1962 Northwestern Wildcats football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1962
| team = Northwestern Wildcats
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| CoachRank = 16
| record = 7–2
| conf_record = 4–2
| head_coach = Ara Parseghian
| hc_year = 7th
| mvp = George Thomas
| stadium = Dyche Stadium
}}
{{1962 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
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 No. 1 in the AP poll before losing consecutive games late in the season against No. 8 Wisconsin and Michigan State.
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.{{cite web|title=1962 Northwestern Wildcats Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 18, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/northwestern/1962.html}} Center Jack Cvercko was a consensus first-team All-American.{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|access-date=February 10, 2015|page=7|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|archive-date=December 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222163944/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1962
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = South Carolina
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 37–20
| attend = 35,767
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-soph-myers-leads-cats-to-3/139156384/|work=Star Tribune|title=Soph Myers leads 'Cats to 37–20 win|date=September 23, 1962|accessdate=January 20, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = w
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 45–0
| attend = 41,854
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Minnesota
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| score = 34–22
| attend = 61,652
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 8
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 18–14
| attend = 84,376
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 3
| opponent = Notre Dame
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 35–6
| attend = 55,752
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 1
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Seventeenth Street Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| score = 26–21
| attend = 26,468
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 1
| opponent = Wisconsin
| opprank = 8
| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium
| site_cityst = Madison, WI
| score = 6–37
| attend = 65,501
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| w/l = l
| rank = 9
| opponent = Michigan State
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| score = 7–31
| attend = 54,342
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|November 23|Friday}}
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Miami (FL)
| site_stadium = Miami Orange Bowl
| site_cityst = Miami, FL
| score = 29–7
| attend =
}}
}}
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
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