1963 Maine Black Bears football team

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1963 Maine Black Bears football
Conference Yankee Conference, Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–3 (3–2 Yankee, 2–1 MIAA)
Head coach
Captains
  • Daniel Severson
  • Earle Cooper
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
  1962
1964  
1963 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
UMass $ 5 0 08 0 1
Maine 3 2 05 3 0
Rhode Island 2 3 04 5 0
Vermont 2 2 06 2 0
Connecticut 1 3 02 6 0
New Hampshire 1 4 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1963 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference and Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In its 13th season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 5–3 record (3–2 against Yankee Conference and 2–1 against MIAA opponents) and finished second out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Daniel Severson and Earle Cooper were the team captains. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 UMass L 7–145,000–6,000 [2]
September 28at Rhode Island L 16–203,600–4,500 [3]
October 5 Vermont
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 14–135,700–6,900 [4]
October 12at New Hampshire W 28–89,000–9,500 [5]
October 19 Connecticut
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 35–129,300
October 26at Bates W 49–04,800
November 2at Colby
W 53–121,500
November 9 Bowdoin
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
L 0–75,280

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References

  1. "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (UMass)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  3. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Rhode Island)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 28, 2022.
  4. "Bears taste victory; New Hampshire next". The Bangor Daily News. October 7, 1963. Retrieved June 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (New Hampshire)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  6. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Maine)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 25, 2022.