1964 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1964 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1964 record	3–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Alex Agase (1st season)
MVP	Pat Riley
Captain	Joe Cerne
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium
Seasons

1964 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#4/4 Michigan †	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
#9/9 Ohio State	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Purdue	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
#NR/16 Illinois	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
#NR/20 Michigan State	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Iowa	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Indiana	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

The 1964 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1964 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Alex Agase, the Wildcats compiled a 3–6 record (2–5 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference.

The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Tom Myers with 901 passing yards, Steve Murphy with 377 rushing yards, and Cas Banaszek with 317 receiving yards. Center Joe Cerne was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten player, and as a second-team All-American by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 19	Oregon State*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 7–3
September 26	at Indiana	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, Indiana	W 14–13
October 3	No. 3 Illinois	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois (Rivalry)	L 6–17
October 10	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis	L 18–21
October 17	Miami (OH)*	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	L 27–28
October 24	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan	L 6–24
October 31	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 0–35
November 7	Wisconsin	Dyche Stadium Evanston, Illinois	W 17–13
November 14	at No. 7 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, Ohio	L 0–10
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game