1962 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1962 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1962 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

1962 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key AP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1962 season AP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1962 season PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy; trophy winner in bold

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Wisconsin	Milt Bruhn	#2	#2	8–2	6–1	32.2	13.0	Ron Vander Kelen

2	Minnesota	Murray Warmath	#10	#5	6–2–1	5–2	14.6	6.8	Bobby Bell

3 (tie)	Northwestern	Ara Parseghian	NR	#1	7–2	4–2	26.3	17.6	George Thomas

3 (tie)	Ohio State	Woody Hayes	NR	#1	6–3	4–2	22.8	10.9	Bill Armstrong

5 (tie)	Michigan State	Duffy Daugherty	NR	#4	5–4	3–3	21.0	10.7	George Saimes

5 (tie)	Purdue	Jack Mollenkopf	NR	#7	4–4–1	3–3	15.7	7.6	Roy Walker

5 (tie)	Iowa	Jerry Burns	NR	NR	4–5	3–3	14.1	18.4	Larry Ferguson

8	Illinois	Pete Elliott	NR	NR	2–7	2–5	8.3	26.0	Ken Zimmerman

9	Indiana	Phil Dickens	NR	NR	3–6	1–5	14.0	15.6	Woody Moore

10	Michigan	Bump Elliott	NR	NR	2–7	1–6	7.8	23.8	Dave Raimey

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The 1962 Northwestern football team, under head coach Ara Parseghian, compiled a 7–2 record and finished in third place at the conference.
The 1962 Northwestern football team, under head coach Ara Parseghian, compiled a 7–2 record and finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference.
The 1962 Northwestern football team, under head coach Ara Parseghian, compiled a 7–2 record and finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference.

final_sentence: The 1962 Northwestern football team, under head coach Ara Parseghian, compiled a 7–2 record and finished in third place at the conference.
final_sentence: The 1962 Northwestern football team, under head coach Ara Parseghian, compiled a 7–2 record and finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference.
final_sentence: The 1962 Northwestern football team, under head coach Ara Parseghian, compiled a 7–2 record and finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference.