Year: | 1964 |
Team: | Long Beach Vikings |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Metropolitan Conference |
Short Conf: | Metropolitan |
Record: | 10–0 |
Conf Record: | 6–0 |
Head Coach: | Jim Stangeland |
Hc Year: | 8th |
Stadium: | Veterans Memorial Stadium |
Champion: | Metropolitan Conference champion Junior Rose Bowl champion Junior college national champion |
Bowl: | Junior Rose Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 28–6 vs. |
The 1964 Long Beach Vikings football team was an American football team that represented Long Beach City College as a member of the Metropolitan Conference during the 1964 junior college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Jim Stangeland, the Vikings compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the Metropolitan Conference championship, defeated in the Junior Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 350 to 74. They were ranked No. 1 in the final junior college rankings and were recognized as the junior college national champion.
Key players included halfback "Marvelous Marv" Motley and quarterback Greg Barton.[1] Wide receiver Earl McCullouch later played in the NFL and was the NFL Rookiie of the Year in 1968.
The team played its home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach, California.