Navy vs. Texas
Wednesday, January 1, 1964, Cotton Bowl Share
No. 1 Texas beat No. 2 Navy 28–6. It was their first meeting; after it, Texas led the series 1–0.
FinalTV: CBSAttendance 75,504Referee: David Buchanan (EAIFO; split crew: EAIFO, SWC)
MVPs Scott Appleton (DL Texas); Duke Carlisle (QB Texas)Wikipedia
On the newsreel
- TEXAS 28 NAVY 6University of Texas manages to contain Navy ace Roger Staubach at critical points as Duke Carlisle quarterbacks the Longhorns to glory. He throws two touchdown passes to Phil Harris.
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Texas 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Navy–Texas gameTexas leads 2–0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1969 | Texas 56, Navy 17 | |
| 1963 | Texas 28, Navy 6 | Cotton Bowl |
Around this game
Navy
- Next gameat Penn StateSept. 19, 1964
- SeasonNavy in 1963
- ProgramNavy history and records
Texas
- Next gamevs. TulaneSept. 19, 1964
- SeasonTexas in 1963
- ProgramTexas history and records