1963 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 1963 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. The Huskies were undefeated during the season and won their first bowl game, the Mineral Water Bowl. The AP Poll declared Northern Illinois to be the NCAA College Division National Champions. However, the United Press International named Delaware the NCAA College Division National Champions.
| 1963 Northern Illinois Huskies football | |
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NCAA College Division National Champion (AP) IIAC champion | |
Mineral Water Bowl, W 21–14 vs. Southwest Missouri State | |
| Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 1 |
| 1963 record | 10–0 (4–0 IIAC) |
| Head coach | Howard Fletcher (8th season) |
| Home stadium | Glidden Field (Capacity 5,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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| September 14 | Wisconsin–Whitewater* | W 55–7 | ||
| September 21 | at Winona State* | W 61–0 | ||
| September 28 | at Truman State* |
| W 21–12 | |
| October 5 | Omaha* |
| W 18–7 | |
| October 12 | Hillsdale* |
| W 19–13 | |
| October 19 | Illinois State | No. 1 |
| W 43–0 |
| October 26 | at Eastern Illinois | No. 1 |
| W 43–0 |
| November 2 | Western Illinois | No. 1 |
| W 29–22 |
| November 9 | at Central Michigan | No. 1 | Mount Pleasant, MI | W 27–22 |
| November 30 | vs. Southwest Missouri State* | No. 1 |
| W 21–14 |
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