In their tenth year under head coach Bill Edwards, the Tigers compiled a perfect 8–0 record and won the OAC championship.
The Tigers were also recognized by the Associated Press (AP) as the small college national champion, receiving the No.
[9] Sports Illustrated ran a feature story in November 1964 on the Wittenberg football team.
"[10] The magazine gave particular credit to coach Edwards who was described as "a sort of hybrid Santa Claus and Genghis Khan", an offensive line that had played together for four years, and to senior quarterback Charlie Green who possessed "a right arm that can get rid of a football so rapidly and with such accuracy that one opposing coach insists he is being aimed by an IBM computer.
[6] On October 31, Wittenberg clinched its fourth consecutive OAC title with a 40–7 victory over Ohio Wesleyan.
Ohio Wesleyan did not score until the fourth quarter after Wittenberg's second and third string players took over.
[8] After the season, the players voted unanimously to continue Wittenberg's policy against participating in bowl games.
1 by the AP since the first week of the season and received six of the 14 first place votes in the final poll – four more than any other team.
[14] At the end of the season, Green won the Mike Gregory Memorial Award as the best back in the OAC.
In addition, three Wittenberg players received second-team honors: offensive guard Alex Ross; linebacker Gary Reedy; and defensive back Tim Rummins.
[17] Sports Illustrated wrote that Duncan, at six feet six and 225 pounds, "stands out like a buffalo in a poodle kennel.