1964 Indiana State Sycamores football team
1964 Indiana State Sycamores football | |
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ICC co-champion | |
Conference | Indiana Collegiate Conference |
Record | 6–2 (4–2 ICC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
Seasons ← 1963 1965 → |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Butler + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evansville + | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DePauw | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Joseph's (IN) | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1964 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. The Sycamores finished the season with an overall record of 6–2 and finished in a five-way tie for the Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) title with a mark of 4–2. This remains conference championship for the Indiana State Sycamores football program. Head coach Bill Jones was in his eighth and final season running the program. He finished his collegiate coaching career with a record of 32–37–1 (.464). He was named Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) Coach of the Year three times (1959, 1960, 1963) and was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1981.[1]
Junior All-ICC running back Emmitt "Tank" Tyler, led the team in rushing (682 yds) and total offense (682 yds), while Clarence Reedy led the team in passing. The team also featured All-ICC players such as end Willie Smith, tackle Art Fallon and center John Allen and guard Edgar Freese.[2][3] Freese was tapped as an All-American wrestler in 1965.[4]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | at Eastern Illinois* |
| W 25–14 | 3,436 | [5][6] |
September 26 | Illinois State* |
| W 26–7 | ||
October 3 | at Valparaiso![]() |
| W 35–6 | ||
October 10 | Evansville |
| L 14–20 | ||
October 17 | at Ball State |
| W 17–0 | 10,000 | [7][8] |
October 24 | Butler |
| L 2–7 | ||
October 31 | at DePauw |
| W 6–0 | ||
November 7 | at Saint Joseph's (IN) |
| W 35–8 | ||
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References
- ^ "Jones, William". Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
- ^ "The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana on November 19, 1964 · Page 62". Newspapers.com. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
- ^ Tribune-Star, Andy AmeyThe. "AMEY TAKES AIM: Emmitt 'Tank' Tyler remembered as a great football player, great mentor". Terre Haute Tribune Star. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
- ^ "Hall of Fame - Indiana State". gosycamores.com. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
- ^ "State Shows Good Scoring Power". Terre Haute Tribune. September 20, 1964. p. 47. Retrieved May 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ Rick Van Sant (October 18, 1964). "Indiana State Stuns Cards, 17-0". The Terre Haute Tribune. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ "Indiana State at Terre Haute - Fall Sports Brochure, 1964" (PDF). Indiana State University.