1964 Long Beach Vikings football team

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 Metrpolitan Conference championship, defeated Cameron 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.

1964 Long Beach Vikings football
Metropolitan Conference champion
Junior Rose Bowl champion
Junior college national champion
Junior Rose Bowl, W 28–6 vs. Cameron
ConferenceMetropolitan Conference
Record10–0 (6–0 Metropolitan)
Head coach
Home stadiumVeterans Memorial Stadium
1964 Metropolitan Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Long Beach $ 6 0 010 0 0
Bakersfield 5 1 08 1 0
El Camino 3 3 06 3 0
Cerritos 3 3 05 4 0
Los Angeles Valley 2 4 04 5 0
Santa Monica 2 4 04 5 0
East Los Angeles 0 6 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

Key players included halfback "Marvelous Marv" Motley and quarterback Greg Barton. 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.

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