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1964 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team

1964 Amherst Lord Jeffs football
Little Three champion
ConferenceLittle Three Conference
Record8–0 (2–0 Little Three)
Head coach
Home stadiumPratt Field
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26SpringfieldW 28–123,000[2]
October 3at American InternationalSpringfield, MAW 14–133,000[3]
October 10at BowdoinBrunswick, MEW 19–184,200[4]
October 17Coast Guard
  • Pratt Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 34–7
October 24at WesleyanMiddletown, CTW 24–8
October 31Tufts
  • Pratt Field
  • Amherst, MA
W 14–8[5]
November 7at Trinity (CT)
W 27–0[6]
November 14Williams
W 20–712,000[7]

References

  1. ^ "Amherst Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  5. ^ Herb Ralby (November 1, 1964). "Amherst Hobbles Jumbos 14-8". The Boston Globe. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Owen Griffith (November 8, 1964). "Amherst Defeats Trinity by 27-0". The Hartford Courant. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Jerry Trecker (November 15, 1964). "Powerful Jeffs Rip Williams". The Hartford Courant. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.