1964 Northwestern Wildcats football team
| 1964 Northwestern Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1964 record | 3–6 (2–5 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Alex Agase (1st season) |
| MVP | Pat Riley |
| Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Michigan $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Ohio State | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1964 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1964 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 3–6 record (2–5 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Tom Myers with 901 passing yards, Steve Murphy with 377 rushing yards, and Cas Banaszek with 317 receiving yards.[2] Center Joe Cerne was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player,[3][4] and as a second-team All-American by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.[5][6]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | |||||
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| September 19 | Oregon State* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | W 7–3 | ||||||
| September 26 | at Indiana | Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana | W 14–13 | ||||||
| October 3 | No. 3 Illinois | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois (Rivalry) | L 6–17 | ||||||
| October 10 | at Minnesota | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | L 18–21 | ||||||
| October 17 | Miami (OH)* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | L 27–28 | ||||||
| October 24 | at Michigan State | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan | L 6–24 | ||||||
| October 31 | at Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan | L 0–35 | ||||||
| November 7 | Wisconsin | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | W 17–13 | ||||||
| November 14 | at No. 7 Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio | L 0–10 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1964 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2016.
- ↑ "1964 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ "All Big Ten Picks Tough; Talent Tops". The Spokesman-Review (AP story). November 26, 1964. p. 20.
- ↑ "Butkus, Yearby, Timberlake Head Coaches' Big Ten Stars". The Daily Register (Harrisburg, Illinois). November 27, 1964. p. 11.
- ↑ Murray Olderman (1964-11-17). "NEA All-American Teams Are Split Into Platoons". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune.
- ↑ "Tide's Wayne Freeman Wins All-America Honors". The Tuscaloosa News. November 17, 1964. p. 9.
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