463	2016	42.05	6
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

Finals Series

Grand Final

Main article: 1965 SANFL Grand Final

	1965 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 2 October (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	Sturt	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 62,543)
	3.3 (21) 6.3 (39) 11.7 (73)  12.8 (80)	Q1 Q2 Q3  Final	2.1 (13) 6.2 (38) 7.2 (44)  12.5 (77)	Jack Oatey Medallist:
		Goals	6 M. Jones
G. Motley, J. Cahill		Best	T. Clarkson