1964 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team
Appearance
1964 Amherst Lord Jeffs football | |
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Little Three champion | |
Conference | Little Three Conference |
Record | 8–0 (2–0 Little Three) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Pratt Field |
The 1964 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team was an American football team that represented Amherst College as a member of the Little Three Conference during the 1964 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Jim Ostendarp, the Lord Jeffs compiled an 8–0 record, won the Little Three championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 180 to 73.[1]
The 1964 season was the second perfect season in the history of Amherst's football program. The first was 1942, and others followed in 1984, 2009, 2011, 2014, and 2015.
The team played its home games at Pratt Field in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 26 | Springfield | W 28–12 | 3,000 | [2] | |
October 3 | at American International | Springfield, MA | W 14–13 | 3,000 | [3] |
October 10 | at Bowdoin | Brunswick, ME | W 19–18 | 4,200 | [4] |
October 17 | Coast Guard |
| W 34–7 | ||
October 24 | at Wesleyan | Middletown, CT | W 24–8 | ||
October 31 | Tufts |
| W 14–8 | [5] | |
November 7 | at Trinity (CT) |
| W 27–0 | [6] | |
November 14 | Williams |
| W 20–7 | 12,000 | [7] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Amherst Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ Herb Ralby (November 1, 1964). "Amherst Hobbles Jumbos 14-8". The Boston Globe. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Owen Griffith (November 8, 1964). "Amherst Defeats Trinity by 27-0". The Hartford Courant. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jerry Trecker (November 15, 1964). "Powerful Jeffs Rip Williams". The Hartford Courant. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.