Colorado State at UCLA
Friday, October 12, 1962 Share
UCLA beat Colorado State 35–7. It was their first meeting; after it, UCLA led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 53°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1962, page 12
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Picture on Poqe Ala Mendenhall, Miss, was the big story last night as the Maroons smashed haplesS Tulane, 35–6. 1t was the fourth straight defeat for Tulane, which still faces nationally-ranked Mississippi, Georgia Tech and Louisiana State. Mississippi State now has a 81 mark in Coach Paul Davis rookie year. In other games last night, UCLA made plentiful use of its sophomores in a 35–7 romp over Colorado State and Kentucky shook Perky Bryant loose for three short touchdown runs in a 27–8 victory over Detroit. Furlow threw two touchdown passes for the Maroons, both to End Randy Hutto. In all, he completed eight of 10 losses for 1875 yards to bring his seasons record for three games to 26 competitions in SO throws for 289 yards. In addition to his two scoring throws, which covered II and SO yards, Furlow also set up a third Maroon I’D. His 30-yard toss to End Johnny Inman was the big gamer in a 55-yard drive for the score which came when Tackle Howard Benton recovered tumble in the end zone. Although Furlow was the big gun, Halfback Ode Burrell set the Maroons winging in the first quarter by taking a hand off and scampering 80 yards for the games first touchdown. Sophomore Larry Zeno, hero of UCLA’s upset of Ohio State last week, was the key man again last night. He scored one touchdown himself and &C counted for another with a Al yard pass to Sophomore Dan Ghormley. Two other sophomores fig ured in the scoring, Warren Jackson and Chuck Peterson, bucking over for touchdowns. Colorado State, losing its
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
UCLA 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colorado State–UCLA gameUCLA leads 2–0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 2002 | UCLA 30, Colorado State 19 | |
| 1962 | UCLA 35, Colorado State 7 |
Around this game
Colorado State
- Next gameat Utah StateOct. 20, 1962
- SeasonColorado State in 1962
- ProgramColorado State history and records
UCLA
- Next gameat PittsburghOct. 20, 1962
- SeasonUCLA in 1962
- ProgramUCLA history and records

