1964 Indiana State Sycamores football team
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The 1964 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 1964 college football season. It represents the sole conference championship in 100+ years of intercollegiate competition for the Indiana State football program. Head Coach Bill Jones was in his 8th season running the program; he finished his collegiate coaching career with a record of 32-37-1 (.464) but rebuilt a depleted Indiana State program, he was named ICC Coach of the Year three times (1959, 1960, 1963) and was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 1981.[1]
The team featured All-ICC players such as end Willie Smith, tackle Art Fallon and center John Allen, guard Edgar Freese and running back Emmitt "Tank" Tyler.[2][3] Freese was tapped as an All-American wrestler in 1965.[4]
Schedule
September 19at Eastern Illinois*
- Lincoln Field
- Charleston, IL
W 25–14 September 26Illinois State*
W 26–7
October 3at Valparaiso
W 35–6 October 10Evansville
- Reitz Bowl
- Evansville, IN
L 14–20 October 17at Ball State
W 17-0 October 24Butler
- Butler Bowl
- Indianapolis, IN
L 2-7 October 31at DePauw
- Blackstock Stadium
- Greencastle, IN
W 6-0 November 7at Saint Joseph's
- Alumni Stadium
- Rensselaer, IN
W 35-8
References
- ^ "JONES, WILLIAM | Indiana Football Hall of Fame". www.indiana-football.org. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ^ "The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana on November 19, 1964 · Page 62". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ^ Tribune-Star, Andy AmeyThe. "AMEY TAKES AIM: Emmitt 'Tank' Tyler remembered as a great football player, great mentor". Terre Haute Tribune Star. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ^ "Hall of Fame - Indiana State". gosycamores.com. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Indiana State Yearly Results: 1960–1964". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ http://gosycamores.com/documents/2016/11/29/1964.pdf