1963 Navy Midshipmen football team

1963 Navy Midshipmen football
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 6–28 vs. Texas
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
1963 record	9–2
Head coach	Wayne Hardin (5th season)
Captain	Thomas Lynch
Home stadium	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Seasons

1963 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Memphis State			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 4 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 2 Navy			–					9	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	0
Utah State			–					8	–	2	–	0
Oregon			–					8	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Army			–					7	–	3	–	0
Air Force			–					7	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	3	–	0
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	1
Southern Miss			–					5	–	3	–	1
Idaho			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	4	–	0
Oregon State			–					5	–	5	–	0
San Jose State			–					5	–	5	–	0
Xavier			–					5	–	4	–	1
Florida State			–					4	–	5	–	1
Texas Western			–					4	–	5	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
New Mexico State			–					3	–	6	–	1
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Colorado State			–					3	–	7	–	0
Louisville			–					3	–	7	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					3	–	7	–	0
Texas Western			–					3	–	7	–	0
Detroit			–					2	–	6	–	1
Holy Cross			–					2	–	6	–	1
Notre Dame			–					2	–	7	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					2	–	8	–	0
Houston			–					2	–	8	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	1
Dayton			–					1	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 1963 college football season. The Midshipmen were led by head coach Wayne Hardin in his fifth year, finished the year with an overall record of nine wins and two losses and with 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 1963 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

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	at West Virginia	No. 9	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 51–7
September 28	William & Mary	No. 5	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 28–0
October 5	at Michigan	No. 6	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	W 26–13	55,877
October 11	at SMU	No. 4	Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas TX (rivalry)	L 28–32	37,000
October 19	vs. VMI	No. 10	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl)	W 21–12
October 26	No. 3 Pittsburgh	No. 10	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	W 24–12
November 2	at Notre Dame	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	W 35–14	59,362
November 9	Maryland	No. 4	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD (rivalry)	W 42–7
November 16	at Duke	No. 2	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	W 38–25
December 7	vs. Army	No. 2	Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	W 21–15
January 1, 1964	vs. No. 1 Texas	No. 2	Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	L 6–28	75,300
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1963 Navy Midshipmen football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Staubach, RogerRoger Staubach 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Wayne Hardin Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Team players in the NFL

• 1964 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Roger Staubach	Quarterback	10	129	Dallas Cowboys

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Awards and honors

• Roger Staubach – Heisman Trophy, Walter Camp Award