1964 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1964 Northwestern Wildcats football
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

1964 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 19	Oregon State*	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 7–3
September 26	at Indiana	Tenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, IN	W 14–13
October 3	No. 3 Illinois	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL (Rivalry)	L 6–17
October 10	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	L 18–21
October 17	Miami (OH)*	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	L 27–28
October 24	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 6–24
October 31	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	L 0–35
November 7	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 17–13
November 14	at No. 7 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	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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