1964 Eastern Michigan Hurons football
ConferencePresidents' Athletic Conference
Record4–3 (3–2 PAC)
Head coach
MVPTerrance Hurley
CaptainGeorge Hanoian, Bill MacGillivray
Home stadiumBriggs Field
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wayne State (MI) $ 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Bethany (WV) 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Eastern Michigan 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
John Carroll 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Thiel 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Western Reserve 4 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Washington & Jefferson 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Allegheny 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Case Tech 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1964 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan University in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In their 13th season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled a 4–3 record (3–2 against PAC opponents) and were outscored by their opponents, 110 to 73.[1]

Trosko had success as the team's coach in the 1950s, but the program suffered a 29-game winless streak (0–27–2) from 1959 to 1962.[2][3] The program's decline followed the decision of the Eastern Michigan administration not to award athletic scholarships. Competing with non-scholarship athletes against schools with scholarship athletes, Trosko's Eastern Michigan teams were unable to compete.[3] In August 1965, Trosko abruptly quit as the school's head football coach,[4] and it was reported that the resignation was the result of "an apparent break with school administrators over policy."[5]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26Adrian*
W 7–05,500
October 10at John CarrollUniversity Heights, OHL 3–74,000
October 17Alleghenydagger
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 28–77,432
October 24at Wayne State (MI)Detroit, MIL 0–133,000
October 31Western Reserve
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 17–74,400
November 7at Case Tech
W 48–261,000
November 14at Ashland*Ashland, OHL 7–132,600
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[6]

References

  1. ^ "2015 Eastern Michigan Football Digital Media Guide" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 163, 170. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "Fred Trosko Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Former Eastern grid coach Trosko dies". Ludington Daily News. February 11, 1999.
  4. ^ "EMU Coach Quits Post". Ironwood Daily Globe. August 13, 1965. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Trosko Quits at Eastern". The Owosso Argus-Press. August 11, 1965.
  6. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved June 2, 2022.


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