1962 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

The 1962 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1962.

1962 UC Riverside Highlanders football
ConferenceIndependent
1962 record3–5
Head coach
  • Jim Whitley (4th season)
Home stadiumUCR Athletic Field
1962 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Cal Poly Pomona      9 1 0
Southern Miss      9 1 0
Drake      8 2 0
Howard (AL)      7 2 0
Hawaii      6 2 0
La Verne      6 2 0
Northern Michigan      6 3 0
Northeastern      5 3 0
Wabash      5 3 1
Abilene Christian      6 4 0
East Carolina      5 4 0
Weber State      5 4 0
Wheaton (IL)      5 4 0
Chattanooga      5 5 0
Arlington State      4 6 0
Southern Illinois      4 6 0
Findlay      4 5 0
Tampa      3 4 2
UC Riverside      3 5 0
Eastern Michigan      2 5 0
Santa Clara      2 6 0
Carnegie Tech      1 7 0
Rose Poly      1 7 0
Union (NY)      1 7 0

UC Riverside was led by fourth-year head coach Jim Whitley. They played home games at UCR Athletic Field in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of three wins and five losses (3–5). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 120–187 for the season.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 22Valley State[note 1]
L 6–7
September 29at RedlandsL 12–22
October 6Caltech
  • UCR Athletic Field
  • Riverside, California
W 20–8
October 13La Verne
  • UCR Athletic Field
  • Riverside, California
W 18–7
October 20Claremont-Mudd[note 3]
  • UCR Athletic Field
  • Riverside, California
W 34–13
October 27at Pomona[note 4]
L 6–45
November 2at Santa ClaraL 12–43
November 10at Cal Western[note 5]L 12–42

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Team players in the NFL

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1963 NFL Draft.[3][4][5]

Notes

  1. California State University, Northridge was known as San Fernando Valley State College from 1958 to 1971.
  2. This stadium is the predecessor to the current Ted Runner Stadium on the University of Redlands campus, which was opened for the 1968 season
  3. The athletic teams for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps did not include Scripps College prior to 1980.
  4. What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team was known as Pomona College in 1962. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.
  5. Alliant International University was formed in 2001 via the merger of United States International University (USIU) and California School of Professional Psychology. USIU had been known as California Western University (Cal Western) from 1952 to 1967.

References

  1. "1962 - California-Riverside". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. "Southland Colleges". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 26, 1962. p. III-8. Retrieved October 29, 2017 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1963 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  4. "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  5. "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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