1963 Wittenberg Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1963
| team = Wittenberg Tigers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Ohio Athletic Conference
| short_conf = OAC
| record = 8–0–1
| conf_record = 6–0–1
| head_coach = Bill Edwards
| hc_year = 9th
| captain =
| stadium =
| champion = OAC champion
}}
{{1963 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 1963 Wittenberg Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Wittenberg University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In their ninth year under head coach Bill Edwards, the Tigers compiled an 8–0–1 record and won the OAC championship. They were ranked No. 3 in the final Associated Press small college poll with 38 points – trailing Northern Illinois (63 points) and Delaware (53 points).{{cite news|title=Wittenberg's Gridders 3rd In Final Vote|newspaper=Marion Star|date=November 29, 1963|page=20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88154124/wittenberg/|via=Newspapers.com}} Wittenberg had three consecutive undefeated seasons from 1962 to 1964.
Five Wittenberg players were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1963 All-OAC football team: quarterback Charlie Green; halfback Larry Skeldon; end Bob Cherry; defensive end Jim Worden; and linebacker Dan Mussulin.{{cite news|title=Wittenberg Dominates All-Ohio|newspaper=The Evening Independent|date=November 22, 1963|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88022311/wittenberg-dominates-all-ohio/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1963
| rankdivision = small college
| poll = AP
| rank = y
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 21|vs|{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets|title=Baldwin–Wallace}}|||Cleveland, OH|W 21-7|5,375|
|September 28||{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Otterbein Cardinals|title=Otterbein}}|||Springfield, OH|T 28-28|7,500|
|October 5|at|{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Heidelberg Student Princes|title=Heidelberg}}|||Tiffin, OH|W 48-0|2,400|
|October 12|at|{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Capital Crusaders|title=Capital}}|||Columbus, OH|W 51-14|5,000|{{cite news|title=Wittenberg Aerial Attack Shatters Capital, 51-14|newspaper=Dayton Daily News|date=October 13, 1963|page=IV-3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88257837/wittenberg-aerial-attack-shatters/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 19||{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Marietta Pioneers|title=Marietta}}|||Springfield, OH|W 57-5|7,500|{{cite news|title=Wittenberg Whips Marietta, 57-7|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=October 20, 1963|page=6D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88257794/wittenberg-whips-marietta-57-7/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 26|at|{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops|title=Ohio Wesleyan}}|4||Delaware, OH|W 50-14|5,000–6,500|{{cite news|title=Wittenberg Rips Wesleyan, 50-14|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=October 27, 1963|page=10H|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88257749/wittenberg-rips-wesleyan-50-14/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 2|at|{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Lenoir–Rhyne Bears football|title=Lenoir Rhyne}}
|November 9||Akron|4||Springfield, OH|W 34-13|7,000|{{cite news|title=Witties Rule OC By 34-13|newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal|author=Tom Melody|date=November 10, 1963|pages=1B, 8B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88257617/witties-rule-oc-by-34-13/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 16||{{cfb link|year=1963|team=Gettysburg Bullets|title=Gettysburg}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/806/stats/13015 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 16, 2022 }}
References
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