1962 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

1962 Northern Illinois Huskies football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record8–2 (3–1 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPGeorge Bork
CaptainMichael Henigan
Home stadiumGlidden Field
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll

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.