1962 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football team

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]

1962 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football
Cement Bowl, L 12–46 vs. West Chester
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	College–Northern Division
Record	8–2 (1–0 MAC Northern)
Head coach	Howdy Myers (13th season)
Captains	Dick Caproni Ron Zoia
Home stadium	Hofstra College Stadium
Seasons ← 1961 1963 →

1962 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Springfield*	Hofstra College Stadium Hempstead, NY	W 13–10	2,500
September 29	Southern Connecticut State*	Hofstra College Stadium Hempstead, NY	W 35–21	2,337
October 13	at Bridgeport*	Bridgeport, CT	W 21–6	5,000	^[4]
October 20	Merchant Marine*	Hofstra College Stadium Hempstead, NY	W 21–0	3,747
October 27	Temple*	Hofstra College Stadium Hempstead, NY	W 19–10	3,473–4,000	^[5]
November 3	at Lycoming	Williamsport, PA	W 20–6
November 10	at Rhode Island*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 20–8	1,000–3,500	^[6]^[7]
November 17	No. 2 Wittenburg*	Hofstra College Stadium Hempstead, NY	L 12–16	4,510	^[8]
November 22	at C.W. Post*	Post Bowl Brookville, NY	W 14–6	3,000	^[9]
December 8	vs. West Chester*	Allentown School District Stadium Allentown, PA (Cement Bowl)	L 12–46	6,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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