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American college football season

1962 Stanford Indians football
ConferenceAthletic Association of Western Universities
Record5–5 (2–3 AAWU)
Head coach
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
Seasons← 19611963 →
1962 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
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 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Stanford was led by fifth-year head coach Jack Curtice and home games were played on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

Following the season, Curtice was fired after failing to produce a winning season in five years.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Tulane*W 6–331,000
September 29No. 6 Michigan State*W 16–1332,500
October 6Oregon State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 0–2736,500
October 13at Washington StateL 6–2117,000
October 20No. 9 Washington
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 0–1430,700
October 27at UCLAW 17–733,415
November 3at Oregon*L 14–2829,805
November 10No. 2 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 14–3941,000
November 17San Jose State*
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 21–9
November 24at CaliforniaW 30–1372,700
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players drafted by the NFL/AFL

Main article: 1963 NFL draftMain article: 1963 American Football League draft
Player Position Round Pick NFL/AFL Club
Carlton Simons Center 4 56 Green Bay Packers
Frank Atkinson Defensive tackle 8 108 Pittsburgh Steelers
Al Hildebrand Tackle 13/27 169/214 Los Angeles Rams/Houston Oilers
C. B. Simons Linebacker 24 189 Denver Broncos
Source:
  1. AFL Draft selections shown in italics.

References

  1. "Coach Jack Curtice fired by Stanford". The News and Courier. November 27, 1962. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  2. "Soph pair wins Stanford spurs". Oakland Tribune. September 22, 1962. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Strite, Dick (November 4, 1962). "Ducks nab 28-14 win over Tribe". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  4. "1963 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 23, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
  5. "1963 AFL Draft". Retrieved November 25, 2013.

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