1963 Northeastern Huskies football team

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1963 Northeastern Huskies football
Eastern Bowl, L 6–27 vs. East Carolina
ConferenceIndependent
1963 record8–1
Head coach
CaptainJoe Davis
Home stadiumKent Street Field
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 NCAA College Division independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Carolina   –   9 – 1 – 0
Abilene Christian   –   8 – 1 – 0
Northeastern   –   8 – 1 – 0
Wheaton (IL)   –   8 – 1 – 0
Mississippi Vocational   –   6 – 3 – 0
Santa Clara   –   6 – 3 – 0
Howard (AL)   –   5 – 3 – 1
Cortland   –   4 – 3 – 0
Lamar Tech   –   5 – 4 – 0
Parsons   –   5 – 4 – 0
Drake   –   4 – 4 – 0
Hawaii   –   5 – 5 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   4 – 4 – 1
Wabash   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tampa   –   4 – 5 – 1
Southern Illinois   –   4 – 5 – 0
UC Riverside   –   4 – 5 – 0
UC Santa Barbara   –   4 – 5 – 0
Chattanooga   –   4 – 6 – 0
La Verne   –   3 – 5 – 0
Lake Forest   –   2 – 4 – 1
Hardin–Simmons   –   2 – 6 – 1
Arkansas State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Eastern Michigan   –   2 – 6 – 0
Rose Poly   –   2 – 6 – 0
Union (NY)   –   2 – 6 – 0
Cal Poly Pomona   –   2 – 7 – 0
Trinity (TX)   –   1 – 6 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   1 – 6 – 0
Arlington State   –   1 – 8 – 0

The 1963 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. It was the program's 28th season and they finished with an overall record of 8–1.[1][2] After an undefeated regular season in which Northeastern went 8–0 and outscored their opponents 237 to 42, they were invited to their first (and program's only) bowl game – the Eastern Bowl, played in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where the Huskies lost to East Carolina 27–6.[2] Their head coach was Joe Zabilski and their captain was All-American Joe Davis.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21Rhode Island
W 28–13
September 28Bridgeport
  • Kent Street Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 20–9
October 5Bates
  • Kent Street Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 41–6
October 12at American InternationalSpringfield, MAW 35–8
October 19Springfield (MA)
  • Kent Street Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 14–0
October 26at New Hampshire
W 26–0
November 2at Merchant Marine
W 39–6
November 9Tufts
  • Kent Street Field
  • Brookline, MA
W 34–0
December 14vs. East Carolina
L 6–27[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "1963 Northeastern Huskies football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Annual Results: 1963". NUHuskies.com. Northeastern University. 2019. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  3. ^ "East Carolina smacks Northeastern". The Morning Call. December 15, 1963. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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