American college football season
The 1962 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State College—now known as California State University, Fresno —as a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season . Led by fourth-year head coach Cecil Coleman , Fresno State compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the CCAA. The Bulldogs played home games at Ratcliffe Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California .
Fresno State started the year ranked No. 1 in the AP Small-College Football Poll. They never dropped out of the top 10 all season, finishing No. 7 in the final UPI poll and No. 8 in the final AP poll.[ 1] [ 2]
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 22 Whitworth * W 48–711,339
September 28 at UC Santa Barbara * W 37–06,000
October 6 Abilene Christian * No. 1 L 14–268,500
October 13 Cal Poly * No. 6 Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA W 51–611,301
October 20 at Los Angeles State No. 2 W 34–04,630 [ 3]
October 27 at San Diego State No. 3 L 26–2913,000 [ 4]
November 3 Long Beach State No. 10 Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA W 50–08,092
November 10 at San Jose State No. 9 W 20–1416,000
November 17 Pacific (CA) * No. 6 Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA W 18–1310,973
November 24 at Montana State * No. 9 Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA L 20–2110,425
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Team players in the NFL/AFL
The following were selected in the 1963 NFL draft .[ 6] [ 7]
The following were selected in the 1963 AFL Draft .[ 6]
References
^ "Small College Title Goes to Southern Mississippi" . Medford Mail Tribune . Medford, Oregon. November 29, 1962. p. D 3. Retrieved January 24, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "AP Small College Football Poll" . The Decatur Daily Review . Decatur, Illinois. November 30, 1962. p. 14. Retrieved January 24, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fresno State Breezes Past Diablos, 34-0" . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California. October 21, 1962. p. D-10. Retrieved January 21, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Howard Hagen (October 28, 1962). "Aztecs Outlast Bulldogs". The San Diego Union . San Diego, California. p. G-1.
^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF) . Retrieved December 8, 2016 .
^ a b "1963 NFL Draft" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
^ "Fresno St. Players/Alumni" . Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved December 12, 2016 .
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