1963 Navy Midshipmen football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1963 Navy Midshipmen football Independent 2 2 9–2 Wayne Hardin 5th Thomas Lynch Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Eastern champion Cotton Bowl Classic L 6–28 vs. Texas The 1963 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent in the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Wayne Hardin, the Midshipmen finished the year with an overall record of 9–2 and a loss against Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic. Quarterback Roger Staubach won the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award while leading the Midshipmen to a 9–1 regular season record and a final ranking of No. 2 in the nation. 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. In the Crab Bowl Classic, Navy defeated Maryland by a score of 42–7. There was talk of cancelling the Army–Navy Game in the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but his widow, Jacqueline, insisted that the game should be played. No. 2 Navy accepted an invitation to play in the 1964 Cotton Bowl Classic versus No. 1 Texas, the second No. 1 versus No. 2 bowl game in college football history. Schedule 1963 AP September 21 w y 9 West Virginia Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV 51–7 35,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-huntsville-times-middies-riddle-west/139161000/ The Huntsville Times Middies riddle West Virginia September 22, 1963 January 20, 2024 Newspapers.com September 28 w y 5 William & Mary Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD 28–0 19,230 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111951325/navy-clouts-william-mary-280/ Chattanooga Daily Times Navy clouts William & Mary, 28–0 September 29, 1963 October 24, 2022 Newspapers.com October 5 w y 6 Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI 26–13 55,877 Staubach At Helm, 26-13: Navy Torpedoes U-M Detroit Free Press Bob Pille 1D, 3D https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55838112/staubach-at-helm-26-13-navy-torpedoes/ Newspapers.com October 11 l y 4 SMU Cotton Bowl Dallas TX rivalry 28–32 37,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brownsville-herald-mustangs-shock-na/168647023/ The Brownsville Herald Mustangs shock Navy; Staubach by 32–28 score October 13, 1963 March 23, 2025 Newspapers.com October 19 w y 10 VMI Foreman Field Norfolk, VA Oyster Bowl 21–12 31,500 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36451495/mike-talley-vmi-10-20-1963-page-1/ Navy edges V.M.I., 21–12 The Baltimore Sun October 20, 1963 January 30, 2022 Newspapers.com October 26 w 10 Pittsburgh 3 Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD 24–12 30,231 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yBkrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6702%2C5887329 Reading Eagle Pennsylvania UPI Navy hands Pitt first grid loss October 27, 1963 31 November 2 w y 4 Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN rivalry 35–14 59,362 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-roger-navy-win-3514/193610052/ The Tampa Tribune Roger, Navy win 35–14 November 3, 1963 March 17, 2026 Newspapers.com November 9 w 4 Maryland Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD rivalry 42–7 30,035 https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times-staubach-leads-n/139166774/ The Chattanooga Times Staubach leads Navy over Terps 42–7 November 10, 1963 January 20, 2024 Newspapers.com November 16 w y 2 Duke Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC 38–25 41,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-navy-defeats-du/139166098/ Fort Worth Star-Telegram Navy defeats Duke, 38–25 November 17, 1963 January 20, 2024 Newspapers.com December 7 w y 2 Army Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA Army–Navy Game 21–15 100,000 https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-navy-outlasts-army-211/193609907/ The Hartford Courant Navy outlasts Army 21–15 in photo finish December 8, 1963 March 17, 2026 Newspapers.com January 1, 1964 l y 2 Texas 1 Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl 6–28 75,504 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123829976/texas-tops-navy-286-in-bowl-tilt/ The Baltimore Sun Texas tops Navy, 28–6, in bowl tilt January 2, 1964 April 30, 2023 Newspapers.com Schedule/Results (1963 Navy) https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/215558 National Collegiate Athletic Association NCAA Statistics May 13, 2025 Roster 1963 Navy Midshipmen f Jr Roger Staubach QB y *Wayne Hardin 2015-12-20 Team players in the NFL 1964 NFL draft Player Position Round Pick NFL club Roger Staubach Quarterback 10 129 Dallas Cowboys https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1964.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071223123711/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1964.htm 2007-12-23 1964 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com Pro-Football-Reference.com Awards and honors Roger Staubach – Heisman Trophy,http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy 2007-11-23 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090916003323/http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html 2009-09-16 Walter Camp Memorial Trophyhttp://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm Football 2008-12-20 2011-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110707074829/http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm dead References Navy Category:Navy Midshipmen football seasons Category:Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy seasons Navy Midshipmen football