1964 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1964
| team = Amherst Lord Jeffs
| sport = football
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| conference = Little Three Conference
| short_conf = Little Three
| record = 8–0
| conf_record = 2–0
| head_coach = Jim Ostendarp
| hc_year = 6th
| captain =
| stadium = Pratt Field
| champion = Little Three champion
}}
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.{{cite web|title=Amherst Yearly Results|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=May 27, 2023|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/amherst/1960-1964_yearly_results.php|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906214852/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/a/amherst/1960-1964_yearly_results.php|url-status=dead}}
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
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|September 26||{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Springfield Maroons|title=Springfield}}|Pratt Field|Amherst, MA|W 28-12|3,000–4,000|{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Springfield) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/673/stats/13327 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 28, 2023 }}
|October 3|at|{{cfb link|year=1964|team=American International Yellow Jackets|title=American International}}||Springfield, MA|W 14-13|3,000|
|October 10|at|{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Bowdoin Polar Bears|title=Bowdoin}}||Brunswick, ME|W 19-18|3,500–4,200|{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Bowdoin) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/69/stats/13327 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 28, 2023 }}
|October 17||{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Coast Guard Bears|title=Coast Guard}}|Pratt Field|Amherst, MA|W 34-7|4,325|
|October 24|at|{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Wesleyan Cardinals|title=Wesleyan}}||Middletown, CT|W 24-8|4,000|
|October 31||{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Tufts Jumbos|title=Tufts}}|Pratt Field|Amherst, MA|W 14-8|3,300|{{cite news|title=Amherst Hobbles Jumbos 14-8|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Herb Ralby|date=November 1, 1964|page=78|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-amherst-hobbles-jumbos/125408602/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 7|at|{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Trinity Bantams|title=Trinity (CT)}}|Trinity Field|Hartford, CT|W 27-0|4,500|{{cite news|title=Amherst Defeats Trinity by 27-0|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=Owen Griffith|date=November 8, 1964|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-amherst-defeats-trinity/125408390/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 14||{{cfb link|year=1964|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}}|Pratt Field|Amherst, MA (The Biggest Little Game in America)|W 20-7|12,000–13,000|{{cite news|title=Powerful Jeffs Rip Williams|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|author=Jerry Trecker|date=November 15, 1964|pages=1, 4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-powerful-jeffs-rip-will/125407573/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Amherst) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/24/stats/13327 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=January 29, 2025 }}
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