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1962 Stanford

5–⁠5 (2–⁠3 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by Jack Curtice.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1962, game by game: won at Tulane 6–3; won vs. No. 6 Michigan State 16–13; lost vs. Oregon State 0–27; lost at Washington State 6–21; lost vs. No. 9 Washington 0–14; won at UCLA 17–7; lost at Oregon 14–28; lost vs. No. 2 USC 14–39; won vs. San José State 21–9; won at California 30–13+17−27Won 6–3 at Tulane+3TulaneWon 16–13 vs. No. 6 Michigan State+3No. 6 Michigan StateLost 0–27 vs. Oregon State-27Oregon StateLost 6–21 at Washington State-15Washington StateLost 0–14 vs. No. 9 Washington-14No. 9 WashingtonWon 17–7 at UCLA+10UCLALost 14–28 at Oregon-14OregonLost 14–39 vs. No. 2 USC-25No. 2 USCWon 21–9 vs. San José State+12San José StateWon 30–13 at California+17California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atTulaneW 6–⁠339%
Sep 29vs6Michigan StateW 16–⁠1332%
Oct 6vsOregon StateL 0–⁠2750%
Oct 13atWashington StateL 6–⁠2127%
Oct 20vs9WashingtonL 0–⁠1430%
Oct 27atUCLAW 17–⁠720%
Nov 3atOregonL 14–⁠2821%
Nov 10vs2USCL 14–⁠3930%
Nov 17vsSan José StateW 21–⁠967%
Nov 24atCaliforniaW 30–⁠1353%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat California 30–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 84th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1962.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠3 4th in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked
Points
124–⁠174
Coach
Jack Curtice
Elo
1443 +32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.5 No. 57 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1963

The 1963 draft
Rd 4Carlton Simons CGreen Bay Packers

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Ed CummingsBAP-1; UPI-2

Second team

  • Frank PatitucciEAP-2; UPI-3
  • Al HildebrandOTUPI-2
  • Marvin HarrisOGAP-2
  • John ErbyOGUPI-2

From Wikipedia’s 1962 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

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.