1964 Amherst Lord Jeffs football team

American college football season

1964 Amherst Lord Jeffs football
Little Three champion
Conference	Little Three Conference
Record	8–0 (2–0 Little Three)
Head coach	Jim Ostendarp (6th season)
Home stadium	Pratt Field
Seasons← 19631965 →

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.

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Springfield	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 28–12	3,000
October 3	at American International	Springfield, MA	W 14–13	3,000
October 10	at Bowdoin	Brunswick, ME	W 19–18	4,200
October 17	Coast Guard	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 34–7
October 24	at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	W 24–8
October 31	Tufts	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	W 14–8
November 7	at Trinity (CT)	Trinity Field Hartford, CT	W 27–0
November 14	Williams	Pratt Field Amherst, MA (The Biggest Little Game in America)	W 20–7	12,000

References

"Amherst Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2023.
"Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
"Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
"Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
Herb Ralby (November 1, 1964). "Amherst Hobbles Jumbos 14-8". The Boston Globe. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
Owen Griffith (November 8, 1964). "Amherst Defeats Trinity by 27-0". The Hartford Courant. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
Jerry Trecker (November 15, 1964). "Powerful Jeffs Rip Williams". The Hartford Courant. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.

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Bowls & rivalries	Williams: The Biggest Little Game in America
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