1962 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1962 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
Record	7–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (7th season)
MVP	George Thomas
Captain	Jay Robertson[1]
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium

1962 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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.^[2] Center Jack Cvercko was a consensus first-team All-American.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	South Carolina*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 37–20	35,767	[4]
October 6	Illinois		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 45–0	41,854
October 13	at Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 34–22	61,652
October 20	at No. 6 Ohio State	No. 8	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 18–14	84,376
October 27	Notre Dame*	No. 3	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	W 35–6	55,752
November 3	at Indiana	No. 1	Seventeenth Street Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 26–21	26,468
November 10	at No. 8 Wisconsin	No. 1	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 6–37	65,501
November 17	Michigan State	No. 9	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–31	54,342
November 23	at Miami (FL)*		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	W 29–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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

1. "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
2. "1962 Northwestern Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
4. "Soph Myers leads 'Cats to 37–20 win". Star Tribune. September 23, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "1962 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.