1962 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team

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1962
West Chester
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Northern Division
Record8–2 (1–0 MAC Northern)
Head coach (13th season)
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
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
College–Northern
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
College–Southern
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

West Chester, 46–12.[2][3] Their head coach was Howdy Myers and their captains were Dick Caproni and Ron Zoia.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22
Springfield*
W 13–102,500
September 29
Southern Connecticut State
*
  • Hofstra College Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
W 35–212,337
October 13at
Bridgeport*
Bridgeport, CTW 21–65,000[4]
October 20
Merchant Marine
*
  • Hofstra College Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
W 21–03,747
October 27Temple*
  • Hofstra College Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
W 19–103,473–4,000[5]
November 3at
Lycoming
Williamsport, PAW 20–6
November 10at Rhode Island*W 20–81,000–3,500[6][7]
November 17No. 2 Wittenburg*
  • Hofstra College Stadium
  • Hempstead, NY
L 12–164,510[8]
November 22at
C.W. Post*
W 14–63,000[9]
December 8vs.
West Chester*
L 12–466,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  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]
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  5. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
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  11. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 18, 2022.