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. 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. Their head coach was Howdy Myers and their captains were Dick Caproni and Ron Zoia.

1962 Hofstra Flying Dutchmen football
Cement Bowl, L 12–46 vs. West Chester
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionCollege–Northern Division
Record8–2 (1–0 MAC Northern)
Head coach
Captains
  • Dick Caproni
  • Ron Zoia
Home stadiumHofstra College Stadium
1962 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
University
Delaware x 5 0 07 2 0
Bucknell 5 1 06 3 0
Lehigh 2 2 03 6 0
Temple 2 3 03 6 0
Lafayette 2 4 03 5 0
Gettysburg 2 4 02 6 0
Muhlenberg 0 4 02 7 0
College–Northern
Susquehanna x 5 0 09 0 0
Moravian 4 2 05 3 0
Wagner 3 3 04 4 1
Wilkes 3 4 03 4 0
Upsala 2 3 04 4 0
Albright 2 3 03 5 0
Lycoming 1 4 04 4 0
Hofstra * 1 0 08 2 0
Juniata * 2 1 06 2 0
College–Southern
Western Maryland x 5 1 08 1 0
Drexel x 5 1 06 2 0
Swarthmore 4 2 05 2 0
Lebanon Valley 4 2 05 3 0
Pennsylvania Military 5 4 05 5 0
Dickinson 3 5 03 5 0
Johns Hopkins 2 4 02 6 0
Ursinus 2 5 02 5 0
Haverford 1 5 01 6 0
Franklin & Marshall 0 5 00 8 0
West Chester * 0 0 07 2 0
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games
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