1962 Stanford Indians football team
American college football season
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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.
| 1962 Stanford Indians football | |
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| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
| Record | 5–5 (2–3 AAWU) |
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| Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Following the season, Curtice was fired after failing to produce a winning season in five years.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | at Tulane* | W 6–3 | 31,000 | [2] | |
| September 29 | No. 6 Michigan State* | W 16–13 | 32,500 | [3] | |
| October 6 | Oregon State* |
| L 0–27 | 26,500 | [4] |
| October 13 | at Washington State | L 6–21 | 17,250 | [5] | |
| October 20 | No. 9 Washington |
| L 0–14 | 24,000 | [6] |
| October 27 | at UCLA | W 17–7 | 33,415 | [7] | |
| November 3 | at Oregon* | L 14–28 | 29,805 | [8] | |
| November 10 | No. 2 USC |
| L 14–39 | 41,000 | [9] |
| November 17 | San Jose State* |
| W 21–9 | 22,500 | [10] |
| November 24 | at California | W 30–13 | 72,700 | [11] | |
Players drafted by the NFL/AFL
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL/AFL Club[a 1] |
| 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 |
- AFL Draft selections shown in italics.