NCAAF 1964 Week 12 Army vs Navy

[@nobodyaskedbut]

Wayne Hardin, one of the great under-appreciated college coaches of all time, was the 1st coach to win 5 straight Army-Navy games. He produced 2 Navy Heisman winners (Bellino & Staubach) & then went on to lead Temple to it's most wins by any coach & it's only ever top 20 final ranking. BTW, the 1962-63 Roger Staubach is still the most impactfull college QB I have ever seen & I've been watching college football for over 60 years. Staubach is also the only Heisman winning QB to both win 2 NFL title game starts and lead the NFL in passer rating twice.

[@johnhebert3855]

Lindsey Nelson, the quintessential voice of college football. These memorable, early 60's Army/Navy games were the last ones with national implications. Navy was #2 in 1963.

[@orangehoof]

Great find. Complete games this old are very rare and are usually kinescopes (films made from tv monitors) often distributed to the Armed Forces Network or sent to Canada for rebroadcast to remote locations. The play-by-play man was Lindsey Nelson. I couldn't tell who the color announcer was but I thought he did a quality job. At one point, Nelson referred to him as "Terry". - - It took a lot of digging but it appears the color man was Terry Brennan, former Notre Dame head coach of the 1950s and still alive today at age 92.

[@jackallen6562]

Bob Hulsey Nice detective work! Agree that coach Brennan was very good. You probably discovered this, but NBC took over the then-standard 2-year NCAA contract from CBS in 1964, with Nelson continuing on play-by-play. In 1965 they (often? always?) used Bud Wilkinson with Nelson

[@johnmanier7968]

Lindsey Nelson and Terry Brennan worked together throughout 1964-1965, except for January 1, 1965, when Brennan worked the Sugar Bowl with Bill Flemming and Nelson called the Rose with Ray Scott. Bud Wilkinson joined Nelson and Brennan for several 1965 games, and Jim Simpson for others. Simpson and Wilkinson called the 1965 Orange Bowl, the first on NBC and in prime time. For the 1966 bowls on NBC, Simpson and Wilkinson called the Sugar, Nelson and Brennan the Rose, and Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman the Orange. The 1967 bowls were the same, except Charlie Jones joined Simpson on the Sugar, as Wilkinson was with ABC, which took over the NCAA TV contract in 1966. The 1967 Rose was the last college game Nelson and Brennan called for NBC and with each other. Brennan did ABC regional games in 1966 and 1967. Nelson called every Cotton Bowl for CBS from 1968 through 1985, after calling at least 3 Cotton Bowls for NBC in the 1950s.

[@ebf1957]

@@johnmanier7968 And years later conferences were beginning to break from the NCAA in regards to TV deals for cable on over the air broadcasts.

[@normanlinden5786]

Army running back, the late Don Parcells, was coach Bill's younger brother.

[@wmontanez27]

Thank you for sharing

[@WallytheBronco]

Sharing games is fun. Plus, one gets to talk with interesting people from all over the world. I need to scrounge up some other old Army-Navy games.

[@BeingConsciousness-yw3zw]

The way Army huddled was crisp

[@flashman8835]

I remember these games fondly, and also the call of the late great Lindsay Nelson. Had the chance to see the last game at the old JFK (Municipal) Stadium in 1979. Would love to find the film of the 1963 game.

[@ebf1957]

Instant replay made its debut.

[@williamoleary9330]

Thank u very much for sharing This is awesome Does anyone have the 1963 game? I am a huge Roger Staubach fan

[@WallytheBronco]

I have never seen the 1963 Army-Navy game listed anywhere. Whenever I see one listed, I try and pick it up.

[@kennetholiver9651]

GOOD TO SEE AN OLD ARMY NAVY GAME YES NBC AND CBS DID MOST OF THE COLLAGE FOOTBALL LINDSAY NELSON WAS THE VOICE OF THE METS AND NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL KENNETH O

[@byrd56]

13:58 - Superimposed "menu-board" graphics that were ahead of their time.

[@ebf1957]

Really progressive for the time. Simple.

[@ronflatter1235]

53:39 No way that pass was complete.