| Year: | 1963 |
| Team: | Northern Illinois Huskies |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | IIAC |
| Aprank: | 1 |
| Record: | 10–0 |
| Conf Record: | 4–0 |
| Head Coach: | Howard Fletcher |
| Hc Year: | 8th |
| Mvp: | George Bork |
| Captain: | Michael Henigan, George Bork |
| Champion: | AP small college national champion IIAC champion |
| Bowl: | Mineral Water Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 21–14 vs. |
The 1963 Northern Illinois Huskies football team was an American football team that represented Northern Illinois University in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. In their eighth year under head coach Howard Fletcher, the Huskies compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the IIAC championship, and outscored opponents by 337 to 97. They appeared in the Mineral Water Bowl, defeating . The Associated Press recognized the team as the 1963 small college national champion.[1] However, the United Press International recognized Delaware as the small college champion. Northern Illinois played home games at the 5,500-seat Glidden Field on the east end of campus in DeKalb, Illinois.
Senior quarterback George Bork broke several national passing records, including single-season records for passing yardage (3,077), passing touchdowns (32), passes attempted (374), and completions (244). He also set single-game records for passes attempted (67), completions (43), and passing touchdowns (7). He was voted the team's most valuable player for the second consecutive year.[2]