1964 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

The 1964 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1964.

1964 UC Riverside Highlanders football
Conference	Independent
1964 record	2–7
Head coach	Gil Allan (1st season)
Home stadium	UCR Athletic Field

1964 NCAA College Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
East Carolina			–					9	–	1	–	0
Santa Clara			–					7	–	2	–	0
Chattanooga			–					7	–	3	–	0
Parsons			–					6	–	3	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	3	–	0
Northern Michigan			–					5	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					6	–	4	–	0
La Verne			–					5	–	4	–	0
Wabash			–					3	–	3	–	2
Hawaii			–					4	–	5	–	0
Milwaukee			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tampa			–					4	–	6	–	0
UC Santa Barbara			–					4	–	7	–	0
Rose Poly			–					2	–	6	–	0
UC Riverside			–					2	–	7	–	0
Southern Illinois			–					2	–	8	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona			–					1	–	6	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	8	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					1	–	9	–	0

UC Riverside was led by first-year head coach Gil Allan in his only year at the helm. They played home games at UCR Athletic Field in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of two wins and seven losses (2–7). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 54–213 for the season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	Los Angeles Pacific[note 1][1]	UCR Athletic Field Riverside, CA	W 15–14
October 3	at Pomona-Pitzer	Claremont Alumni Field Claremont, CA	L 7–21
October 10	at Southern Utah[note 2]	Cedar City, UT	L 6–36
October 17	La Verne	UCR Athletic Field Riverside, CA	L 0–26
October 24	Claremont-Mudd[note 3]	UCR Athletic Field Riverside, CA	L 6–22
October 30	at UC Davis[note 4]	Toomey Field Davis, CA	L 0–39
November 7	Caltech	UCR Athletic Field Riverside, CA	W 13–0
November 14	UC Santa Barbara	UCR Athletic Field Riverside, CA	L 7–48
November 21	at California Lutheran	Mt. Clef Field Thousand Oaks, CA	L 0–7

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Team players in the NFL

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1965 NFL Draft. [4][5][6]

Notes

1. Los Angeles Pacific College existed from 1926 to 1964. It merged with Azusa College in 1965 to become Azusa Pacific University. Azusa Pacific's official football records do not include the history from either of the predecessor schools.
2. Southern Utah University was known as College of Southern Utah from 1953 to 1968.
3. The athletic teams for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps did not include Scripps College prior to 1980.
4. The University of California, Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.

References

1. "Los Angeles Pacific College". Retrieved October 29, 2017.
2. "1964 - California-Riverside". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
3. "Southland Colleges". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 23, 1964. p. III-11. Retrieved October 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "1965 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
5. "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
6. "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.