1963 Football Team
| Overall Record: 3-4-2 | Conference Record: 2-3-2 | |||
| Conference Finish: 5th place tie | ||||
| Coach: Chalmers "Bump" Elliott | ||||
| Captain: Joe O'Donnell | ||||
| All-Conference: Tom Keating, Joe O'Donnell | ||||
| Most Valuable Player: Tom Keating | ||||
| Meyer Morton Award: Tom Keating | ||||
| John Maulbetsch Award: Rick Sygar | ||||
| Trainer: Jim Hunt | ||||
| Assistant coaches: Don Dufek, Dennis Fitzgerald, Henry Fonde, Jack Fouts, Robert Holloway, Jack Nelson | ||||
| Manager: Gustav Schulwitz | ||||
| Opponent | Rank | Date | Site | Result | Attend. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist | -/- | 09/28 | H | W | 27-16 | 63,659 |
| Navy | -/6 | 10/05 | H | L | 13-26 | 55,877 |
| Michigan State | -/- | 10/12 | H | T | 7-7 | 101,450 |
| Purdue | -/- | 10/19 | H | L | 12-23 | 45,557 |
| Minnesota | -/- | 10/26 | A | L | 0-6 | 62,107 |
| Northwestern (HC) | -/- | 11/02 | H | W | 27-6 | 51,088 |
| Illinois | -/2 | 11/09 | A | W | 14-8 | 55,810 |
| Iowa | -/- | 11/16 | H | T | 21-21 | 46,582 |
| Ohio State | -/- | 11/30 | H | L | 10-14 | 36,424 |
| Totals | 131-127 | 518,554 | ||||
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| Note: The Ohio State game was moved back one week from Nov. 23 due to the assassination of President Kennedy. | ||||||
| Position | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| left end |
Jim Conley (7) Craig Kirby (2) | |
| left tackle | Tom Keating (9) | |
| left guard | Joe O'Donnell (9) | |
| center |
Brian Patchen (5) Thomas Cecchini (4) | |
| right guard |
Richard Hahn (6) John Marcum (3) | |
| right tackle |
Bill Yearby (8) John Houtman | |
| right end |
Bill Laskey (6) John Henderson (3) | |
| quarterback |
Bob Timberlake (9)
| |
| fullback |
Wayne Sparkman (4) Melvin Anthony (3) Chuck Dehlin (2) | |
| left halfback | Jack Clancy (9) | |
| right halfback | Dick Rindfuss (9) |
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1963 Team Photo
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- Back Row
- Richard Ries, Craig Kirby, Ben Farabee, Stephen Smith, Bob Timberlake, Charles Ruzicka, Tom Cecchini
- 4th Row
- student manager Gustav Schulwitz, Jack Clancy, Richard Hahn, Bill Laskey, Gerald Mader, Bill Yearby, Charles Dehlin, Jeffery Hoyne
- 3rd Row
- John Marcum, Dick Rindfuss, Mel Anthony, Brian Patchen, John Henderson, James Green, Richard Wells, John Rowser
- 2nd Row
- Paul Woodward, Harvey Chapman, Tom Prichard, Dave Kurtz, Dennis Alix, Forest Evashevski, Bob Chandler, David Kovacevich
- Front Row
- Wayne Sparkman, Tom Keating, Fritz Crisler, captain Joe O'Donnell, coach Bump Elliott, Jim Conley, William Dodd, John Houtman