1964 Big Ten Conference football season

1964 Big Ten Conference football season
League NCAA
Sport College football
Number of teams 10
1965 NFL Draft
Top draft pick Dick Butkus
Regular season
Season champions Michigan
Runners-up Ohio State
1964 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Michigan $ 6 1 0     9 1 0
#9 Ohio State 5 1 0     7 2 0
Purdue 5 2 0     6 3 0
Illinois 4 3 0     6 3 0
Minnesota 4 3 0     5 4 0
Michigan State 3 3 0     4 5 0
Northwestern 2 5 0     3 6 0
Wisconsin 2 5 0     3 6 0
Iowa 1 5 0     3 6 0
Indiana 1 5 0     2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 Big Ten Conference football season was part of the 1964 college football season. Michigan was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll, won the conference championship, defeated Oregon State in the 1965 Rose Bowl, and led the conference in both scoring offense (23.5 points per game) and scoring defense (8.3 points per game). Ohio State was ranked No. 9 in the final AP Poll and ranked second in the conference in scoring defense (8.4 points per game).[1] Michigan quarterback Bob Timberlake received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the conference's most valuable player.[2]

Bowl games

Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance
January 1, 1965 #8 Oregon State #4 Michigan Rose BowlPasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) W 347   100,423
#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Standard Time.

Statistical leaders

Passing yards

1. Gary Snook, Iowa (2,062)
2. Richie Badar, Indiana (1,571)
3. John Hankinson, Minnesota (1,084)
4. Hal Brandt, Wisconsin (1,059)
5. Fred Custardo, Illinois (1,012)[1]

Rushing yards

1. Jim Grabowski, Illinois (1,004)
2. Dick Gordon, Michigan State (741)
3. Willard Sander, Ohio State (626)
4. Gordon Teter, Purdue (614)
5. Mel Anthony, Michigan (579)[1]

Receiving yards

1. Karl Noonan, Iowa (933)
2. Bill Malinchak, Indiana (634)
3. Gene Washington, Michigan State (542)
4. Jimmy Jones, Wisconsin (529)
5. Rich O'Hara, Iowa (469)[1]

Total yards

1. Gary Snook, Iowa (2,044)
2. Richie Badar, Indiana (1,625)
3. Bob Timberlake, Michigan (1,381)
4. John Hankinson, Minnesota (1,262)
5. Fred Custardo, Illinois (1,163)[1]

Scoring

1. Jim Grabowski, Illinois (60)
2. Bob Timberlake, Michigan (54)
2. Randy Minniear, Purdue (54)
2. Mel Anthony, Michigan (54)
5. Dalton Kimble, Iowa (48)[1]

Player in the NFL Draft

The first ten players from the Big Ten to be selected in the 1965 NFL Draft were the following:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "1964 Big Ten Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  2. "Tribune Silver Football winners, 1924-2005". The Chicago Tribune. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-28.
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