1964 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1964 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1964 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
	University Division
Record	4–5 (3–3 MAC)
Head coach	David M. Nelson (14th season);
Captain	Ron Bianco
Home stadium	Delaware Stadium
	Seasons ← 1963 1965 →

1964 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
University
Gettysburg x	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Bucknell	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Temple	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Delaware	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Lafayette	0	–	4	–	2	0	–	7	–	2
Hofstra	0	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Lehigh	0	–	3	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
College–Northern
Wagner x	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
Albright	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
Juniata	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Moravian	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Upsala	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Wilkes	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	6	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Susquehanna *	2	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
College–Southern
Franklin & Marshall x	7	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
Drexel	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Muhlenberg	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Lebanon Valley	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Swarthmore	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	4	–	0
Dickinson	4	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Western Maryland	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Johns Hopkins	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Haverford	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	6	–	1
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0	6	–	2	–	0

x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1964 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the Middle Atlantic Conference during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In its 14th season under head coach David M. Nelson, the team compiled a 4–5 record (3–3 against MAC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 170 to 168. Ron Bianco was the team captain.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Hofstra		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 36–7	9,433	^[3]
October 3	at Gettysburg	No. 1	Memorial Field Gettysburg, PA	L 19–22	5,000	^[4]
October 10	Lafayette	No. 6	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 28–0	9,389	^[5]
October 17	at Villanova*	No. 7	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA (rivalry)	L 0–34	10,200	^[6]
October 24	at Lehigh	No. 12	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA (rivalry)	W 46–8	7,000	^[7]
October 31	at Buffalo*	No. 12	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 0–37	8,253	^[8]
November 7	at Temple		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–21	7,220	^[9]
November 14	Rutgers*		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 27–18	8,266	^[10]
November 21	Bucknell		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 14–21	9,182	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from UPI Coaches Poll released prior to the game