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1963 USC

7–⁠3 (3–⁠1 Athletic Association of Western Universities), coached by John McKay.

Schedule and results

USC in 1963, game by game: won at Colorado 14–0; lost vs. No. 3 Oklahoma 12–17; won vs. Michigan State 13–10; lost at Notre Dame 14–17; won vs. No. 4 Ohio State 32–3; won at California 36–6; lost at Washington 7–22; won vs. Stanford 25–11; won vs. Oregon State 28–22; won vs. UCLA 26–6+30−15Won 14–0 at Colorado+14ColoradoLost 12–17 vs. No. 3 Oklahoma-5No. 3 OklahomaWon 13–10 vs. Michigan State+3Michigan StateLost 14–17 at Notre Dame-3Notre DameWon 32–3 vs. No. 4 Ohio State+29No. 4 Ohio StateWon 36–6 at California+30CaliforniaLost 7–22 at Washington-15WashingtonWon 25–11 vs. Stanford+14StanfordWon 28–22 vs. Oregon State+6Oregon StateWon 26–6 vs. UCLA+20UCLA
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atColoradoW 14–⁠070%
Sep 28vs3OklahomaL 12–⁠1760%
Oct 4vsMichigan StateW 13–⁠1061%
Oct 12atNotre DameL 14–⁠1761%
Oct 19vs4Ohio StateW 32–⁠355%
Oct 26atCaliforniaW 36–⁠675%
Nov 2atWashingtonL 7–⁠2251%
Nov 9vsStanfordW 25–⁠1181%
Nov 15vsOregon StateW 28–⁠2267%
Nov 30vsUCLAW 26–⁠686%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat UCLA 26–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 1
  2. Wk 2: 1
  3. Wk 3: 8
  4. Wk 4: 7

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 1963.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠1 2nd in Athletic Association of Western Universities
AP final
Unranked peak No. 1
Points
207–⁠114
Coach
John McKay
Elo
1667 +31 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.8 No. 10 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Pete Beathard and Willie Brown

Drafted in 1964

The 1964 draft
Rd 1Pete Beathard QBDetroit Lions
Rd 2Hal Bedsole WRMinnesota Vikings
Rd 3Willie Brown DBLos Angeles Rams
Rd 1Pete Beathard QBKansas City Chiefs (AFL)
Rd 5Gary Kirner OGSan Diego Chargers (AFL)
Rd 6Willie Brown WRSan Diego Chargers (AFL)

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Larry SagouspeCAP-2; UPI-3

From Wikipedia’s 1963 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1963 Athletic Association of Western Universities standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington4–⁠16–⁠5
USC3–⁠17–⁠3
UCLA2–⁠22–⁠8
Washington State1–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠34–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠43–⁠7

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