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1964 Wagner Seahawks football team

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1964 Wagner Seahawks football
MAC Northern College Division champion
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionNorthern College Division
Record10–0 (5–0 MAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrymes Hill Stadium
Seasons
← 1963
1965 ⊟
1964 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University Division
Gettysburg x 5 1 0 7 2 0
Bucknell 4 1 0 7 2 0
Temple 4 1 0 7 2 0
Delaware 3 3 0 4 5 0
Lafayette 0 4 2 0 7 2
Hofstra 0 3 1 6 3 1
Lehigh 0 3 1 1 7 1
Northern College Division
Wagner x 5 0 0 10 0 0
Albright 6 1 0 8 1 0
Juniata 3 3 0 4 4 0
Moravian 3 4 0 4 4 0
Upsala 2 4 0 3 5 0
Wilkes 1 5 0 1 6 0
Lycoming 1 5 0 1 7 0
Susquehanna * 2 0 0 7 2 0
Southern College Division
Franklin & Marshall x 7 0 0 8 0 0
Drexel 4 1 0 7 2 0
Muhlenberg 5 3 0 5 4 0
Lebanon Valley 4 4 0 4 4 0
Pennsylvania Military 4 4 0 4 5 0
Swarthmore 3 3 0 3 4 0
Dickinson 4 5 0 4 5 0
Western Maryland 2 4 0 4 5 0
Johns Hopkins 2 4 0 2 6 0
Ursinus 2 5 0 2 6 0
Haverford 0 5 0 0 6 1
West Chester * 0 0 0 6 2 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1964 Wagner Seahawks football team was an American football team that represented Wagner College as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In their third year under head coach Robert C. Hicks, the Seahawks compiled a perfect 10–0 record (5–0 in conference games) and won the MAC Northern College Division championship. It was one of only three Wagner football teams (along with the 1960 and 1967 teams) to conclude its season with an undefeated record.[1]

On offense, the Seahawks scored 202 points and gained 3,471 yards of total offense (1,661 rushing, 1,810 passing). On defense, they gave up 67 points and 1,837 yards of total offense (1,072 rushing, 765 passing).[2]

The team's individual statistical leaders included senior quarterback Dan Coughlin with 1,810 passing yards and 14 passing touchdowns; senior halfback Cliff Lish with 432 rushing yards; junior end Rich Kotite with 56 passes for 943 yards and 42 points scored; and junior halfback Chuck DiStallo with 42 points scored.[2] Kotite, a transfer from Miami,[3] was selected as a second-team player on the 1964 Little All-America college football team.[4]

The team played its home games at Grymes Hill Stadium in the Grymes Hill neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City.

The team was honored in 2014 with a ceremony at Wagner.[5]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Trenton State*Trenton, NJW 13–03,000[6]
September 26at Western MarylandWestminster, MDW 34–161,500[7]
October 3Merchant Marine*
W 13–6[8]
October 10at MoravianBethlehem, PAW 20–71,500[9]
October 17Drexel
  • Grymes Hill Stadium
  • Staten Island, NY
W 21–0[10]
October 24Albright
  • Grymes Hill Stadium
  • Staten Island, NY
W 27–8[11]
October 31at C. W. Post
W 7–6[12]
November 7Hamilton*
  • Grymes Hill Stadium
  • Staten Island, NY
W 41–8[13]
November 14at Springfield*Springfield, MAW 12–75,000
November 21Upsala
  • Grymes Hill Stadium
  • Staten Island, NY
W 14–9[14]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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  1. ^ "1964 Undefeated Football Team Anniversary". Wagner College. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Brief Summary of Cumulative Statistics (Wagner 1964)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  3. ^ Red Foley (November 20, 1964). "Wagner Shines in Local Grid Gloom". New York Daily News. p. 76 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Little All-America: SCI's Randy Schultz Honored". Sioux City Journal. December 1, 1964. p. B2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Jim Waggoner (October 9, 2014). "Wagner College football notebook: Undefeated 1964 team to celebrate 50th anniversary". Staten Island Live.
  6. ^ "Wagner Tops Trenton State". The Sunday Home News. September 20, 1964. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wagner Rips W. MD., 34-16". The Baltimore Sun. September 27, 1964. p. 4A – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Seahawks Wallop Kings Point, 13-6". New York Daily News. October 4, 1964. p. 147 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Wagner Trips Moravian As Quarterback Sizzles". The Morning Call. October 11, 1964. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wagner Whips Drexel For 5th in Row, 21-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 18, 1964. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Unbeaten Wagner Tops Albright, 27 to 8". Rochester Deomocrat and Chronicle. October 26, 1964. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Wagner Shades C. W. Post, 7-6". New York Daily News. November 1, 1964. p. 151 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Wagner's Eighth, 41-8". New York Daily News. November 8, 1964. p. 156 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Wagner Tops Usala, 14-9, For 10-0 Mark". New York Daily News. November 22, 1964. p. 143 – via Newspapers.com.