In 1964, the Ball State football team finished the season with a record of 5-3. The Cardinals were co-conference champions of the Heartland Collegiate Conference, sharing the title with in-state rival Butler.
On Sept. 13, the university will recognize the 1964 squad, as the current Ball State football team hosts another in-state rival in Indiana State.
Fifteen members from the 1964 team will attend the ceremony, including the starting quarterback Marv Rettenmund.
“I think it’s gonna be a good experience, it’s been 50 years,” Rettenmund said. “It was a good time in my life.”
Joining the former gunslinger will be Merv Rettenmund, his brother. Merv played halfback for the Cardinals, setting the school's single-season rushing record and eventually getting drafted by the Dallas Cowboys.
A two-sport star, Merv also played baseball while at Ball State, hitting .321 for his collegiate career. He was a two-time All-Indiana Collegiate Conference first-team selection and later became a charter member of the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame.
Center Norm "Red" Troth, a co-captain of the team, will also be in attendance Sept. 13, and he is looking forward to reuniting with his teammates.
“It’s great, I talked to a few of them on the phone and it's nice to get to see them again,” he said. “It’s a good bunch of guys, and a good bunch of athletes. It’s a privilege for me and my teammates to be recognized.”
The returning Cardinals will receive a tour of campus at noon, lunch at 1:30 p.m. and will be recognized on the field during the game. Sept. 13's kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. and will air on ESPN3.
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