1964 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

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]

1964 Eastern Michigan Hurons football
ConferencePresidents' Athletic Conference
1964 record4–3 (3–2 PAC)
Head coach
MVPTerrance Hurley
CaptainGeorge Hanoian, Bill MacGillivray
Home stadiumWalter O. Briggs Field
1964 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26Adrian *
W 7–0
October 10at John CarrollUniversity Heights, OHL 3–7
October 17Allegheny
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 28–7
October 24at Wayne StateDetroitL 0–13
October 31Western Reserve
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 17–7
November 7at Case Tech
W 48–26
November 14at Ashland*Ashland, OHL 7–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

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. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
  3. "Former Eastern grid coach Trosko dies". Ludington Daily News. 1999-02-11.
  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.
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