1965 Football Team To Hold Celebration Saturday
9/2/2015 9:00:00 AM | Football
DAVIDSON, N.C. – As part of Davidson's season opener at the Citadel Saturday, members from the 1965 Davidson football team will gather to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wildcats' 14-0 win at The Citadel on Oct. 2, 1965.
Approximately 35 players from the squad along with coaches Dave Fagg and Dick Tomey will be in attendance on Saturday.
With a new coaching staff and a spruced up stadium, the Wildcats kicked off the 1965 season flawless as the team recorded three-straight victories without yielding a point. Davidson downed Presbyterian (35-0) and Furman (24-0), before recording the 14-0 upset at The Citadel.
Davidson scored twice on the nationally ranked pass defense with its first points following a fumbled Bulldog punt late in the first quarter. The game then came to a halt until the final minute where Wildcats secured the victory, scoring with 43 seconds remaining in front of a crowd of 8,500.
First-year head coach Homer Smith then led the Wildcats to a 6-4 record with wins over Lehigh (37-23), Lafayette (14-10) and Wofford (13-6). Smith went on to coach four more years, finishing with an overall record of 24-24 and leading Davidson to the 1969 Southern Conference Championship.
1965 Davidson Football Team
Front Row, Left to Right: Walker, Little, Burness, Hightower, Hindsley, Perry, Smith, Hill, Blackstock, Short, Cumming, Rikard. Second Row: Webb, Kendall, Phipps, Scott, Greene, Solley, Newsome, Gruber, Rollins, Morehead, Dews. Third Row: Taylor, Poole, Hartley, Brackett, Jacobsen, Randolph, Giles, Fite, Stoops, Gaddy, Lindsey, Johnson. Back Row: Mgr. Lyon, Crowder, Glidewell, Wallace, Thompson, Peel, Waldron, Bryan, O'Hair, Martin, Childs, Howell, Caldwell, Mgr. Robinson.
1965 Davidson Football Coaching Staff
From Left to Right: Couch, Fagg, Smith, Blair, Tomey.
Individual game and season tickets are now on sale. Tickets can be purchased online at DavidsonWildcats.com or over the phone and in person.
For the latest on Davidson football, be sure to follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Approximately 35 players from the squad along with coaches Dave Fagg and Dick Tomey will be in attendance on Saturday.
With a new coaching staff and a spruced up stadium, the Wildcats kicked off the 1965 season flawless as the team recorded three-straight victories without yielding a point. Davidson downed Presbyterian (35-0) and Furman (24-0), before recording the 14-0 upset at The Citadel.
Davidson scored twice on the nationally ranked pass defense with its first points following a fumbled Bulldog punt late in the first quarter. The game then came to a halt until the final minute where Wildcats secured the victory, scoring with 43 seconds remaining in front of a crowd of 8,500.
First-year head coach Homer Smith then led the Wildcats to a 6-4 record with wins over Lehigh (37-23), Lafayette (14-10) and Wofford (13-6). Smith went on to coach four more years, finishing with an overall record of 24-24 and leading Davidson to the 1969 Southern Conference Championship.
1965 Davidson Football Team
Front Row, Left to Right: Walker, Little, Burness, Hightower, Hindsley, Perry, Smith, Hill, Blackstock, Short, Cumming, Rikard. Second Row: Webb, Kendall, Phipps, Scott, Greene, Solley, Newsome, Gruber, Rollins, Morehead, Dews. Third Row: Taylor, Poole, Hartley, Brackett, Jacobsen, Randolph, Giles, Fite, Stoops, Gaddy, Lindsey, Johnson. Back Row: Mgr. Lyon, Crowder, Glidewell, Wallace, Thompson, Peel, Waldron, Bryan, O'Hair, Martin, Childs, Howell, Caldwell, Mgr. Robinson.
1965 Davidson Football Coaching Staff
From Left to Right: Couch, Fagg, Smith, Blair, Tomey.
Individual game and season tickets are now on sale. Tickets can be purchased online at DavidsonWildcats.com or over the phone and in person.
For the latest on Davidson football, be sure to follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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