1962 USC Trojans football team

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1962 USC Trojans football
Interlocking USC Logo.svg
Consensus National Champions
AAWU Champions
Rose Bowl Champions
Conference Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches #1
AP #1
1962 record 11–0 (4–0 AAWU)
Head coach John McKay (3rd year)
Captain Marv Marinovich
Captain Ben Wilson
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 123,538, grass)
Seasons
« 1961 1963 »
1962 AAWU football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 USC $ 4 – 0 – 0     11 – 0 – 0
Washington 4 – 1 – 0     7 – 1 – 2
Washington State 1 – 1 – 0     5 – 4 – 1
Stanford 2 – 3 – 0     5 – 5 – 0
UCLA 1 – 3 – 0     4 – 6 – 0
California 0 – 4 – 0     1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1962 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1962 college 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, defeated Wisconsin in the 1963 Rose Bowl, outscored their opponents by a combined total of 261 to 92, and finished the season ranked #1 in both the AP Poll and UPI Coaches Poll.[1]

Pete Beathard was the team's quarterback, completing 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 touchdowns passes with two interceptions.) Willie Brown was the team's leading rusher with 574 rushing yards (and 291 receiving yards). Hal Bedsole was the team'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) as first-team players on the 1962 All-Pacific Coast football team. They were end Hal Bedsole and linebacker Damon Bame.[3] Bedsole was also a consensus first-team All-American in 1962,[4] while Bame received first-team All-America honors from the AP.[5]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 22 #8 Duke* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 14–7   26,400
September 29 at SMU* #9 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX W 33–3   14,000
October 6 at Iowa* #6 Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 7–0   55,300
October 20 California #6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 32–6   38,500
October 27 at Illinois* #4 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 28–16   31,375
November 3 #9 Washingtondagger #3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 14–0   46,456
November 10 at Stanford #2 Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA W 39–14   41,000
November 17 Navy* #2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 13–6   51,701
November 24 at UCLA #1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell) W 14–3   86,740
December 1 Notre Dame* #1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry) W 25–0   81,676
January 1, 1963 vs. #2 Wisconsin* #1 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) W 42–37   98,698
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Duke

#8 Duke at USC
1 2 3 4 Total
Duke 7 0 0 0 7
• USC 0 14 0 0 14

[6]

SMU

Statistics

California

Statistics

Players

The following players were members of the 1962 USC football team.[8]

  • 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

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  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 2012 USC football media supplement.
  8. ↑ 1963 "El Rodeo" (USC yearbook), pages 206-209.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 1963 "El Rodeo", page 211.
  10. ↑ 1963 "El Rodeo", page 202.

Further reading

  • "Trojans 1962: John McKay's First National Championship", by Bill Block, iUniverse, 2012
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