The 1965 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1965 season, between the Ball State Cardinals and the Tennessee A&I Tigers.
[2] Ball State quarterback Frank Houk was named the game's most outstanding player.
[3] Multiple players from Tennessee A&I were selected in the 1966 NFL draft – wide receiver Willie Walker, defensive tackle Franklin McRae, wide receiver Johnnie Robinson, and guard Jim Carer.
Ball State quarterback Frank Houk was a 1985–86 inductee to his university's hall of fame.
[4] Tennessee A&I head coach John Merritt was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994.