National junior college champion Eastern Conference champion Junior Rose Bowl champion
Junior Rose Bowl, W 20–0 vs. Columbia Basin
Conference
Eastern Conference
Record
10–0 (9–0 Eastern)
Head coach
Homer Beatty (4th season)
Home stadium
Santa Ana Bowl
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Eastern Conference (California) football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Santa Ana $
9
–
0
–
0
10
–
0
–
0
Orange Coast
8
–
1
–
0
9
–
1
–
0
Fullerton
6
–
2
–
1
6
–
2
–
1
Chaffey
6
–
3
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Mt. San Antonio
5
–
3
–
1
5
–
3
–
1
San Bernardino
3
–
6
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Riverside
3
–
6
–
0
3
–
6
–
0
Grossmont
2
–
7
–
0
2
–
7
–
0
Southwestern (CA)
1
–
8
–
0
1
–
8
–
0
Citrus
1
–
8
–
0
1
–
8
–
0
$ – Conference champion
The 1962 Santa Ana Dons football team was an American football team that represented Santa Ana College as a member of the Eastern Conference during the 1962 college football season. In their fourth and final year under head coach Homer Beatty, the Dons compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the Eastern Conference championship, defeated Columbia Basin in the Junior Rose Bowl.[1] They shut out six opponents and gave up only 43 points in all ten games,
an average of 4.3 points per game. They outscored opponents by a total of 382 to 43,[2] were ranked No. 1 in the final junior college grid-wire rankings,[3] and were recognized as the national junior college champion.[4][5]
Four Santa Ana players were selected by J.C. Grid-Wire for the junior college All-America team. Quarterback Dunn Marteen and linebacker Dick Litzinger were named to the first team. Tackle Al Medley was named to the third team, and guard Mike Brown was selected for the fourth team.[6] Marteen also won the team's most valuable player award, and Litzinger won the Tucker Memorial Trophy as the team's most inspirational player. Other team awards went to tackle/end Al Medley as the team's most valuable lineman and defensive halfback Fran Andruski as the most valuable defensive player.[5]
The team's assistant coaches were Russ Chesley (backs), Bill Dutton (line), and Myrel Moore (ends).[7]
The team played its home games at the Santa Ana Bowl in Santa Ana, California.
^"EC Standings". The San Bernardino Daily Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 21, 1962. p. A14. Retrieved March 31, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^"Santa Ana". The Register. December 15, 1962. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Coast Third In Final Ranking". The Register. December 21, 1962. p. B10 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Dons Sitting On Top Of World: Santa Ana Claims National JC Football Championship". The Register. December 17, 1962. p. A8 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ab"Marteen Gets 'Most Valuable Player' Award: Dons Hailed As National JC Champions". The Register. December 18, 1962. p. A16 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Four Dons On JC All-America". The Register. December 12, 1962. p. B14 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Santa Ana Roster". The Register. December 15, 1962. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
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