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American college football season
The 1963 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the
United States Naval Academy as an independent in the
1963 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach
Wayne Hardin, the Midshipmen finished the year with an overall record of 9–2 and a loss against
Texas in the
Cotton Bowl Classic.
Quarterback
Roger Staubach won the
Heisman Trophy and the
Maxwell Award while leading the Midshipmen to a 9–1 regular season record and a final ranking of No. 2 in the nation. He led Navy to victory over their
annual rivalry with
Notre Dame, which would be the Midshipmen's last win over Notre Dame until
2007. In the
Crab Bowl Classic, Navy defeated Maryland by a score of 42–7. There was talk of cancelling the 1963
Army-Navy game in the aftermath of the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but his widow,
Jacqueline, insisted that the game should be played. No. 2 Navy accepted an invitation to play in the
1964 Cotton Bowl Classic versus No. 1
Texas, the second No. 1 versus No. 2
bowl game in
college football history.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 21 | at
West Virginia | No. 9 | | W 51–7 | 35,000 |
[1] |
September 28 |
William & Mary | No. 5 | | W 28–0 | 19,230 |
[2] |
October 5 | at
Michigan | No. 6 | | W 26–13 | 55,877 |
[3] |
October 11 | at
SMU | No. 4 | | L 28–32 | 37,000 | |
October 19 | vs.
VMI | No. 10 | | W 21–12 | 31,500 |
[4] |
October 26 | No. 3
Pittsburgh | No. 10 | - Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
- Annapolis, MD
| W 24–12 | 30,231 |
[5] |
November 2 | at
Notre Dame | No. 4 | | W 35–14 | 59,362 | |
November 9 |
Maryland | No. 4 | - Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
- Annapolis, MD (
rivalry)
| W 42–7 | 30,035 |
[6] |
November 16 | at
Duke | No. 2 | | W 38–25 | 41,000 |
[7] |
December 7 | vs.
Army | No. 2 | | W 21–15 | | |
January 1, 1964 | vs. No. 1
Texas | No. 2 | | L 6–28 | 75,504 |
[8] |
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
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Roster
1963 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
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Injured
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Redshirt
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Team players in the NFL
[9]
Awards and honors
References
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"Middies riddle West Virginia". The Huntsville Times. September 22, 1963. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Navy clouts William & Mary, 28–0". Chattanooga Daily Times. September 29, 1963. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com.
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^ Bob Pille.
"Staubach At Helm, 26-13: Navy Torpedoes U-M". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 3D – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Navy edges V.M.I., 21–12". The Baltimore Sun. October 20, 1963. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Navy hands Pitt first grid loss". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. October 27, 1963. p. 31.
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"Staubach leads Navy over Terps 42–7". The Chattanooga Times. November 10, 1963. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Navy defeats Duke, 38–25". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 17, 1963. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"Texas tops Navy, 28–6, in bowl tilt". The Baltimore Sun. January 2, 1964. Retrieved April 30, 2023 – via
Newspapers.com.
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"1964 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from
the original on December 23, 2007.
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"Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy". Archived from
the original on September 16, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2007.
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"Football". Archived from
the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
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