1963 Wittenberg Tigers football team

1963 Wittenberg Tigers football
OAC champion
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record8–0–1 (6–0–1 OAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Wittenberg $ 6 0 1 8 0 1
Denison 5 1 0 8 1 0
Oberlin 5 1 0 6 2 0
Muskingum 6 2 0 6 3 0
Akron 5 2 0 6 3 0
Otterbein 4 2 1 5 3 1
Baldwin–Wallace 3 2 0 6 3 0
Marietta 4 3 0 5 4 0
Hiram 2 3 0 3 5 0
Kenyon 2 4 0 2 6 0
Capital 2 6 0 2 6 0
Heidelberg 1 5 1 1 7 1
Mount Union 1 5 0 1 8 0
Wooster 1 6 0 1 8 0
Ohio Wesleyan 0 5 1 2 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP small college poll

The 1963 Wittenberg Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Wittenberg University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In their ninth year under head coach Bill Edwards, the Tigers compiled an 8–0–1 record and won the OAC championship. They were ranked No. 3 in the final Associated Press small college poll with 38 points – trailing Northern Illinois (63 points) and Delaware (53 points).[1] Wittenberg had three consecutive undefeated seasons from 1962 to 1964.

Five Wittenberg players were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1963 All-OAC football team: quarterback Charlie Green; halfback Larry Skeldon; end Bob Cherry; defensive end Jim Worden; and linebacker Dan Mussulin.[2]

  1. ^ "Wittenberg's Gridders 3rd In Final Vote". Marion Star. November 29, 1963. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Wittenberg Dominates All-Ohio". The Evening Independent. November 22, 1963. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.