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American college football season
The 1962 USC Trojans football team represented the
University of Southern California (USC) in the
1962 NCAA University Division football season . In their third year under head coach
John McKay , the
Trojans compiled an 11–0 record (4–0 against conference opponents), won the
Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU or Big 6) championship, and defeated
Wisconsin in the
Rose Bowl on
New Year's Day . USC outscored their opponents 261 to 92, and finished first in
both major polls , released prior to the
bowls .
[1]
Junior quarterback
Pete Beathard completed 54 of 107 passes for 989 yards with ten touchdown passes and only one interception. (
Bill Nelsen also completed 36 of 80 passes for 682 yards and eight touchdown passes with two interceptions.) Willie Brown was the team's leading rusher with 574 rushing yards (and 291 receiving yards).
Hal Bedsole was USC's leading receiver with 33 catches for 827 yards and 11 touchdowns.
[2] Bedsole was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.
Two USC players were selected by the
Associated Press (AP) for the
All-Coast team ; end Bedsole and linebacker Damon Bame.
[3] Bedsole was a consensus
All-American in 1962,
[4] while Bame received first-team honors from the AP.
[5]
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 22 No. 8
Duke * W 14–726,400
[6]
September 29 at
SMU * No. 9 W 33–314,000
October 6 at
Iowa * No. 6 W 7–055,300
October 20
California No. 6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA W 32–638,500
October 27 at
Illinois * No. 4 W 28–1631,375
November 3 No. 9
Washington No. 3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA W 14–046,456
November 10 at
Stanford No. 2 W 39–1441,000
November 17
Navy * No. 2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA W 13–651,701
November 24 at
UCLA No. 1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (
Victory Bell ) W 14–386,740
December 1
Notre Dame * No. 1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (
rivalry ) W 25–081,676
, 1963 vs. No. 2
Wisconsin * No. 1 W 42–3798,698
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from
AP Poll released prior to the game
Game summaries
Duke
#8 Duke at USC
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Blue Devils
7
0 0 0
7
• Trojans
0
14 0 0
14
Scoring summary 1 DUKE Jay Wilkinson 25-yard pass from Gil Garner (Reynolds kick) DUKE 7-0
2 USC Brown 4-yard pass from Beathard (Lupo kick) Tied 7-7
2 1:30 USC
Hal Bedsole 51-yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Lupo kick) USC 14-7
[7]
SMU
Statistics
California
Statistics
Players
The following players were members of the 1962 USC football team.
[9]
Damon Bame , linebacker
Pete Beathard , quarterback
Hal Bedsole , end
Willie Brown, halfback
John Brownwood, end
Ron Butcher
Mac Byrd
Jay Clark
Ken Del Conte, halfback
Craig Fertig , quarterback
Bill Fisk
Mike Gale
Stan Gonta
Ron Heller
Fred Hill
Gary Hill
Phil Hoover
Hudson Houck
Loran Hunt
Tom Johnson
Ernie Jones
Randy Jones
Gary Kirner, tackle
Pete Lubisich, guard
Tom Lupo
Marv Marinovich , guard
Rich McMahon
Bill Nelsen , quarterback
Gary Potter
Ernie Pye
John Ratliff, guard
Lynn Reade
Larry Sagouspe
Armando Sanchez
Denny Schmidt
Ron Smedley
Bob Svihus , tackle
Toby Thurlow
Gary Winslow
Ben Wilson , fullback
Coaching staff and administration
References
^
"Southern California Yearly Results (1960-1964)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from
the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015 .
^
"1962 Southern California Trojans Stats" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015 .
^ Jack Hewins (December 4, 1962).
"Explosive Backfield, Fast Line Form All-Coast '11' " . Santa Cruz Sentinel . p. 8.
^
"2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF) . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Archived from
the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015 .
^
"AP's 1962 All-America Team" . The Miami News . December 6, 1962. p. 19C.
^
"Trojans topple favored Duke 14–7" . The Sacramento Bee . September 23, 1962. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ "Southern Cal Upsets Duke".
The Palm Beach Post . September 23, 1962.
^
a
b 2012 USC football media supplement.
^ 1963 "El Rodeo" (USC yearbook), pages 206-209.
^
a
b 1963 "El Rodeo", page 211.
^ 1963 "El Rodeo", page 202.
Further reading
"Trojans 1962: John McKay's First National Championship", by Bill Block, iUniverse, 2012
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People
Seasons National championship seasons in bold
1936–1949 1950s 1960s
1960 :
Minnesota (AP, Coaches,
NFF ) /
Ole Miss (FWAA)
1961 :
Alabama (AP, Coaches, NFF) /
Ohio State (FWAA)
1962 :
USC
1963 :
Texas
1964 :
Alabama (AP, Coaches) /
Arkansas (FWAA) /
Notre Dame (NFF)
1965 :
Alabama (AP, FWAA) /
Michigan State (Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
1966 :
Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) /
Michigan State (NFF)
1967 :
USC
1968 :
Ohio State
1969 :
Texas
1970s 1980–1991
Pacific Coast AAWU Pacific-8 Pacific-10 Pac-12 National championships in bold