1962 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team

1962 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football
Cement Bowl, L 12–46 vs. West Chester
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionNorthern College Division
Record8–2 (1–0 MAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Dick Caproni
  • Ron Zoia
Home stadiumHofstra College Stadium
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University Division
Delaware x 5 0 0 7 2 0
Bucknell 5 1 0 6 3 0
Lehigh 2 2 0 3 6 0
Temple 2 3 0 3 6 0
Lafayette 2 4 0 3 5 0
Gettysburg 2 4 0 2 6 0
Muhlenberg 0 4 0 2 7 0
Northern College Division
Susquehanna x 5 0 0 9 0 0
Moravian 4 2 0 5 3 0
Wagner 3 3 0 4 4 1
Wilkes 3 4 0 3 4 0
Upsala 2 3 0 4 4 0
Albright 2 3 0 3 5 0
Lycoming 1 4 0 4 4 0
Hofstra * 1 0 0 8 2 0
Juniata * 2 1 0 6 2 0
Southern College Division
Western Maryland x 5 1 0 8 1 0
Drexel x 5 1 0 6 2 0
Swarthmore 4 2 0 5 2 0
Lebanon Valley 4 2 0 5 3 0
Pennsylvania Military 5 4 0 5 5 0
Dickinson 3 5 0 3 5 0
Johns Hopkins 2 4 0 2 6 0
Ursinus 2 5 0 2 5 0
Haverford 1 5 0 1 6 0
Franklin & Marshall 0 5 0 0 8 0
West Chester * 0 0 0 7 2 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1962 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team represented Hofstra College during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. Hofstra finished with an overall record of 8–2 in its 22nd season of varsity play.[1][2] After a successful regular season in which Hofstra went 8–1 (1–0 in conference play) and outscored its opponents 175 to 83, the Flying Dutchmen were invited to their first (and program's only) bowl game – the Cement Bowl, played in Allentown, Pennsylvania. They lost the bowl game to West Chester, 46–12.[2][3] Their head coach was Howdy Myers and their captains were Dick Caproni and Ron Zoia.[2]

  1. ^ "1962 Hofstra Pride football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "2007 Hofstra Pride Football Media Guide: All-Time Results" (PDF). Hofstra.edu. Hofstra University. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Schuler, Jeff (December 9, 2007). "Early Sixties' Cement Bowl a hard sell – Lehigh Valley fans never embraced the college bowl game at ASD Stadium". The Morning Call. Retrieved May 3, 2019.[permanent dead link]