1962 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
American college football season
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The 1962 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, plaching second in the IIAC. Northern Illinois was invited to the Mineral Water Bowl, where they lost to Adams State. The team played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus, in DeKalb, Illinois.
| 1962 Northern Illinois Huskies football | |
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Mineral Water Bowl, L 20–23 vs. Adams State | |
| Conference | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 8–2 (3–1 IIAC) |
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| MVP | George Bork |
| Captain | Michael Henigan |
| Home stadium | Glidden Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Northern Illinois | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State Normal | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 15 | Whitewater State* | Whitewater, WI | W 17–0 | [1] | ||
| September 22 | Winona State* | W 27–0 | [2] | |||
| September 29 | Northeast Missouri State* |
| W 37–8 | [3] | ||
| October 6 | at Omaha* | W 13–7 | [4] | |||
| October 13 | Eastern Illinois |
| W 21–0 | [5] | ||
| October 20 | at Western Illinois | No. 3 | W 14–0 | [6] | ||
| October 27 | Central Michigan | No. 2 |
| L 27–35 | 9,000 | [7][8] |
| November 3 | at Illinois State Normal | No. 7 |
| W 48–7 | [9] | |
| November 10 | La Crosse State* | No. 4 |
| W 50–7 | [10] | |
| November 24 | vs. Adams State* | No. 6 |
| L 20–23 | [11] | |
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