1964 Temple Owls football team

1964 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University
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
College–Northern
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
College–Southern
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 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In its fifth season under head coach George Makris, the team compiled a 7–2 record (4–1 against MAC opponents) and finished third out of seven teams in the MAC's University Division.[1] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Merchant Marine*
W 34–912,000
October 3Southern Connecticut*
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 22–6 9,000 [2]
October 10at Boston University*
W 44–133,500[3]
October 17at Lafayette
W 38–184,000 [4]
October 24at Connecticut*
L 7–25 8,635 [5]
October 31 No. 14 Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 28–31 11,000 [6]
November 7at Delaware
W 21–0 7,200–7,220 [7]
November 14 No. 9 Gettysburg
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 32–20 9,500 [8]
November 21Hofstra
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–6 6,500 [9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 131. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Frush, Charlie (October 4, 1964). "Temple Sweeps to 22-6 Victory over S. Conn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Frush, Charlie (October 11, 1964). "Temple's Preschutti, Bazis Engineer Rout of Favored BU, 44-13". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ May, Paul (October 18, 1964). "Temple Blitzes Lafayette to Stay Unbeaten, 38-18". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Lee, Bill (October 25, 1964). "Connecticut Whips Temple". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Frush, Charlie (November 1, 1964). "FG by Bucknell with 1:09 Left Beats Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Bodley, Hal (November 9, 1964). "Lack of Punch KOs Blue Hens". Wilmington Morning News. Wilmington, Del. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Frush, Charlie (November 15, 1964). "Temple Defense Nips Gettysburg Aerials as Prescutti Gleams". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Frush, Charlie (November 22, 1964). "Clock Stops but Temple Tops Hofstra". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 18, 2022.