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1964 Indiana State Sycamores football
ICC co-champion
ConferenceIndiana Collegiate Conference
Record6–2 (4–2 ICC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1964 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. The It 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]

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

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 19at Eastern Illinois*
W 25–14
September 26Illinois State*
W 26–7
October 3at Valparaisodagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
W 35–6
October 10Evansville
  • Reitz Bowl
  • Evansville, IN
L 14–20
October 17at Ball State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
W 17-0
October 24Butler
  • Butler Bowl
  • Indianapolis, IN
L 2-7
October 31at DePauw
W 6-0
November 7at Saint Joseph's (IN)
W 35-8
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Jones, William". Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana on November 19, 1964 · Page 62". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Hall of Fame - Indiana State". gosycamores.com. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  5. ^ DeLassus, David. "Indiana State Yearly Results: 1960–1964". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  6. ^ http://gosycamores.com/documents/2016/11/29/1964.pdf
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