1962 Northwestern Wildcats football team
| 1962 Northwestern Wildcats football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 16 |
| 1962 record | 7–2 (4–2 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Ara Parseghian (7th season) |
| MVP | George Thomas |
| Home stadium | Dyche Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Wisconsin $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Minnesota | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1962 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Wildcats compiled a 7–2 record (4–2 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference. The Wildcats were ranked #1 in the AP Poll before losing consecutive games late in the season against #2-ranked Wisconsin and Michigan State.[1][2]
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Tom Myers with 1,537 passing yards, Willie Stinson with 418 rushing yards, and halfback/end Paul Flatley with 626 receiving yards.[3] Center Jack Cvercko was a consensus first-team All-American.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 22 | South Carolina* | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | W 37–20 | ||||||
| October 6 | Illinois | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois (Rivalry) | W 45–0 | ||||||
| October 13 | at Minnesota | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis | W 34–22 | ||||||
| October 20 | at No. 6 Ohio State | No. 8 | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio | W 18–14 | |||||
| October 27 | Notre Dame* | No. 3 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois (Rivalry) | W 35–6 | |||||
| November 3 | at Indiana | No. 1 | Seventeenth Street Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana | W 26–21 | |||||
| November 10 | at No. 8 Wisconsin | No. 1 | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin | L 6–37 | |||||
| November 17 | Michigan State | No. 9 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois | L 7–31 | |||||
| November 23 | at Miami (FL)* | Miami Orange Bowl • Miami | W 29–7 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
Players
- Jack Cvercko – guard (consensus 1st-team All-American; 1st-team All-Big Ten selection by AP and UPI)
- Paul Flatley – halfback/end (3rd-team All-America selection by The Sporting News; 2nd-team All-Big Ten selection by AP and UPI)
- Tom Myers – quarterback (3rd-team All-America selection by AFCA)
References
- ↑ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
- ↑ "1962 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ "1962 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
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