The 1964 Missouri Tigers football team was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
team that represented the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...
in the
Big Eight Conference (Big 8) during the
1964 NCAA University Division football season
The NCAA was without a playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A, during the 20th century. The NCAA recognizes Division I-A national champions based on the final results of polls including ...
. The team compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–2–1 against Big 8 opponents), finished in fourth place in the Big 8, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 142 to 88.
Dan Devine
Daniel John Devine (December 23, 1924 – May 9, 2002) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Arizona State University from 1955 to 1957, the University of Missouri from 1958 to 1970, and the Universi ...
was the head coach for the seventh of 13 seasons.
The team played its home games at
Memorial Stadium in
Columbia, Missouri.
The team's statistical leaders included Gary Lane with 432 rushing yards, 770 passing yards, 1,202 yards of total offense, and 26 points scored, Earl Denny with 222 receiving yards, and Charlie Brown with 26 points scored.
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Personnel
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Francis Peay
Francis G. Peay (May 23, 1944 – September 21, 2013) was an American football offensive tackle and head coach.
Peay played college football at the University of Missouri and was selected in the first round of the 1966 NFL Draft by the New York G ...
, Jr.
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Missouri
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Missouri Tigers football seasons
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