Consensus national champion AAWU champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 42–37 vs. Wisconsin
Conference
Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches
No. 1
AP
No. 1
Record
11–0 (4–0 AAWU)
Head coach
John McKay (3rd season)
Captains
Marv Marinovich
Ben Wilson
Home stadium
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
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Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 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 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]
^"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.
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