1963 Big Ten Conference football season

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1963 Big Ten Conference football season
Sport American football
Number of teams10
Top draft pick Carl Eller
Champion Illinois
  Runners-up Michigan State, Ohio State
Season MVP Dick Butkus
Seasons
  1962
1964  
1963 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Illinois $ 5 1 18 1 1
No. 9 Michigan State 4 1 16 2 1
Ohio State 4 1 15 3 1
Purdue 4 3 05 4 0
Northwestern 3 4 05 4 0
Wisconsin 3 4 05 4 0
Michigan 2 3 23 4 2
Iowa 2 3 13 3 2
Minnesota 2 5 03 6 0
Indiana 1 5 03 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1963 Big Ten Conference football season was the 68th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1963 NCAA University Division football season.

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The 1963 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, under head coach Pete Elliott, won the Big Ten football championship with a record of 8–1–1, defeated Washington in the 1964 Rose Bowl, and was ranked No. 3 in the final AP Poll. Illinois center Dick Butkus received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football award as the most valuable player in the conference and was a consensus first-team All-American.

The 1963 Michigan State Spartans football team, under head coach Duffy Daugherty, compiled a 6–2–1 record, finished in second place in the conference, led the conference in scoring defense (7.0 points allowed per game), and was ranked No. 10 in the final AP Poll. Halfback Sherman Lewis was a consensus first-team All-American and finished third in the voting of the 1963 Heisman Trophy.

The Big Ten's statistical leaders included Tom Myers of Northwestern with 1,398 passing yards, Tom Nowatzke of Indiana with 756 rushing yards, and Paul Krause of Iowa with 442 receiving yards. Carl Eller of Minnesota was the first Big Ten player selected in the 1964 NFL draft with the sixth overall pick.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. RankTeamHead coachAP finalAP highOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAGMVP
1 Illinois Pete Elliott #3#28–1–15–1–117.09.6 Dick Butkus
2 (tie) Michigan State Duffy Daugherty #9#46–2–14–1–116.47.0 Sherman Lewis
2 (tie) Ohio State Woody Hayes NR#45–3–14–1–112.211.3 Matt Snell
4 Purdue Jack Mollenkopf NRNR5–44–313.216.6Ron DiGravio
5 (tie) Northwestern Ara Parseghian NR#45–43–418.013.8Bill Swingle
5 (tie) Wisconsin Milt Bruhn NR#25–43–416.713.8 Jim Purnell
7 Michigan Bump Elliott NRNR3–4–22–3–214.614.1 Tom Keating
8 Iowa Jerry Burns NRNR3–3–22–3–115.814.0 Mike Reilly
9 Minnesota Murray Warmath NRNR3–62–510.613.0 Carl Eller
10 Indiana Phil Dickens NRNR3–61–516.820.9 Tom Nowatzke

Key
AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1963 season [1]
AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1963 season [1]
PPG = Average of points scored per game [1]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game [1]
MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold [2]

Preseason

There were no changes in the conference's head football coaches between the 1962 and 1963 seasons.

Regular season

Bowl games

On January 1, 1964, Illinois defeated Washington, 17–7.

Post-season developments

On December 14, 1963, Ara Parseghian resigned as Northwestern's head football coach to accept the same position at Notre Dame. [3]

Statistical leaders

The Big Ten's individual statistical leaders for the 1963 season include the following: [1]

Passing yards

RankNameTeamYards [1]
1 Tom Myers Northwestern1,398
2Ron DiGravioPurdue1,108
3Hal BrandtWisconsin1,006
4Richie BadarIndiana679
5Gary SnookIowa667

Rushing yards

RankNameTeamYards [1]
1 Tom Nowatzke Indiana756
2 Jim Grabowski Illinois616
3Roger LopesMichigan State601
4 Sherman Lewis Michigan State577
5 Lou Holland Wisconsin511

Receiving yards

RankNameTeamYards [1]
1 Paul Krause Iowa442
2 Cloyd Webb Iowa424
3Gary CrumNorthwestern417
4Bob HadrickPurdue388
5 Rick Reichardt Wisconsin383

Total yards

RankNameTeamYards [1]
1 Tom Myers Northwestern1,292
2Ron DiGravioPurdue1,154
3Hal BrandtWisconsin1,076
4 Bob Timberlake Michigan821
5Richie BadarIndiana794

Scoring

RankNameTeamPoints [1]
1 Sherman Lewis Michigan State54
2Roger LopesMichigan State42
2 Jim Grabowski Illinois42
2Lou HollandWisconsin42
5Steve MurphyNorthwestern36
5Paul KrauseIowa36

Awards and honors

All-Big Ten honors

The following players were picked by the Associated Press (AP) and/or the United Press International (UPI) as first-team players on the 1963 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

PositionNameTeamSelectors
QuarterbackRon DiGravioPurdueAP, UPI
Halfback Sherman Lewis Michigan StateAP, UPI
Halfback Lou Holland WisconsinAP
Halfback Paul Warfield Ohio StateUPI
Fullback Tom Nowatzke IndianaAP, UPI
End Chuck Logan NorthwesternAP, UPI
EndDan UnderwoodMichigan StateAP
EndBob HadrickPurdueUPI
Tackle Carl Eller MinnesotaAP, UPI
Tackle Tom Keating MichiganUPI
Tackle Archie Sutton IllinoisAP

All-American honors

At the end of the 1963 season, Big Ten players secured three of the consensus first-team picks for the 1963 College Football All-America Team. [4] The Big Ten's consensus All-Americans were:

PositionNameTeamSelectors
Center Dick Butkus IllinoisAFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI, Time, WCFF
Tackle Carl Eller MinnesotaAFCA, AP, CP, FWAA, UPI, Time, WCFF
Halfback Sherman Lewis Michigan StateAP, CP, UPI, WCFF

Other Big Ten players who were named first-team All-Americans by at least one selector were:

PositionNameTeamSelectors
GuardMike ReillyIowaFWAA
Back Paul Warfield Ohio StateTime

Other awards

The Heisman Trophy was awarded to Roger Staubach of Navy. Two Big Ten players finished among the top 10 in the voting for the trophy. They were: Michigan State running back Sherman Lewis (third); and Illinois center/linebacker Dick Butkus (sixth). [5]

1964 NFL Draft

The following Big Ten players were among the first 100 picks in the 1964 NFL draft: [6]

NamePositionTeamRoundOverall pick
Carl Eller Defensive endMinnesota16
Marv Woodson HalfbackIndiana18
Paul Warfield HalfbackOhio State111
Paul Krause SafetyIowa218
Matt SnortonEndMichigan State220
Roger PillathTackleWisconsin339
Joe O'Donnell GuardMichigan340
James SandsLinebackerIowa447
Wally Hilgenberg GuardIowa448
Matt Snell Running backOhio State449
Tom Keating Defensive tackleMichigan453
Ed Lothamer TackleMichigan State564
Herman JohnsonHalfbackMichigan State677
Jimmy Jones EndWisconsin684
Chuck Logan EndNorthwestern798

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References

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  2. "Butkus of Illinois Voted Most Valuable in Big Ten". Chicago Tribune. December 22, 1963. p. 3-1, 3-2.
  3. "Parseghian Takes Over As Notre Dame Coach". The Daily Mail. December 16, 1963. p. 19.
  4. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  5. "1963 Heisman Trophy Voting". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  6. "1964 NFL Draft: Full Draft". NFL.com. National Football League. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2017.