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1962 California

1–⁠9 (0–⁠4 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Marv Levy.

Schedule and results

California in 1962, game by game: lost vs. Missouri 10–21; won vs. San José State 25–8; lost vs. Pittsburgh 24–26; lost at Duke 7–21; lost at No. 3 USC 6–32; lost vs. Penn State 21–23; lost vs. UCLA 16–26; lost at Washington 0–27; lost at Kansas 21–33; lost vs. Stanford 13–30+17−27Lost 10–21 vs. Missouri-11MissouriWon 25–8 vs. San José State+17San José StateLost 24–26 vs. Pittsburgh-2PittsburghLost 7–21 at Duke-14DukeLost 6–32 at No. 3 USC-26No. 3 USCLost 21–23 vs. Penn State-2Penn StateLost 16–26 vs. UCLA-10UCLALost 0–27 at Washington-27WashingtonLost 21–33 at Kansas-12KansasLost 13–30 vs. Stanford-17Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsMissouriL 10–⁠2128%
Sep 29vsSan José StateW 25–⁠854%
Oct 6vsPittsburghL 24–⁠2645%
Oct 13atDukeL 7–⁠2120%
Oct 20at3USCL 6–⁠3220%
Oct 27vsPenn StateL 21–⁠2320%
Nov 3vsUCLAL 16–⁠2637%
Nov 10atWashingtonL 0–⁠2716%
Nov 17atKansasL 21–⁠3314%
Nov 24vsStanfordL 13–⁠3047%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stanford 30–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 111th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠4 6th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
143–⁠247
Coach
Marv Levy
Elo
1314 −81 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.4 No. 67 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1962 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC4–⁠011–⁠01
Washington4–⁠17–⁠1–⁠2
Washington State1–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠35–⁠5
UCLA1–⁠34–⁠6
California0–⁠41–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.