Tom Lynch was the spearhead of the team. Led by head coach Wayne Hardin, the Midshipmen finished the season with nine wins and an appearance in the Orange Bowl. Throughout that fall, Staubach made so many plays in so many ways – scrambling, rolling out, slipping tackles, throwing with zip and accuracy from the pocket and on the run – that he won the Heisman Trophy as the nation’s top player. Beneath all of the impressive numbers was a team steeped in character, with no shortage of characters. When the subject of the 1963 Navy football team is raised among the men who made that incredible season happen, it evokes an array of images.It conjures up the serious visage of senior Tom Lynch, the Midshipmen’s hard-nosed center/inside linebacker and team captain, who remains its caretaker to this day. Orr, who had begun the spring season as a fourth-team, junior varsity player, caught touchdown passes of 26 and 37 yards and returned an interception 52 yards to set up another score. This college football 1960s season article is a stub. Read more about our data coverage. Three years after the great Joe Bellino had run roughshod over defenses to win the Heisman and lead the Mids to a 9-2 finish, the ’63 team ran a gauntlet of top-flight opponents behind a quarterback like Navy had never had. You want to be selfless about it. The Kennedy assassination hit the Mids especially hard. The 1961 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1961. Staubach followed up his outstanding NFL career with huge success in commercial real estate. L, 2-5. 2 team in the country, it faced top-ranked Texas in the Cotton Bowl and lost, 28-6, in the title game. His last score, on a 20-yard burst, completed a 91-yard drive and made it 21-7 with 10 minutes left in the game.Army finally answered with a touchdown drive, behind quarterback Carl Stichweh. The 1961 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1961. Jefferson City, Mo. Part of the 1960-61 bowl game season, the fifth-ranked Missouri Tigers of the Big Eight Conference defeated the #4 Navy Midshipmen, 21-14. First Last Height lbs. Navy responded. We weren’t sure if there would be another game to prepare for. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. But Missouri continued to run the ball, grinding it out for 223 rushing yards. Navy vaulted back up to No. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. That team had as much impact on me as anything else in my life.” It was such a unique year. The Mids hit the big boys hard, as Navy went on the road to beat West Virginia, Pitt and Notre Dame by an average of 26 points, starting with its season-opening, 51-7 romp in Morgantown, W.Va. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. We had a real love for him, and we were extraordinarily sad after what happened in Dallas. “Then we really handled Army [a 34-14 win], and we were the underdogs that day.” The following spring, as the Midshipmen were wrapping up practice near the end of the school year, Hardin got the feeling the Mids had something special brewing. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. (); : All rights reserved. February 20 Football Offensive Coordinator Press Conference . 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. There were quick, instinctive defensive backs such as senior Robert Orlosky and tough, under-sized linemen like senior Alexander Krekich and junior Fred Marlin. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Preferred Citation: The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Staubach threw for 1,702 yards and seven touchdowns and rushed for 371 yards and nine TDs. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). That marked Navy’s ninth win in 37 games against the Fighting Irish. But Missouri answered when Norm Beal intercepted Navy's Hal Spooner, rumbling down the sideline for a 90-yard return, giving Missouri a 76 advantage. New Year's Day was on a Sunday in 1961; the college bowl games were played the following day. Navy vaulted back up to No. This remains Navy's only Orange Bowl; their next major bowl appearance is their most recent, the Cotton following the 1963 season. “I don’t know why that team came together the way we did. Senior halfback Joe Bellino won the Heisman Trophy. The team was led by third-year head coach Wayne Hardin. He was a hell of a leader. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. 1960-61 Navy Midshipmen Men's Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 10-9 ( Independent ) Coach: Ben Carnevale PS/G: 66.6 (127th of 169) PA/G: 66.6 (51st of 167) SRS: -1.68 (99th of 173) SOS: -2.40 (117th of 173) Navy (Men's) School History Roster & Stats Polls, Schedule & Results On this page: Roster Per Game Team and Opponent Stats No Army players were selected on the 1961 College Football All-America Team. Several of them, including backup quarterback Robert Sutton and Krekich, ascended to the rank of Admiral. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 11:34AM. He played with such intensity. 1961 Army 31- BU 7. Donnelly caught a TD pass to give Navy a 14-7 lead, finished the Navy scoring with a 41-yard dash on a great pitchout by Staubach and gashed the Irish defense with big runs in between.Navy toyed with Maryland the following week and rolled to a 42-7 win, then overwhelmed Duke in a 38-25 victory in Durham.Then, six days later on November 22, and eight days before the Army game, everything stopped when Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed the President in Dallas. They then drove 80 yards for a second touchdown, and led 146 at halftime. With Staubach, the future Hall of Famer and Super Bowl champion leader of the Dallas Cowboys, pointing the way and getting a huge assist from Lynch -- whom teammates likened him to Dick Butkus, the legendary Chicago Bears linebacker – the Mids had their twin towers, and then some. Find out more. Fittingly, Lynch, who as the Brigade’s heavyweight boxing champ was the quintessential leader on a team bursting with them, retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral in 1995. Senior halfback Joe Bellino was awarded the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award. We present them here for purely educational purposes. The Mids hit the big boys hard, as Navy went on the road to beat West Virginia, Pitt and Notre Dame by an average of 26 points, starting with its season-opening, 51-7 romp in Morgantown, W.Va.Beneath all of the impressive numbers was a team steeped in character, with no shortage of characters. “We had great coaching and amazing senior leadership. Or write about sports? That team had as much impact on me as anything else in my life.”It was such a unique year. The Black Knights then stunned the Mids with a successful onside kick, and drove to Navy’s 2-yard line. Staubach took care of the big things.” “I’ve always told the guys that they each deserve a piece of the Heisman [trophy],” Staubach said. We took care of all of the little things. The Mids followed up with a 28-0 rout over visiting William & Mary, a victory that laid the ground work for their memorable trip to Ann Arbor to face Michigan, where Staubach was dazzling. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 1 team in the country.’ I asked him what he was smoking,” Hardin recalled.“Then I started thinking why not? Title: Army-Navy Game, 11 December 1961 and undated Date (s) of Materials: 11 December 1961, undated Extent: 5 digital pages Collection: Papers of John F. Kennedy. Join our linker program. : He completed 14 of 16 passes for 237 yards and rushed for 70 more. He played with such intensity. Taylor, who went 1 for 6 passing, threw for only five total yards. And the Mids’ savvy was typified by the crafty and inventive minds of head coach Wayne Hardin and the late Steve Belichick, his top assistant. Army finally answered with a touchdown drive, behind quarterback Carl Stichweh. 2 Navy accepted an invitation to play in the 1964 Cotton Bowl Classic versus No. Ticket Information Digital Ticketing Basketball Lacrosse Wrestling Navy Clear Bag Policy Army-Navy Mobile Ticketing 2023 Navy Football Ticket Interest Form Additional Events Group Tickets The Clubs at Akerson Tower . Those guys are my closest things in life. Frankly, we didn’t care.”But word got out that the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, had requested the Army-Navy game go on, since the President would have wanted it that way. Navy quarterback Roger Staubach (Baltimore Sun Photo) Former fullback Nick Markoff came up with an idea to have Staubach throw a Hail Mary pass to favorite receiver Skip Orr to spice up the. . “Michigan carried seven or eight guys off the field. . “I would have crawled through glass for the chance to play for a national championship. . That win would send the second-ranked Midshipmen into the national championship game against top-ranked Texas. “The first thing I think about is friendship and the love of teammates when I think of that team,” added Richard Earnest, one of Navy’s senior halfbacks in ’63. “We wouldn’t even be talking about the ’63 team if we hadn’t beaten Army.” This weekend, as they gather in Annapolis to reflect on what they did in 1963, the Mids probably won’t talk much about the tough loss against that loaded Texas team, which jumped out to a 14-0 lead and never looked back on New Year’s Day. We had over 100 yards in penalties and had a touchdown called back. College Park, Md. Do you have a sports website? He used to make the first-team guys run extra sprints after practice. The offense scored 262 points while the defense allowed 103 points. I let him go.”And it didn’t take long for the Mids to be off and running in the fall. Wt. september 30 1961 pensacola navy goshawks vs mexico national polytechnic institute broncos football program played at goshawk stadium awesome cover artwork inside has player pics stadium info schedules rosters ads coach info and much more center has team rosters ex+ condition great content really nice tough to find high grade vintage program . Quarterback Roger Staubach won the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award while leading the Midshipmen to a 91 regular season record and a final ranking of No. “We wouldn’t even be talking about the ’63 team if we hadn’t beaten Army.”This weekend, as they gather in Annapolis to reflect on what they did in 1963, the Mids probably won’t talk much about the tough loss against that loaded Texas team, which jumped out to a 14-0 lead and never looked back on New Year’s Day. The 1961 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Tom Lynch was the spearhead of the team. It was played on New Year’s Day in Dallas, where the President had died 40 days earlier.The 1963 team averaged 29.1 points while allowing only 15 points per game. The Black Knights then stunned the Mids with a successful onside kick, and drove to Navy’s 2-yard line. Do you have a sports website? We had the pieces. He used to make the first-team guys run extra sprints after practice. The team was led by third-year head coach Wayne Hardin.[1][2]. We had a real love for him, and we were extraordinarily sad after what happened in Dallas. Or the pulled hamstring that Donnelly suffered two days before the game. W, 18-0. He completed 14 of 16 passes for 237 yards and rushed for 70 more. The Mids knocked off Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Michigan, Notre Dame and Maryland with ease. Their only Orange Bowl since this one was in January 1970. Final Record: 8-1-0 1899 - Duquesne Country & Athletic Club - Continuing an impressive run, Buffalo has another fine season led by Coach Bemus Pierce, a member of the Seneca Nation, losing only to the professional Duquesne Country & Athletic Club in Pittsburgh, PA. Coach: Bemus Pierce Final Record: 7-1-0 1900 You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. (); : Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Then, six days later on November 22, and eight days before the Army game, everything stopped when Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed the President in Dallas. A lot of coaches would try to put bridles on players like that. Several of them, including backup quarterback Robert Sutton and Krekich, ascended to the rank of Admiral. The official 1964 Football schedule for the University of Maryland Terrapins . Jefferson City: 11 . The official 2023 Football Roster for the Naval Academy Skip To Main . 1961: Joe Kuharich: 5-5: Results | Stats: 1960: Joe Kuharich: 2-8: . Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. On a hot and humid Friday night that featured a suspicious amount of calls that did not go Navy’s way, Orr was stripped of the game-winning touchdown pass in the back of the end zone on the game’s final play.“There are still a lot of sour grapes [over that game]. [1] [2] Schedule [ edit] References [ edit] ^ "Football History" (PDF). The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Staubach threw for 1,702 yards and seven touchdowns and rushed for 371 yards and nine TDs. We’re all still like brothers.” Most of the surviving members from the 9-2 team that played in the Cotton Bowl for college football’s biggest prize have stayed connected over the years, mainly due to Lynch, who has organized reunions large and small for the past three decades. Roster Cross Country: News Football Football: Schedule Football: Roster Football: News Golf Golf . The Mids started a six-game winning streak by disposing of VMI, 21-12, then prepared for a huge game against visiting, unbeaten, third-ranked Pittsburgh. College Park, Md. Academic Year Hometown High School; 10: Keith: Weber: Quarterback: 6-0: 182: So. 1960 Army 9 - Syracuse 6. [1][2], Navy upset third-ranked Washington in Seattle,[3] which vaulted them up eleven places in the rankings, to sixth. This college football 1960s season article is a stub. Sai taught math and coached football at a handful of high schools in Northern California for 31 years, before retiring in 2004. Staubach followed up his outstanding NFL career with huge success in commercial real estate. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? It also marked the last victory over Notre Dame until 2007, and it featured a rare tongue-lashing by the normally calm Hardin at halftime, when the surprisingly lethargic Mids were deadlocked with the Irish at 7-7. That win would send the second-ranked Midshipmen into the national championship game against top-ranked Texas.Ask about that special group of players, and you will hear about speedy and elusive playmakers such as John Sai, Edward “Skip” Orr and Jim Campbell. President-elect John F. Kennedy attended the game.[2][3]. We had the opportunity to participate on the world stage and wound up No. “I would have crawled through glass for the chance to play for a national championship. Beneath all of the impressive numbers was a team steeped in character, with no shortage of characters. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 11:34AM. “There are still a lot of sour grapes [over that game]. 1960 NCAA University Division independents football records, 1960 NCAA University Division football season, "Mather punches field goal as Navy nips Huskies, 15-14", "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1960_Navy_Midshipmen_football_team&oldid=1115038916, 1960 NCAA University Division independents football season, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using CFB schedule with named parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 9 October 2022, at 14:42. 2 bowl game in college football history. [1] This college football 1960s season article is a stub. 1961 Navy Midshipmen Stats Previous Year Next Year Record: 7-3 (20th of 111) ( Schedule & Results ) Conference: Ind Coach: Wayne Hardin (7-3) Points For: 201 Points/G: 20.1 (28th of 111) Points Against: 136 Opp Pts/G: 13.6 (46th of 111) SRS: 7.86 (32nd of 111) SOS: 2.26 (55th of 111) Navy School History 1961 Navy Statistics Schedule & Results We out-played the No. We didn’t have many significant injuries. We were all headed in the same direction, all season. Earnest, whose penchant for off-color jokes led his teammates to call him “Dirty Ernie,” achieved great success in the computer software business. . “All I told the guys before the game is ‘Let’s play a game worthy of a President,’” Hardin said. Kennedy, a U.S. Navy enlistee, made no secret of his love for the school and the team. (); : Ht. This article related to sports in Annapolis, Maryland is a stub. “We were a bunch of guys who really cared about each other. 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