1962 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
The 1962 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. In its sixth year under head coach Marvin C. Helling, the team compiled a 5–4 record (3–3 against NCC opponents), finished in fourth place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 120 to 84. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.


1962 North Dakota State Bison football team
The 1962 North Dakota State Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota State University during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the North Central Conference. In their sixth year under head coach Bob Danielson, the team compiled a 0–10 record.


1962 North Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1962 North Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. Democrat William L. Guy defeated Republican nominee Mark Andrews with 50.44% of the vote.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season had no bounds, but cyclones tend to form between April and December, with peaks in May and November. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center releases unofficial advisories. An average of four to six storms form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm One
Cyclonic Storm One existed from May 15 to May 22.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression Two
Deep Depression Two existed from May 24 to May 25.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression Five
Deep Depression Five existed from July 11 to July 13.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression Seven
Deep Depression Seven existed from September 8 to September 15.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression Eight
Deep Depression Eight existed from September 16 to September 21.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Cyclonic Storm Nine
Cyclonic Storm Nine existed from September 16 to September 21.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Deep Depression Ten
Deep Depression Ten existed from October 22 to October 26.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm Harriet
After making landfall in Thailand, the system continued westward, then curved to the northeast, probably regathering strength and making landfall near Chittagong in East Pakistan on October 30 before rapidly dissipating.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm Harriet
The destruction from Tropical Storm Harriet took the lives of at least 769 residents of Thailand's southern provinces. Another 142 people were also deemed missing as of November 4, with over 252 severe injuries. Damage at the time was estimated to be over $34.5 million (1962 USD) to government buildings, agriculture, homes and fishing fleets.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm Twelve
Severe Cyclonic Storm Twelve developed on November 26. It was the strongest tropical cyclone of the season, peaked with winds of 140 km/h (85 mph). The system dissipated on November 29.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Cyclonic Storm Thirteen
The final storm of the season, Severe Cyclonic Storm Thirteen, developed on December 9. It lasted four days, dissipating on December 13.


1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season effects
This is a table of all storms in the 1962 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. It mentions all of the season's storms and their names, duration, peak intensities (according to the IMD storm scale), damage, and death totals. Damage and death totals include the damage and deaths caused when that storm was a precursor wave or extratropical low, and all of the damage figures are in 1962 USD.


1962 North Korean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections to the 3rd Supreme People's Assembly were held in North Korea on 8 October 1962. Only one candidate was presented in each constituency, all of which were selected by the Workers' Party of Korea, although some ran under the banner of other parties or state organisations to give the illusion of democracy. Voter turnout was reported to be 100%, with 100% reportedly voting in favour of the candidates presented.


1962 Northeast Louisiana State Indians football team
The 1962 Northeast Louisiana State Indians football team was an American football team that represented Northeast Louisiana State College (now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jack C. Rowan, the team compiled a 2–6 record.


1962 Northern Illinois Huskies football team
The 1962 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1962 NCAA College Division football season. The Huskies finished the regular season 8–1 and played in the Mineral Water Bowl, losing to Adams State. They were led by seventh-year head coach Howard Fletcher.


1962 Northern Ireland general election
The 1962 Northern Ireland general election was held on 31 May 1962. Like all previous elections to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, it produced a large majority for the Ulster Unionist Party.


1962 Northern Ireland general election, Results
All parties shown. Electorate: 903,596 (458,838 in contested seats); Turnout: 66.0% (302,681).


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election
General elections were held in Northern Rhodesia on 30 October 1962, with by-elections for several seats held on 10 December. Although the United Federal Party won the most seats in the Legislative Council, and Northern Rhodesian African National Congress leader Harry Nkumbula had made a secret electoral pact with the UFP, Nkumbula decided to form a government with the United National Independence Party.


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
The elections were carried out under the "15-15-15" system, with 15 seats elected by an upper roll, 15 seats by a lower roll and 15 seats by the national roll; the national roll seats consisted of four 'reserved' two-seat constituencies returning an African and a European member; three two-member 'open' constituencies that would return two members of any race, and one nationwide constituency for Asians. The initial plan for the reserved and open national roll seats was that candidates would have to receive at least 15% of the vote from both the upper and lower rolls to be elected.


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
However, this was fiercely opposed by Prime Minister of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Roy Welensky, as the lower roll was likely to be entirely black, giving his UFP little chance of winning seats. The system was later changed to require candidates to receive at least 10% of the vote from each race, and at least 20% of the vote from either the upper or lower roll.


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
To qualify for the upper roll, voters had to have an income of at least £720 or own at least £1,500 of immovable property. This was reduced to £480/£1,000 for those with a full primary education and £300/£1,000 for those with at least four years of secondary education.


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
Several people were automatically allowed to register as upper roll voters, including chiefs, hereditary councillors, members of native authorities and courts, municipal councils, township housing boards and area housing boards, ministers of religion, members of certain religions with at least two years of secondary education, pensioners, university graduates, holders of an award from the Queen, those with a letter of exemption under the African Exemption Ordinance dated prior to 1 July 1961, or be the wife of a qualified upper roll voter (in polygamous marriages, only the senior wife qualified).


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
Lower roll voters had to have an income of at least £120 or own immovable property worth at least £250. Certain other people were automatically entitled to be a lower roll voter, including tribal councillors, members of native authorities and courts, municipal councils, township housing boards and area housing boards, headmen, pensioners, members of certain religious bodies, holders of an award from the Queen, or people registered as Individual, Peasant or Improved Farmers for two years prior to their application. The wife (or senior wife) of anyone qualifying to be a lower roll voter also qualified.


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
The upper roll had a total of 37,142 voters, of which 27,893 were European, 7,321 were African and 1,928 were Asian. The lower roll had 91,941 voters, of which 91,913 were African and 28 Asian.


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
In order to vote, voters had to dip their thumbs in red ink, which would remain for two days. In Lusaka two European voters refused to dip their thumbs, and were barred from voting. One, Colin Cunningham, a former leader of the Rhodesian Republican Party, claimed it would be "trespass against his person."


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Campaign
UNIP originally planned to boycott the elections in protest at the failure to move to majority rule. However, the decision was later reversed after the outcome of the Delimitation Commission. UNIP leader Kenneth Kaunda spoke at over a hundred meetings during the campaign. In Sweden the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party started an appeal for £20,000 to contribute to UNIP's election campaign, calling federal UFP leader Roy Welensky "sabre-rattling" and a "leader of the white Fascists." The campaign raised only £3,700.


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Conduct
On 26 October NRANC official Danwell Kuseka was killed when he was ambushed after an election meeting near Kitwe; three others were injured, one with a broken back. Kaunda called for UNIP members to co-operate with the police in finding the attackers. African candidates for the UFP were reported to have experienced a "living hell of intimidation." Polling day took place largely without incident and saw a high turnout. In the Congolese city of Elisabethville a group of 100 Northern Rhodesians attended the British Consul to vote. However, after they discovered that only 17 of them had registered, they stormed the building and stoned the consul, resulting in him being hospitalised. Congolese police arrested 15 of the group.


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Results
On election day, 14 of the upper roll seats and all 15 lower roll seats were decided, but only five of the 15 national seats; the UFP won 15 seats, UNIP 14 and the NRANC five. By-elections were subsequently held on 10 December for the Livingstone upper roll seats, and for the ten remaining national seats, with the UFP winning in Livingstone, and the NRANC winning the only two national roll seats to have a winner, leaving the UFP with a final total of 16 seats and the NRANC with seven.


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Aftermath
With almost all candidates losing their deposits, the three Liberal Party ministers (John Moffat, Harry Franklin and Alfred Gondwe) resigned immediately after the elections. In mid-November the party announced that it was disbanding, with members advised to join or support UNIP instead.


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Aftermath
Nkumbula held talks with both Kaunda and Roberts about the formation of a coalition government, saying he would consider a coalition with UNIP "if Kaunda and his henchmen made a statement unreservedly condemning Communism and the use of violence and intimidation. ", and a coalition with the UFP if "thy stated that they wanted to see the end of political federation and its replacement with only an economic association".


1962 Northern Rhodesian general election, Aftermath
Kaunda subsequently released a statement stating "I believe that both Mr. Nkumbula and myself should forget the bitterness of the past and do what we can to establish majority rule in this country. On 14 December Governor Evelyn Hone announced the formation of a coalition government by UNIP and the NRARNC.


1962 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1962 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their seventh year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Wildcats compiled a 7–2 record (4–2 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference. The Wildcats were ranked #1 in the AP Poll before losing consecutive games late in the season against #2-ranked Wisconsin and Michigan State.


1962 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Tom Myers with 1,537 passing yards, Willie Stinson with 418 rushing yards, and halfback/end Paul Flatley with 626 receiving yards. Center Jack Cvercko was a consensus first-team All-American.


1962 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1962 Norwegian Football Cup was the 57th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. Fredrikstad was the defending champions, but was eliminated by the second tier team Vard in the quarterfinal.


1962 Norwegian Football Cup
The final was played at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on 28 October 1962, and was contested between two second-tier teams, Gjøvik-Lyn and Vard. This was Vard's first appearance in a cup final, while it was Gjøvik-Lyn's second final, having lost the 1914 final. Gjøvik-Lyn secured their first title with a 2-0 victory against Vard, and qualified for the 1963–64 European Cup Winners' Cup.


1962 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1962 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.


1962 Oakland Raiders season
The 1962 Oakland Raiders season began with the team trying to improve on their 2–12 record from 1961. The 1962 season was the third season in Oakland and in the American Football League. It ended with the Raiders finishing in last place in the AFL West. They won only one game and lost 13 while playing their home games at Frank Youell Field in Oakland.


1962 Oakland Raiders season
Oakland's 0.071 winning percentage in 1962 is the lowest in the history of the American Football League.


1962 Oakland Raiders season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1962 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 1962 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Bill Hess, the Bobcats compiled an 8–3 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), finished in second place in the MAC, lost to West Texas State in the 1962 Sun Bowl (14–15), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 261 to 112.


1962 Ohio Bobcats football team
The team's statistical leaders included Jim Albert with 375 rushing yards, Bob Babbitt with 1,010 passing yards, and Ron Curtis with 286 receiving yards.


1962 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1962 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–3 record.


1962 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, North Carolina
John Mummey 15 Rush Att, 110 Yds, 1TD; 1/1 passing, 42 yards, 1 TD


1962 Ohio gubernatorial election
The 1962 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. Republican nominee Jim Rhodes defeated Democratic incumbent Michael DiSalle with 58.92% of the vote.


1962 Ohio state highway renumbering
In 1962, the Ohio Department of Highways implemented the system of Interstate Highways that had been approved by the states in 1956.


1962 Ohio state highway renumbering
The State Route numbers 70, 71, 74, 75, 77, 80, 90, 270, 271, 275, 277, 280, 290, 675, and 680 conflicted with new designations, so the State Routes with those numbers were renumbered. However, there is no Interstate 290 in Ohio anymore, so 290 is a possible state route number again.


1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by head coach Bud Wilkinson.


1962 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason, NFL draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.


1962 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The 1962 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University–Stillwater in the Big Eight Conference during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Cliff Speegle, the Cowboys compiled a 4–6 record (2–5 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 214 to 138.


1962 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
On offense, the 1962 team averaged 13.8 points scored, 152.7 rushing yards, and 110.2 passing yards per game. On defense, the team allowed an average of 21.4 points scored, 261.8 rushing yards, and 97.0 passing yards per game. The team's statistical leaders included Don Derrick with 539 rushing yards and 24 yards, Mike Miller with 1,056 passing yards, and Don Karns with 328 receiving yards.


1962 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
No Oklahoma State players were selected as first-team All-Big Eight Conference players.


1962 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The team played its home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma.


1962 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
The 1962 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962, and was a race for the Governor of Oklahoma. Republican Henry Bellmon defeated Democrat W. P. Bill Atkinson and Independent L. Richard Zavitz to become the first Republican governor of Oklahoma.


1962 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1962 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. The Rebels' finished the season undefeated, as Southeastern Conference (SEC) champions and with a victory over Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl. Ole Miss was retroactively awarded the national championship by the Billingsley Report, Litkenhous and, later, Sagarin Ratings (however, it not recognized by the NCAA). To date, it is the only undefeated and untied season in Ole Miss' football history.


1962 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The Rebels' undefeated season was set against the backdrop of the civil rights movement taking place on their own campus as James Meredith, aided by the United States government, was attempting to be the first black student to enroll at the university. In 2012, ESPN aired a documentary on the team, Ghosts of Ole Miss, as part of its 30 for 30 series.


1962 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Roster
Jim Weatherly was a backup quarterback on this team before abandoning football to become a singer-songwriter. Ironically in light of the Meredith controversy during this season, his best-known composition was the soul classic "Midnight Train to Georgia", most famously recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips.


1962 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Awards
In September 2012, Ole Miss athletic director Ross Bjork announced that the team would be receiving new national championship rings to honor their accomplishments from the 1962 season.


1962 Omloop Het Volk
The 1962 Omloop Het Volk was the 17th edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 10 March 1962. The race started and finished in Ghent. The race was won by Robert De Middeleir.


1962 Open Championship
The 1962 Open Championship was the 91st Open Championship, played from 11 to 13 July at Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Arnold Palmer won his second consecutive Open, six strokes ahead of runner-up Kel Nagle. It was the sixth of Palmer's seven major titles and the second of the year; he won his third Masters in April.


1962 Open Championship
Qualifying took place on 9–10 July, and entries played 18 holes on the Old Course at Troon Golf Club and 18 holes on the Lochgreen Troon Municipal course. A maximum of 120 players qualified; the qualifying score was 154 and 119 players qualified. Eric Brown of Scotland led the qualifiers with 139, and Palmer was at 143. This was the last Open in which all players had to qualify; in 1963 a system of exemptions for the leading players was introduced. A maximum of 50 players could make the cut to play 36 holes on the final day.


1962 Open Championship
Jack Nicklaus, the U.S. Open champion, competed in his first Open Championship. Following an opening round 80, he rebounded with a 72 to make the cut and tied for 34th place.


1962 Open Championship
The PGA Championship was played the next week (19–22 July) near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July.


1962 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
A maximum of 50 players could make the cut, but 51 players scored 153 (+9) or better. The 12 players on 153 were therefore excluded and just the 39 who scored 152 (+8) or better qualified for the final day.


1962 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Green (+7), Cannon (+9), Carr (+9), Saddler (+9), Sinclair (+9), Stuart (+10), Blair (+11), Clark (+11), Edgar (+11),Shade (+11), Christmas (+12), Foster (+12), Walker (+13), MacCaskill (+17), Wilson (+18), Morrison (+19).


1962 Orange Bowl
The 1962 Orange Bowl   was the 28th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Monday, January 1. Part of the 1961–62 bowl game season, the fourth-ranked LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) defeated the #7 Colorado Buffaloes of the Big Eight Conference, 25–7.


1962 Orange Bowl, Teams, LSU
LSU implemented their "three-platoon system." which included the "Chinese Bandits" defensive unit.


1962 Orange Bowl, Game summary
The game kicked off at 1 pm and was played in a drizzle, the first rain at an Orange Bowl.


1962 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
It was the final game for both head coaches: Colorado's Sonny Grandelius was fired in March in the wake of numerous NCAA rule violations, and Paul Dietzel left for Army, then returned to LSU as athletic director in 1978.


1962 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
The next season, Colorado won just two games under interim head coach Bud Davis (who later served as LSU's Chancellor), who was succeeded by Eddie Crowder in January 1963. The program's next appearance in a major bowl was after the 1976 season, also in the Orange.


1962 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
LSU's next major bowl appearance was the following year, with a shutout win in the Cotton; their next Orange Bowl was in January 1971.


1962 Oregon Ballot Measure 1
Oregon Ballot Measure 1 (1962) was a ballot measure in the U.S. State of Oregon in 1962. It was a constitutional amendment affecting the state militia of Oregon, the Oregon National Guard. The measure changed the constitutional language outlining the organization of the state militia.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 1962 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University as an independent during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Tommy Prothro, the Beavers compiled a 9–2 record and outscored their opponents 279 to 148. They played three home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis and three at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team
Quarterback Terry Baker won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and was the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. The team captain was guard George Gnoss and the Beavers won the Liberty Bowl over Villanova in Philadelphia.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) disbanded in the spring of 1959; this was the fourth of five years that Oregon State and Oregon competed as independents.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Before the season
The Pacific Coast Conference dissolved in the spring of 1959. That year California, Southern California, Stanford, UCLA, and Washington formed the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU), or Big Five. 1962 Washington State joined the AAWU in 1962, which became primarily known as the Big Six. Oregon State was an independent for a fourth consecutive year in 1962.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Before the season
The Beavers' quarterback was Terry Baker, heavily recruited to play football, basketball, and baseball, but came to Oregon State on a basketball scholarship. He walked on to the football team in 1960 after head coach Tommy Prothro invited him to drop baseball and attend spring drills. Baker was the backup halfback in 1960 but still amassed 302 total yards in a 30-29 loss to Washington and 1,473 total yards in 1960, both Beaver records. In order to maximize his talent, Prothro made Baker the quarterback and scrapped the single wing in 1961 in favor of the T formation. Because of an injury to backup Rich Brooks in 1961, Baker was instructed not to run until the final ten minutes of any game. As a result, Baker wound up gaining fewer yards in 1961 than in 1960 but was still eleventh in the nation in total yards.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Before the season
Because of injuries, the line only averaged 205 pounds (93 kg), more than 35 pounds (16 kg) less than some of the other lines that they squared off against. The line was nicknamed "the Light Brigade" after the "Charge of the Light Brigade" poem drafted by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Before the season
Prothro did not like having backs or receivers be captains, because he felt that they got enough glory. Guard George Gnoss was the team captain in 1962.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Before the season
A rule change in 1962 allowed teams to down the football after a punt inside the opponent's 10. Previously, doing so resulted in a touchback.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
The Iowa State-Oregon State game featured three intriguing story lines. The first was that the Cyclones' coach, Clay Stapleton, was an assistant coach in Corvallis under Prothro from 1955–1957. Prothro had changed Oregon State's offense from a single wing to a T formation in 1961. In 1962, Stapleton installed a winged T at Iowa State. The second story line was the battle between two potential All-Americans: the Cyclones' Dave Hoppmann and the Beavers' Baker.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
The game was a passing of the torch, of sorts, as Hoppmann led the nation in total yardage in 1961 and Baker led the nation in total yardage in 1962. Despite finishing 11th in total yardage in 1961, Baker still led Hoppmann by seven career total yards. Baker entered the game 161 total yards short of the Oregon State career record, held by Ken Carpenter. The third was junior Vern Burke making his first start at split end for the Beavers.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Hoppmann opened scoring with a 48-yard first quarter run to put Iowa State up 7–0. Midway through the second quarter, Baker knotted the score at seven after a two-yard touchdown run. Later in the quarter, the Cyclones had fourth-and-goal from the one-foot line but fumbled. A weak Oregon State punt gave Iowa State the ball at the Beaver 30. Five plays later, the Cyclones were up 14–7. Iowa State converted an Oregon State fumble into a 21–7 lead. Oregon State got the ball back at their own 38 with 1:40 left. The Beavers drove 62 yards, the final 31, coming on a Baker-to-Burke touchdown pass with two seconds left in the first half to pull Oregon State within eight at halftime.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Hoppmann came out in the second half, throwing three straight passes to Dick Limerick, the final one a 12-yard touchdown pass to put the Cyclones up 28-13 with more than 12 minutes left in the third quarter. Six minutes later, Baker responded with a 42-yard run to cut Iowa State's lead to nine. In the fourth quarter, the Beavers drove 70 yards on 14 plays, the final yard on a fourth-down Baker run with 11 minutes left to pull Oregon State within two. Fullback Rich Brooks gave Oregon State the ball at the Cyclone 14 after an interception.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Three plays later, Baker hit Burke for a 10-yard touchdown pass to give the Beavers a 33-28 lead. Shortly thereafter, Limerick turned a short pass into a 58-yard touchdown to put Iowa State up 35-33. With two minutes left, an Oregon State drive ended at the Iowa State 20. Steve Clark's 37-yard field goal attempt was blocked, the Cyclones' second blocked field goal attempt of the quarter. However, the Beavers had all three timeouts. Oregon State held Iowa State for no gain on a third-and-one, and the Cyclones were forced to punt.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
The Beavers got the ball back at their own 36 with 1:07 left. Because intentionally spiking the ball was not legal at the time, Burke intentionally dropped multiple passes on the drive to preserve time. Oregon State drove to the Iowa State 43. Baker looked at Burke, but threw to Jerry Neil, who caught the ball at the Iowa State five and ran into the end zone for a 43-yard touchdown with 29 seconds left. The Cyclones could not answer the touchdown strike. Despite the fact that the Beavers only led for less than five minutes in the entire game, Oregon State won 39–35.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
The Beaver win is the only meeting ever between Oregon State and Iowa State, and Hoppmann finished with 230 total yards, two rushing touchdowns, and a passing touchdown. Baker finished with 317 total yards, three rushing touchdowns, and three passing touchdowns. The 317 total yards broke his own Oregon State single game record, and Baker's six total touchdowns set a Beaver record. It also gave him 3,020 career total yards, another Oregon State record. Burke caught 12 passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns. Burke set Beaver records for receptions and receiving yards in a single game.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
In the seventeen seasons from 1956–1972, Oregon State and Iowa played twelve times, more than Oregon State played conference opponents California and UCLA in the same period. The Hawkeyes won the first three meetings. Two Beaver starters on the offensive line—John Farrell and Tom Holley—were unable to make the trip, due to injury. Jerry Neil, who caught the winning touchdown against Iowa State was converted into a tackle to add depth on the offensive line. Iowa hopped out to a 13–0 first quarter lead. In the second quarter, the Hawkeyes scored on a 36-yard touchdown pass. Iowa lined up for an extra point but faked it for a two-point conversion and a 21–0 Hawkeye lead. The teams traded touchdowns in the second half.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Stanford
In 1961, Stanford beat Oregon State 34–0 in Corvallis. It was the Beavers' worst loss in Corvallis between 1954 (against a UCLA squad that went on probation the following year for paying players) and 1972 (the second year of "the Streak"). Prothro accused the 1961 team of "quitting." The week before the Beavers and Indians met in 1962, undefeated Stanford beat sixth-ranked Michigan State. Stanford's line outweighed Oregon State's line by an average of 37 pounds (17 kg), nd the Indians were six-point favorites.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Stanford
Stanford was the only team to threaten in the first quarter, but the Indians' 45-yard field goal attempt hit the crossbar. The near miss seemed to jump start Oregon State's offense. Shortly after the second quarter began, Baker hit Burke for a 34-yard gain and first down at the Stanford nine. Two plays later, Baker ran in untouched for a touchdown. The Indians were offside on the extra point, so the Beavers went for it. Baker went off right tackle for a two-point conversion. On an ensuing drive, Oregon State faced fourth-and-goal at the one. Baker went over right tackle for another touchdown with 18 seconds left in the first half. Tim Ankerson's extra point was good to give the Beavers a 15–0 first half lead.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Stanford
In the fourth quarter, Dan Espalin scored a touchdown on a 16-yard interception return. The extra point was blocked, making the score 21–0 Beavers. After Stanford turned the ball over on downs at their own 42, Baker was replaced by second-string quarterback Gordon Queen. On third-and-ten at the Indian 15, Queen hit Len Frketich for a touchdown with 11 seconds left. The two-point conversion failed, giving Oregon State a 27–0 win. Baker completed 11 of 15 passes for 175 yards. He also gained an additional 42 rushing yards, for 217 total yards. Stanford had 206 combined total yards.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Stanford
Prothro said that Baker was "not only the greatest player in the country" but that he had never seen any other quarterback that was close. Burke caught eight passes for 107 yards. The 27–0 victory was the Beavers' largest ever over the Indians. In fact, it was the first time Oregon State had managed to tally 27 points against Stanford. It remains the Beavers' most lopsided victory at Stanford.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington
In between 1925 and 1965, Washington did not play a game in Oregon south of Portland, just across the river from Washington, muting much of the home field advantage Oregon State otherwise enjoyed. The Huskies started the season playing Purdue, Illinois, and Kansas State and were undefeated against that slate. Washington was ranked seventh in the AP poll and sixth in the UPI poll. The recent Beaver-Husky battles had been close. In the past four meetings, each team had two wins, and the four games were decided by a combined margin of thirteen points. In Washington's last four visits to Portland, the Huskies had also gone 2–2. In those games, the combined margin of victory was a mere five points. Despite the recent close contests, the Huskies entered as 6½-point favorites.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington
Until 1971, Columbus Day was celebrated on October 12. In 1962, it fell on a Friday, the day before the Washington-Oregon State game. At approximately five o'clock in the afternoon, the Columbus Day Storm, the strongest 20th-century extratropical cyclone in the United States, struck. At Cape Blanco on the Oregon Coast, winds reached 179 miles per hour (288 km/h) before the weather station was destroyed. The person in charge of the station estimated that the wind exceeded 195 mph (314 km/h); winds were milder in Portland but still exceeded 120 mph (190 km/h).


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington
As the front passed Portland, the temperature increased  10 °F (6 °C) in ten minutes, and the winds wrought havoc at Multnomah Stadium. A portion of the roof had flown off and destroyed several seats. Long distance lines were severed throughout the western half of the state, and most local television and radio stations were knocked out of commission. Once the storm died down, clean-up crews began removing debris from the field. The field was in such bad shape that clean-up crews were still removing debris early in the game. Multnomah Stadium did not regain power until after the game had ended. The teams dressed and undressed by candlelight, and the scoreboard remained out for the entire game. The press described the field conditions as "turf resting on water."


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington
In the second quarter, Oregon State drove 80 yards for a touchdown. Three Baker passes to Vern Burke accounted for 55 of those yards, including the six-yard touchdown. Washington knotted the score at seven after Junior Coffey's 43-yard touchdown run. The Huskies did not break the Beaver 30-yard line again until the fourth quarter. Oregon State responded with a 95-yard drive. Baker accounted for 104 yards on the drive, 66 rushing on two carries and 38 passing on three completions. Baker's final 10-yard pass to Burke with 20 seconds left gave each their second touchdown of the game. However, Steve Clark's kick was wide, so the Beavers led 13–7 at halftime.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington
In the third quarter, Oregon State's Jim Funston recovered a fumble at the Washington 14. The Beavers brought in an extra lineman to try to run a trick play. The ball sailed over Baker's head and the Huskies' Rick Redman recovered the fumble to end the Beavers' last real threat of the game. In the fourth quarter, the Huskies drove to the Oregon State 13, before turning the ball over on downs at the Beavers' 22. With time running out, Washington recovered a Beaver fumble at the Husky 40.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington
On third-and-six at the Beavers' 45, Washington's Gary Clark and Oregon State's Leroy Whittle came down with a ball. Prothro thought it was an interception, but the referees ruled it a completion at the Oregon State 25. After the Huskies got to the 13, Charley Mitchell carried the ball three consecutive times to score a touchdown. Washington converted on its second extra point to win, 14–13.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Pacific
The Oregon State-Pacific game was the Beavers' first game of the season in Corvallis. The Beavers and Tigers last met in 1955, a 13–7 Pacific victory. The Tigers were 4–1 with a 26–7 victory over Brigham Young. Pacific's line outweighed Oregon State's line. In the first twelve minutes of the game, both teams were held scoreless. In the next twelve minutes, Baker threw four touchdown passes, three to Burke and one to Olvin Moreland. After Baker's fourth touchdown pass, the Beavers began to substitute.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Pacific
The Tigers finally crossed midfield for the first time with 2:30 minutes left in the first half. Pacific converted the drive into a 14-yard touchdown pass from Jack Sparrow to Ted Watkins with 10 seconds left in the first half to cut Oregon State's lead to 26–6. The Beavers put together a 71-yard third-quarter touchdown drive. Baker re-entered the game to throw a two-point conversion to Burke. Oregon State finished with five passing touchdowns, the most in Beaver history. Baker finished with 186 total yards. Burke caught five passes for 112 yards. The five receptions gave Burke 37 on the year, a new Oregon State season record in just five games. The three touchdown receptions and 20 total points also set Oregon State single game records. The Beavers and Tigers did not meet again until 1993.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
On Monday, October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced to the world that the United States had discovered Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba and that the America would quarantine the island nation in what has come to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Despite the international intrigue, both Oregon State and West Virginia made the trip to Portland. Oregon State and West Virginia's only previous meeting was on Thanksgiving Day in 1930 in Soldier Field. Oregon State won 12–0. In their first three games, West Virginia outscored Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, and Boston University a combined 47-0. West Virginia then upset Pittsburgh 15–8 in Pittsburgh. The Saturday before the Mountaineers traveled to Portland, they beat George Washington to run their record to 5–0. West Virginia's line was larger than Oregon State's line. In order to stop the Oregon State's offense, West Virginia's strategy was to double-team Burke.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Oregon State's Leroy Whittle muffed the opening kickoff at the six. However, Whittle recovered the fumble and returned it 25 yards to the 31. The Beavers rushed for 66 yards to the Mountaineer three. Baker then hit Burke for a three-yard touchdown, Oregon State's first completion of the game. Baker swept around left end for a two-point conversion. On the Beavers' second possession, Baker ran for 23 yards to the four. From there, Bruce Williams ran for four yards and a touchdown. Steve Clark kicked the extra point for a 15–0 Oregon State lead.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
West Virginia responded by scoring a touchdown on a seven-yard pass from Dick Jones to Gene Heeter with 9:58 left in the first half. The two-point conversion pass from Jones to Heeter fell incomplete. Whittle fumbled the ensuing kickoff. The Beavers drove 58 yards to the Mountaineer nine. A holding call pushed Oregon State back to the 24. Baker then hit Whittle for a 24-yard touchdown. Clark kicked his second extra point for a 22–6 Beaver lead. West Virginia's next drive ended in a punt, which Whittle misjudged, pinning Oregon State at their own 30.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
On the next play, Whittle ran for a 70-yard touchdown. The Beavers lined up for an extra point, but Baker fumbled the snap. Baker recovered the fumble and hit Burke, who bulled in for a two-point conversion. Oregon State got the ball back at its 33. The Beavers were able to gain 20 yards in six plays, but the six plays used up all of Oregon State's timeouts. With six seconds left to play in the first half, Baker dropped back to pass from the Mountaineer 47. West Virginia only rushed three, dropping eight to defend. Nevertheless, Baker hit Burke for a 47-yard touchdown pass with no time left in the first half. The pass was Baker's seventh straight completion. Clark kicked the extra point for a 37–6 Oregon State halftime lead.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
The first time the Mountaineers got the ball in the second half, they drove 48 yards in eight plays for a touchdown on Glenn Holton's three-yard plunge. Yost hit Ken Herock for the two-point conversion, which cut the Beaver lead to 23. Baker's subsequent punt rolled dead at the West Virginia six. After two plays netted two yards, Yost hit Tom Yeater for a 92-yard touchdown, the longest pass play in Mountaineer history. Yost passed to Tom Woodeshick for two more points, which cut Oregon State's lead to 15.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
West Virginia got the ball back, but Dan Espalin intercepted a ball at the 32 and returned it inside the Mountaineer 10. Williams scored a touchdown on a four-yard carry with 10 seconds left in the third quarter, and Clark kicked the extra point, which pushed Oregon State's lead to 22. In the fourth quarter, Williams scored his third touchdown on a three-yard carry with 4:55 left in the game. Clark kicked the extra point, which made the final score 51–22.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Oregon State's starting center, John Farrell, was injured in the West Virginia game and did not return to action until the Civil War. Whittle finished with 144 total yards and two touchdowns. Baker finished with 216 total yards and three total touchdowns. Despite the fact that he was consistently double-covered, Burke finished with eight receptions for 131 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The Beavers scored more points than any team had on the Mountaineers since 1951, when Maryland scored 54 en route to a national championship. The game remains Oregon State and West Virginia's last meeting. The Mountaineers' coach, Gene Corum called him "the best T-quarterback" that he had ever seen. The Cuban Missile Crisis ended the following day, Sunday, October 28. However, the United States' quarantine of Cuba did not end until November 20.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Washington State started the season 2–0–1. The Cougars then beat Indiana and Stanford in consecutive weekends to run their record to 4–0–1, Washington State's best start in more than a quarter century. The following weekend in Stockton, California, Pacific upset Washington State 13–12 in a foggy night game. Oregon State line coach Bob "Tiger" Zelinka, who scouted the game, called it "the worst possible thing that could have happened", because he believed that the Cougars would be motivated against the Beavers. Additionally, the Oregon State game was homecoming for Washington State in Pullman. The game represented a passing of torches of sorts. The Cougars' Hugh Campbell led the nation in receptions in 1960 and 1961. Burke led the nation in receptions with 45, Campbell was fifth nationally with 30.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Washington State took the opening kickoff and drove 74 yards for a touchdown. All 74 yards were on the ground. Al Branco's extra point attempt was no good. Late in the first quarter, Baker hit Burke for a 72-yard pass to the Cougar 15, but Oregon State could only muster one yard on four attempts. At the start of the second quarter, the Beavers' Fred Jones recovered a Ken Graham fumble on the Oregon State 46. The drive was jump-started by a 13-yard Baker pass to the Washington State 25.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington State
From there, Whittle and Booker Washington alternated in carrying to the one. On fourth down, Baker went over right guard for the touchdown. Steve Clark's extra point attempt was wide. In the closing minutes of the first half, Oregon State drove 71 yards in eight plays for a second touchdown. Three of the plays were Baker passes to Burke for 30 yards. Baker ran around right end for 12 yards and the touchdown, but Baker's two-point conversion pass to Burke failed. The Beavers went into the locker room up 12-6. Campbell did not haul in a single first half reception.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington State
In the third quarter, Oregon State's Dan Espalin made an interception at the Beaver 31 to set up Baker's 52-yard "sensational dash" untouched around right end after a fake handoff to put Oregon State up 18–6. Espalin's second interception ended a Washington State drive. On the Cougars' next drive, back-up quarterback, Dale Ford, led Washington State 57 yards in nine plays to cut the Beavers' lead to 18–12. The drive was kept alive, when Oregon State made multiple substitutions while the clock was running, a five-yard penalty, on fourth down. The penalty gave the Cougars a first down.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington State
Washington State's last drive began at their own 45 in the closing minutes. The Cougars drove 36 yards in six plays before Espalin made his third and final interception at the Beavers' three to preserve the Oregon State win. Burke and Campbell each finished with five receptions, but Burke finished with 109 yards, 68 more than Campbell.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Idaho
Before the game, first-year Idaho head coach Dee Andros drained the pond at Neale Stadium and set out beaver traps. At kickoff, the weather in Moscow was misty, and by the time the fourth quarter began, the mist had given way to fog. Oregon State's Leroy Whittle scored a four-yard touchdown in the first quarter. Steve Clark's extra point attempt was wide left. The Vandals were offside, but Clark also missed his second attempt. Three first half drives by OSU ended in turnovers at the Idaho 11, 32, and 41.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Idaho
Espalin intercepted a Vandal pass at the Idaho 40 and returned it to the 27. After an unnecessary roughness penalty put the ball on the three with 56 seconds left in the first half, Bruce Williams ran twice for the final three yards and a touchdown. Baker then threw a "nifty" pass for two points and a 14–0 Beaver halftime lead. LeRoy Whittle took the second half kickoff and returned it 91 yards for a touchdown. From there, Oregon State tacked on two more touchdowns for a 32–0 shutout. The Beavers racked up 570 total yards, the second-highest total in Oregon State history. Baker had 319 total yards, again setting a single-game Beaver record, and Burke caught six receptions for 74 yards.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Colorado State
Oregon State entered the game on a four-game winning streak; Colorado State entered the game on a 24-game losing streak, the nation's longest major college losing streak. A drizzling rain soaked the field, and many reporters called the field "sloppy."


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Colorado State
In the Beavers' first three possessions, they did not cross midfield. Oregon State took its fourth possession at its own 19 and drove 81 yards in seven plays, including 65 on Baker runs and one 11-yard Baker-to-Burke pass. Bruce Williams dove over left guard from one-yard out for the touchdown with 11:16 left in the first half, and  Tim Ankersen kicked the extra point. The Beavers drove to the Ram one only to fumble; Colorado State recovered. The Rams quick kicked, and Espalin fumbled the quick kick. Colorado State recovered on their own 41.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Colorado State
The Rams then drove 48 yards to the Beaver 11 with less than two minutes left. Colorado State lined up for a field goal, but the Rams' quarterback, John Christensen faked it and threw to Alex Humackich for a touchdown with 53 seconds left in the first half. Christensen was knocked out at the one on the two-point conversion.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Colorado State
In the second half, Baker hit Leroy Whittle for a screen pass, and Whittle ran 42 yards for a touchdown. Ankersen's extra point attempt was wide. Espalin later returned a punt to the Oregon State 48. Baker threw two 12-yard passes to move the Beavers to the Ram 28. Then, Williams knocked over a couple tacklers en route to a 28-yard touchdown scamper to put Oregon State up 19–6 four minutes after the Beavers had gone up 13–6. Colorado State's guard, John Cook, blocked Steve Clark's extra point attempt.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Colorado State
In the fourth quarter, Clark lined up for a 47-yard field goal. Cook blocked Clark's attempt and returned the blocked kick 55-yards for a touchdown with less than five minutes left in the game. Christensen passed to Tom Sperl for a two-point conversion to cut the Beavers' lead to five. Oregon State recovered the onside kick attempt and took three plays to respond. Williams ran for a 10-yard gain, and Baker ran twice for 44-yards, including a five-yard touchdown carry around right end. Whittle was tackled at the one on a two-point conversion, which made the final score Oregon State 25–14.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Colorado State
Baker rushed for 163 yards and passed for another 226 yards, enough to move into second for most total career yards in college football history. Baker's 389 yards set the Oregon State total yardage record, which he set the previous Saturday against Idaho. Burke caught 10 passes for 108 yards, giving him 66 receptions for 987 yards on the year. The 66 receptions tied Hugh Campbell's single season record and the 987 receiving yards shattered Campbell's single season record of 881 receiving yards in 1960.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Oregon entered with a 6–2–1 record. The Ducks' two losses were to Ohio State in Columbus and undefeated Texas in Austin. Oregon also tied Washington. The Ducks won each remaining game by two touchdowns, including road games against Air Force and Rice, which had tied Texas. Entering the game, Oregon State was second in total offense in the country and Oregon was fourth. The Ducks were known for their pass defense, holding teams to 69 completions and 2 passing touchdowns compared to 18 interceptions. Vern Burke was primarily used as a decoy to draw coverage. On the Monday before the game, the Ducks loaned the Beavers their tarp. The tarp was Oregon's baseball field tarp, so it did not completely cover the field.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Since 1928, Oregon and Oregon State have alternated home field advantage in the Civil War. The Beavers traditionally host in even-numbered years. From 1956–1961, Oregon State was 3–1–2 in Civil Wars but 0–1–2 in Corvallis. The Beavers also lost the 1954; Oregon State did win in 1950 and 1952, but the Beavers elected to play those Civil Wars in Portland. The Beavers also lost the 1948 Civil War.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
The result is that Oregon State had never won a Civil War in Parker Stadium, opened in 1953, and had not won a Civil War in Corvallis since 1946, despite going 8–3–2 against Oregon from 1949 through 1961. The Ducks were favored by a touchdown, and representatives of the Bluebonnet, Cotton, Gotham, and Sun Bowls were on hand. Oregon was promised a Bluebonnet Bowl bid, if they could beat Oregon State. The game started off very windy; winds hit 95 miles per hour (153 km/h) on the coast, but were closer to 40 mph (64 km/h) in Corvallis. The winds mostly died off after the first quarter, and was accompanied by a "smattering" of rain. Despite the less-than-ideal weather conditions, 28,447 fans turned out, the most-attended football game ever in Corvallis.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
In the opening five minutes, Oregon State fumbled and Oregon recovered at the Beaver nine. Three Oregon carries only netted the Ducks seven yards. Oregon went for it, choosing to hand the ball to Mel Renfro on the left side. Oregon State's Rich Koeper, Paul Seal, and Dan Sieg combined to stop Renfro for no gain. The Beavers took over at their own two. Oregon State got possession again late in the first quarter, when Espalin intercepted a Bob Berry pass at the Beaver 25 and returned it to the 30.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
An Oregon personal foul tacked on an additional 15-yards, so Oregon State began the drive at their 45. The Beavers' first two plays only netted two yards, but Baker hit Dan Sieg for 10 to keep the drive alive on third-and-eight. On third-and-10 at the Duck 31, Baker hit Len Frketich for 10 for a first down just outside the 20. On third-and-one at the 11, Bruce Williams rushed for two yards to set up first-and-goal at the nine. As the quarter came to a close, three rushes netted Oregon State six yards.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
To start the second quarter, the Beavers found themselves on fourth-and-goal at the Oregon three. Baker hit Burke for a three-yard touchdown. Oregon State lined up for the extra point but faked it. Baker completed his pass to Sieg but he fell outside of the end zone. The touchdown catch gave Burke 67 receptions in 1962, the most ever recorded by a college football receiver in a single season. The touchdown was the Beavers' first passing touchdown in the Civil War since 1954, the year before Prothro began coaching at Oregon State.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
The touchdown was also only the third passing touchdown that Oregon had allowed all season. The Ducks responded with 17 points in a 10:04 period of the second quarter. Oregon took the kickoff and drove 71 yards on seven plays, 49 on a Berry pass to H.D. Murphy. Berry scampered in from three yards to complete the drive with 11:29 left in the half. Buck Corey kicked the extra point to put the Ducks up 7–6. A little more than seven minutes later, Berry hit Mel Renfro for a 50-yard touchdown pass, to complete a two-play, 56-yard drive.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Corey again kicked the extra point to put Oregon up 14-6 with 3:12 left. Jim Sinyard fumbled the ensuing kickoff, which Corey recovered at the Oregon State 27. Three Oregon plays only netted five yards, so Corey came on the field to kick a 38-yard Oregon field goal to put the Ducks up 17–6 at halftime. It was only Corey's second field goal of the year.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Oregon State received the second half kickoff. Renfro interfered with Burke to give the Beavers a first down at the 25. Several plays later, Bruce Williams scampered into the end zone from one yard out. Baker's two-point conversion attempt to Espalin fell incomplete. The Ducks only mustered 36 second half yards. Oregon did not advance beyond their 37-yard line in the third quarter. The Ducks only got across midfield once in the fourth quarter and then only to the Oregon State 48.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
On Oregon State's second drive of the second half, the Beavers drove down to the four, but Oregon State turned the ball over on downs after Baker's fourth down pass was swatted away by Bill Swain. Later in the second half, Baker ran for 17 yards for a first down at the Oregon 18. Baker then lost 16 yards on three straight plays to set up a 4th and 26 at the Duck 34. Baker was the usual punter, but Rich Brooks was the directional punter, so he came in to punt.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Brooks' punt was almost blocked by Dave Wilcox, who had blocked multiple punts in his college career. Renfro at first ran to try and return the ball and then thought better of it. However, the ball took a weird bounce and hit Renfro's leg, as Renfro attempted to back up to avoid the football. The Beavers' Dick Ruhl recovered at the Oregon 13, which set up Oregon State's final touchdown. Wilcox tackled Baker twice for no gain on first and second down. Baker's third-and-10 pass fell incomplete. Down five, Oregon State went for it.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Beaver halfback Espalin had noticed that the end and linebacker on his side of the field were dropping back to cover Burke's hook pattern on plays that it was called. He asked Baker to have Burke run a hook route but then to throw it to him on a screen pass. The Beavers had called the play the previous season, but it was not in Oregon State's playbook in 1962. No player other than Baker had called an audible that season, but Baker relented.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Baker rolled right and Burke ran a hook route to that side, which the end and linebacker bit on. Renfro, playing safety, also bit on the route, leaving Espalin uncovered. Baker hit Espalin for a touchdown with 11:24 left in the game. Baker then hit Williams for the two-point conversion to put Oregon State up by three. Oregon had one last chance to score, but Seal sacked Berry on four consecutive plays. On fourth down, Berry fumbled and Ross Cariaga recovered at the Duck 17 with less than a minute left.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Baker and Prothro were carried off the field. The Beavers' win was their first Civil War in Corvallis in 16 years. Baker finished with 90 yards passing and 27 yards rushing, 4,980 total yards, 20 yards short of 5,000. His two touchdown passes also equaled the passing touchdowns allowed by Oregon's other nine opponents in 1962. Burke finished with three receptions to set the all-time single season receptions record. His 20 receiving yards gave him 1,007 yards in 1962, padding his own single-season receiving yards record, as well. Ohio State held Oregon to 107 yards rushing. Oregon State held Oregon to 94 yards rushing, and the win ended the Ducks' bowl hopes.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the Civil War
Oregon State had not negotiated to play in a bowl game since the 1949 Pineapple Bowl. Before the Civil War, the Beaver players voted to not accept any Sun Bowl invitation. The Sun Bowl representative still appeared to watch Oregon State play in the Civil War. Both Tommy Prothro and Terry Baker believed that they would have gotten an invitation to the Orange Bowl, if Oregon State had defeated Washington. However, #5 Alabama was invited instead with a better record. The Bluebonnet, Cotton, Orange, and Sugar Bowls quickly filled up with Big Eight, SEC, and Southwest conference teams. The Gator Bowl invited #9 Penn State, and the Nittany Lions accepted. Many newspapers championed the Beavers to be Penn State's opponent, but the Gator Bowl announced it would match the Nittany Lions with the winner of the upcoming Battle of the War Canoe between Florida and Miami.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the Civil War
When the Liberty Bowl invited Oregon State, the Beavers believed that it would be the best bowl that would invite them, so they accepted on November 27. On December 1, Miami beat Florida 17-15. The Gator Bowl extended an invitation to Miami, as promised, but Miami turned down the invitation in favor of a Gotham Bowl invitation. The Gator Bowl then invited #12 Duke. The Blue Devils turned down the invitation. Duke was not invited to another bowl for another 27 years. To make matters more interesting, Washington, D.C. attempted to stage a bowl game, named the National Trophy Bowl. Texas Christian was invited, the third-place team from the Southwest Conference. The Horned Frogs accepted, on the condition that they be allowed to choose their opponent.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the Civil War
Had the Beavers waited, they may have had their choice between the Gator Bowl and #9 Penn State, the Gotham Bowl and Miami, and the National Trophy Bowl and Texas Christian. Instead, the Gator Bowl was forced to select Florida, and Nebraska got approval from the Big Eight to accept the Gotham Bowl bid. Learning from Oregon State's previous Gotham Bowl experience, Miami and Nebraska demanded to be paid upfront before going to the Gotham Bowl. The National Trophy Bowl invited 5-5 Navy, which rejected the invitation. No opponent was found for Texas Christian and the National Trophy Bowl was never played.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the Civil War
On November 27, Baker was named a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Later that day, Baker was named as the Heisman Trophy winner. Still later that same day, Baker was named most outstanding scholar-athlete on the West Coast by the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. Baker was the first player west of the Pecos River to win a Heisman Trophy. Baker's 4,980 total career yards was the second-highest total behind Johnny Bright's 5,903. His 2,276 total yards in 1962 were similarly the second-highest total behind Johnny Bright's 2,400. In addition to total yardage, Baker also finished with 1,233 punting yards in 1962.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the Civil War
Baker did not play football as a freshman, whereas Bright played two freshman seasons, the first with Michigan State and the second with Drake. Bright also only played against two current FBS teams: Iowa State and Oklahoma State. Drake went 1-4-1 against those two opponents and 18-2-1 against all other opponents. Baker only played against one regular-season team that currently does not have a FBS team, Pacific, and Pacific had a Division I-A team until it dropped football in 1995.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the Civil War
Baker flew east on November 30. As a result of being named the most outstanding scholar-athlete on the West Coast by the National Football Foundation, Baker was invited to attend the Army–Navy game with President John F. Kennedy on December 1 in Philadelphia. It was the last Army–Navy game that John F. Kennedy attended. After the Army–Navy game, Baker traveled to New York City. Because Baker was chosen an AFCA All-American, on December 2, Baker appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. On December 3 and 5, Baker had to be in New York City to attend a Heisman Trophy dinner and the actual presentation. On December 4, he accepted his National Football Foundation award for being the most outstanding scholar-athlete on the West Coast.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the Civil War
On December 5, Baker received the Heisman Trophy from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy. Terry Baker finished with 707 points, the fewest points for a Heisman winner since 1952. Baker finished first in the East and West regions but finished third in the Southwest, fourth in the Midwest, and was left off altogether in the South region, in a concerted effort by the region to award the Heisman Trophy to eventual runner-up, Jerry Stovall.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the Civil War
On December 6, Baker appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Baker then returned to Oregon for a practice on December 7. Baker took his finals between December 10 and 12. On December 10, UPI named Baker the back of the year and Baker was informed that he would be awarded the Maxwell Award in February 1963. On December 10, Burke won the WJ Voit Award as the top player on the Pacific Coast. The team returned to Philadelphia on December 13. Two days later, Oregon State played Villanova in the Liberty Bowl, the second bowl game of the 1962–1963 bowl season. The opening kickoff at the Gotham Bowl, the first bowl game of the 1962–1963 bowl season, was two hours before the opening kickoff at the Liberty Bowl.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Villanova
Oregon State was the clear favorite, but the Wildcats were no pushover. Villanova had a 7-2 record and the eighth best defense in college football in 1962. The Wildcats' only losses were to Boston College by 15 points and Massachusetts by a single point. Villanova had defeated one-time power, Detroit by 14, and had defeated both Buffalo and Rutgers on the road by more than three touchdowns. The Wildcats out-sized Oregon State at most positions and by at least 15 pounds on the line.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Villanova
Additionally, while two of Oregon State's players were drafted, four Villanova players were drafted, including Larry Glueck. Villanova also had more bowl experience. The Wildcats were the defending Sun Bowl champions. In an era of only 11 bowl games, winning a bowl game was quite an achievement. Villanova was the host team. The game was played 30 minutes to the southeast of Villanova in Philadelphia Municipal Stadium. The temperature was 17 degrees at kickoff, keeping all but 17,048 from showing up in the 105,000 seat stadium. However, 27 million watched on television. If the game were held in 2007, it would have been the fourth most-watched bowl game.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Villanova
Villanova got the first break of the game in the first quarter when William Sherlock's 52-yard punt was downed nine inches from the Oregon State end zone by Larry Glueck. Previously, downing a punt inside the 10 resulted in a touchback. However, a rule change prior to the start of the 1962 season allowed teams to pin opponents inside the 10 on punts. Head coach, Tommy Prothro, allowed Terry Baker to call the play. Baker had injured his shoulder in the Civil War and had been instructed by Prothro to avoid running with the football.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Villanova
The Wildcats stacked the box with eight men, expecting something up the middle; however, Terry Baker took it around the left end. He shook off Villanova's Al Atkinson in the end zone and broke away. At the ten, he stiff-armed Glueck. From there, Baker turned on the afterburners and outran the Wildcats down the field for a touchdown. Baker's two-point pass was broken up, keeping the score 6-0, with more than nine minutes left in the first quarter. Baker's 99-yard run was the longest in Beaver history. The previous longest run in Beaver history was 83 yards, held by Baker.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Villanova
Baker's 99-yard run remains the longest play from scrimmage in bowl and Oregon State history. As of 2010, the run is three yards longer than any other run in bowl history. In the second quarter, the Wildcats responded by driving 52 yards to the Beaver 12. Villanova's Billy Joe ran into the end zone from 12 yards out, but the play was called back for holding. Two plays later, the Oregon State defense forced an end-zone interception to end the threat.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Villanova
Villanova spent most of the game marching between the twenties. At some point in each Villanova drive, Oregon State's defense stiffened and stopped the Wildcats. Villanova's last threat began when they broke into the Beavers’ red zone with less than four minutes left. The Wildcats drove 61 yards down to the Beaver nine before Oregon State's Paul Seal recovered a Ted Aceto fumble at the Beaver eight with 2:47 left to extinguish the Wildcats’ chances.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Villanova
Villanova outgained Oregon State 309-299 with 20 first downs to the Beavers’ 11. The Beavers' defense forced six Wildcat turnovers. Baker rushed for 137 yards and passed for 123 yards. The 260 yards accounted for 87% of Oregon State's offense. The win remains the easternmost Beaver victory since Oregon State's 1933 win over Fordham.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the season
The Cornhuskers won the Gotham Bowl 36-34, winning their first bowl game ever and cementing their first winning season since 1954. Nebraska built off the high-profile win and did not post another losing season until 2004. The Gotham Bowl was never played again. Penn State was incensed that the Gator Bowl had invited 6-4 Florida. The segregated Gators turned the slight into a North–South battle and added Confederate flags to their helmets. Florida won 17-7. Baker and Oregon State returned to Oregon on December 16.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the season
On December 19, Baker travelled to Lexington, Kentucky to re-join the basketball team in the University of Kentucky Invitational Tournament. He led the Beavers in scoring in a five-point loss to West Virginia, which dropped Oregon State's record to 2-4. The Beavers rebounded to finish third at the tournament and Baker was named to the all-tournament team. On January 7, 1963, Baker was named Sportsman of the Year. He is the only Heisman Trophy winner to ever win the honor. Other winners in the 1960s include Arnold Palmer, Sandy Koufax, Carl Yastrzemski, and Bill Russell.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the season
Sonny Liston was under strong consideration for the award in 1963. On January 22, Baker accepted the Glenn (Pop) Warner Memorial Award as the most valuable senior college player on the Pacific Coast. The award was presented in Palo Alto, California by Ernie Nevers, who was eventually elected into the NCAA and NFL Halls of Fame. Willie Mays also appeared at the award ceremony in Palo Alto to accept a San Francisco Baseball Writers Association award. In February, Prothro accepted the Maxwell Award on behalf of Baker.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the season
Baker was the first player to ever win both the Heisman and Maxwell awards, to be selected by both the AP and UPI as player of the year, and to win unanimous All-America ranking and to receive a scholar-athlete grant from the National Football Foundation. After starting 2-4, the Beavers' basketball team went 20-3, before finally losing to two-time defending-champion Cincinnati in the Final Four. Baker became the first player to ever win a Heisman and play in the Final Four. The Liberty Bowl was held in Philadelphia 1963, but, in 1964, organizers moved the game indoors to Atlantic City, New Jersey. In 1965, the Liberty Bowl was moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where it has been played ever since.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the season
The Los Angeles Rams had the first overall pick in the NFL Draft, and they selected Baker. In Baker's first NFL game, he threw three interceptions. As a result, the Rams' head coach Harland Svare decided to attempt to convert Baker into a halfback. After four years, the Rams released Baker. The New York Giants showed interest, but Baker wanted to complete his law degree and instead signed with the Edmonton Eskimos. Edmonton finished 6-10-1 in 1966. In 1967, Baker led the Eskimos to a 10-5-1 record and berth in the Western Conference playoffs. Edmonton ultimately lost to Saskatchewan in sudden death overtime, Baker's last football game as a player.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the season
Rich Brooks graduated from Oregon State in 1963. His last football game as a player was the 1962 Liberty Bowl. Brooks played defensive back, fullback, tailback, quarterback, and punter for the Beavers. While he was a player, Oregon State went 3-0-1 in the Civil War. Brooks served as an assistant coach for the Beavers in 7 out of the next 11 seasons, serving as the defensive line coach for the Beavers, during their 1967 Giant Killers year. Oregon State went 6-1 in the Civil War, while he was an assistant coach for the Beavers, 9-1-1 as a coach and player.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, After the season
In 1977, Brooks became the head coach at Oregon. Brooks led the Ducks to consecutive winning seasons in 1979 and 1980 for the first time in 16 years. In 1989 and 1990, Brooks led Oregon to consecutive the bowl games, the first time that the Ducks had been invited to consecutive bowl games. In 1994, Brooks led the Ducks to the Pac-10 championship, the Ducks' first conference championship since their Pacific Coast Conference championship in 1919. Brooks started out 10-0-1 in Civil Wars against Oregon State and finished 14-3-1. In 29 Civil Wars, Brooks finished with an overall record of 23-4-2 a winning percentage of .828.


1962 Oregon State Beavers football team, NFL Draft
Two Beavers were selected in the 1963 NFL Draft, which lasted twenty rounds (280 selections).


1962 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1962 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In their twelfth season under head coach Len Casanova and fourth as an independent, the Webfoots compiled a 6–3–1 record and outscored their opponents 229 to 156. Three home games were played on campus at Hayward Field in Eugene and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.


1962 Oregon Webfoots football team
The team's statistical leaders included Bob Berry with 995 passing yards and Mel Renfro with 753 rushing yards and 298 receiving yards.


1962 Oregon gubernatorial election
The 1962 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1962. Republican incumbent Mark Hatfield defeated Democratic nominee Robert Y. Thornton to win re-election.


1962 Orpington Urban District Council election
Orpington's municipal elections were held on 10 May 1962. One third of the council was up for election. The elections took place just under two months after the Liberals had won the 1962 Orpington by-election.


1962 Orpington Urban District Council election, Election result
The Liberal share of the vote matched that achieved in the Orpington by-election two months earlier. The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1962 Orpington Urban District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives lost their majority and went into opposition. The Liberals won a majority taking control of the council for the first time.


1962 Orpington Urban District Council election, Ward result
Includes by-election caused by the resignation of Councillor Eric Lubbock.


1962 Orpington by-election
The Orpington by-election in 1962 is often described as the start of the Liberal Party revival in the United Kingdom.


1962 Orpington by-election
The by-election was caused by the appointment of Donald Sumner, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Orpington, as a county court judge. The appointment was generally thought to be making way for Peter Goldman, who had worked with Iain Macleod on the Conservatives' previous election manifesto. The Conservatives had held the seat since its creation in 1945 and, in the 1959 general election, had easily retained it. Labour and the Liberals had each picked up just over 20% of the vote. Commentators therefore expected Goldman to achieve a comfortable victory.


1962 Orpington by-election
The Liberal Party had reached its lowest ebb in the 1951 general election, gaining only 2.5% of the national vote and returning only six MPs. Signs of a revival were not seen until it won the 1958 Torrington by-election, its first gain at a by-election since Holland with Boston in 1929. The following year, however, Torrington was lost at the general election and, despite increasing its share of the vote to 5.9%, the party did not return more than six MPs. After the general election, its revival resumed as it took second place in several by-elections.


1962 Orpington by-election
The Liberals had planned to put forward their candidate from the 1959 election, Jack Galloway, but selected local councillor Eric Lubbock after it was revealed that Galloway had technically been guilty of bigamy.


1962 Orpington by-election
During the campaign, Goldman attracted criticism for living outside the constituency and admitting that he had no plans to move into it. His close association with the Exchequer also meant his standing was damaged when the Conservative government was forced to announce a pay freeze (Selwyn Lloyd's "Pay Pause") for public sector workers that was seen, in particular, to penalise nurses.


1962 Orpington by-election
The by-election was held on 14 March 1962. Despite the Conservatives' troubles, the near-22% swing from them to the Liberals surprised most analysts. Lubbock won a 7,855-vote majority and held the seat until 1970. The win boosted the Liberals' poll ratings but did not accelerate their resurgence.


1962 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1962 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 56th water polo championship in Hungary. There were ten teams who played two-round match for the title.


1962 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1962 Ottawa municipal election
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 3, 1962.


1962 Ottawa municipal election
Charlotte Whitton is re-elected as mayor, defeating former controller and football player Sam Berger in a re-match of the 1960 election.


1962 PGA Championship
The 1962 PGA Championship was the 44th PGA Championship, played July 19–22 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, a suburb west of Philadelphia. Gary Player won the first of his two PGA Championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Bob Goalby, for the third of his nine major titles and the third leg of his career grand slam.


1962 PGA Championship
The Open Championship was played the previous week in Troon, Scotland, the first of five times in the 1960s that these two majors were played in consecutive weeks in July. The PGA Championship moved permanently to August in 1969 (except 1971, when it was played in late February).


1962 PGA Championship
Player missed the 36-hole cut at Troon, the British Open was won by Arnold Palmer for the second straight year. Palmer had also won the Masters in April. Both the U.S. Open and PGA Championship were played in his home state of Pennsylvania in 1962, just five weeks apart. Palmer lost to 22-year-old Jack Nicklaus in an 18-hole playoff at the U.S. Open at Oakmont near Pittsburgh, then finished ten strokes back in a tie for 17th at Aronimink.


1962 PGA Championship
Jack Nicklaus, age 22, shot a final round 67 to finish in a tie for third in his first PGA Championship.


1962 PGA Championship
This championship was originally scheduled for Brentwood Country Club in Los Angeles, the first in California since 1929. In November 1960, the PGA of America had voted to retain its "caucasian only" clause, and had gained the ire of California's attorney general Stanley Mosk, who threatened to shut down the PGA in the state until the clause was removed. In response, the championship for 1962 was moved from Los Angeles to Philadelphia. The PGA of America dropped the clause in November 1961 by amending its constitution. The championship returned to California in 1977 at Pebble Beach, but was not played in southern California until 1983 at Riviera.


1962 PGA Tour
The 1962 PGA Tour season was played from January 5 to December 9. The season consisted of 50 official money events. Arnold Palmer won the most tournaments, eight, and there were seven first-time winners. Palmer was the leading money winner with earnings of $81,448. Palmer was voted the PGA Player of the Year and also won the Vardon Trophy for the lowest scoring average.


1962 PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1962 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1962 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1962 Pacific Tigers football team represented the University of the Pacific during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season.


1962 Pacific Tigers football team
Pacific competed as an independent in 1962. They played home games in Pacific Memorial Stadium in Stockton, California. In their second season under head coach John Rohde, the Tigers finished with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5). For the season they were outscored by their opponents 180–187.


1962 Pacific Tigers football team, Team players in the AFL/NFL
The following University of the Pacific players were selected in the 1963 NFL Draft.


1962 Pacific Tigers football team, Team players in the AFL/NFL
The following University of the Pacific players were selected in the 1963 AFL Draft.


1962 Pacific Tigers football team, Team players in the AFL/NFL
The following finished their college career at Pacific, were not drafted, but played in the AFL starting with the 1963 season.


1962 Pacific hurricane season
The 1962 Pacific hurricane season was a moderately active Pacific hurricane season that included two hurricane landfalls. The 1962 Pacific hurricane season officially started on May 15, 1962 in the eastern Pacific and June 1, 1962 in the Central Pacific Hurricane Center's area of responsibility and lasted until November 30, 1962 in both regions. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.


1962 Pacific hurricane season
The first of two hurricane landfalls, Hurricane Valerie, struck northwestern Mexico in June. The other, Hurricane Doreen, hit further to the north of Valerie in October. The most impacting storm of the season was Tropical Storm Claudia, after its remnants dropped heavy rainfall in portions of Arizona. The rainfall left damaging flooding across rivers and towns. No people were killed, but damage totaled to $11 million (1962 USD). Moreover, Tropical Storm Bernie also made landfall along the Baja California peninsula, later providing rain to Arizona. An unusually high number of storms threatened the Palmyra Atoll, where only 1% of known Pacific tropical cyclones have threatened. In all, a total of 16 storms were observed, which was above average though only two (Valerie and Doreen) reached hurricane intensity.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
With 16 named storms, the season was above the 1949-2006 average of 13 named storms and was the most active season ever recorded at that time; however, this record was broken in the 1968 Pacific hurricane season, which saw 18 storms. Despite the activity, only two hurricane were observed and no major hurricanes (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) were noted. These totals are well below their long-term averages of seven and three respectively.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Seasonal summary
This season was part of a decade-long absence of major hurricanes; during the 1960s, only one major hurricane was observed and none were noted from 1960-66. However, it is possible that some storms were missed due to the lack of satellite coverage in the region; at that time, satellite data was still scarce, and 1962 is still four years shy of the start of the geostationary satellite era, which began in 1966. Moreover, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) was in the midst of a cold phase during this time period, which has a tendency to suppress Pacific hurricane activity. During the season, tropical cyclone advisories were issued by the Naval Fleet Warning Central (NFWC) in Alameda, which held responsibility for the basin until 1970.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Valerie
The first tropical cyclone of the season – Hurricane Valerie – was first observed on June 24, about 245 mi (400 km) west of Acapulco, Guerrero. It moved northwestward along the coast, producing high seas and strong winds in southwestern Mexico. Valerie was estimated to have attained peak winds of 85 mph (140 km/h). It turned to the northeast and struck near Mazatlán on June 25, dissipating early the next day.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Willa
On July 8, Tropical Storm Willa developed south of the Baja California Peninsula. It maintained a west-northwestward track throughout its duration, remaining a minimal tropical storm. On July 10, the storm dissipated.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Ava
In the middle of August, a tropical storm formed off the southwest coast of Mexico. Given the name Ava, it tracked to the northwest before turning more to the north. It dissipated on August 20.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Unnamed August tropical storm
As the previous storm was dissipating, another tropical storm developed to its west. Lasting only two days, it dissipated on August 22 about halfway between Hawaii and the west coast of Mexico.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane "C"
On August 24, satellite imagery indicated a hurricane with a defined eye was located over the central Pacific Ocean. It slowly weakened as it moved over lukewarm waters, and deteriorated more rapidly after wind shear increased. By August 28, the system consisted of a circulation with only weak associated convection. It weakened to a tropical depression on August 30, although it remained a tropical cyclone until September 2. At that time it was last observed about 200 mi (320 km) south of Hilo, Hawaii.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Bernice
A tropical storm named Bernice developed on September 2 west of Jalisco. After moving northwestward for two days, the storm turned to the north, striking Baja California on September 6 before dissipating. The remnants of the storm later brought moderate rain to Arizona.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Claudia
Later in the month, another storm similar to Bernice existed. Tropical Storm Claudia formed on September 20 to the southwest of Acapulco. It maintained a general northwest movement for its duration. On September 23, Claudia crossed over the western portion of the Baja California peninsula, moved over water, and again struck the peninsula before dissipating.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Claudia
The remnant moisture caused severe flash floods in the vicinity of Tucson, with 5 to 7 inches (130 to 180 mm) of precipitation falling over the headwaters of the washes of Santa Rosa, Jackrabbit, and Brawley during a 14- to 15-hour period. Over 7 inches (180 mm) of rainfall also fell near the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The ensuing flood of the Santa Cruz River and its tributaries produced a path of destruction about 100 miles (160 km) long and up to 8 miles (13 km) wide.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Claudia
Santa Rosa Wash conveyed 53,100 cubic feet per second (1,500 m3/s) at its peak; Los Robles Wash carried up to 32,600 cu ft/s (920 m3/s), while the Santa Cruz River proper peaked at 9,200 cu ft/s (260 m3/s). The washes and rivers reached depths of up to 20 feet (6.1 m), and overflowed its banks in places by 1 to 6 feet (0.30 to 1.83 m). Flooding from the storm inundated the towns of Marana and Sells, both in Pima County. Helicopters rescued 27 families from Fort Huachuca.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Claudia
There was one indirect death related to the flooding, due to an ambulance not being able to reach an elderly woman. The flooding also killed many cattle, and damage in Pima and Pinal counties exceeded $11 million (1962 USD), much of it from crop damage. The flooding prompted a disaster declaration by former governor Paul Fannin, which provided funds for the affected people.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Unnamed September tropical storm
On September 26, a tropical storm developed off the southwest coast of Mexico. The storm moved to the west-northwest for several days, dissipating on September 30.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, September and October Central Pacific tropical cyclones
In September and October, satellite imagery indicated that there were five tropical storms in the central Pacific Ocean. The first, designated Tropical Storm "R", passed about 200 mi (320 km) north of Palmyra Island on September 28. It represented about 1% of storms in the basin to directly affect the island, after it produced westerly winds there. Tropical Storm "T" existed on September 29 without affecting land. Similarly, Tropical Storm "X" existed on October 2 over open Pacific waters. The next day, Tropical Storm "Z" passed near Johnston Island during the Operation Dominic I and II nuclear tests, although no impact was reported. Lastly, satellite imagery indicated Tropical Storm "A" on October 27 to the northeast of Palmyra Island.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Doreen
The last storm of the season was Hurricane Doreen, which formed on October 1 off the southwest Mexican coast. It moved northwestward before curving to the north, although later it turned again to the northwest. Doreen was estimated to have attained peak winds of 85 mph (140 km/h). On October 4, Doreen made its closest approach to the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula as it began a motion to the northeast. Later that day, the hurricane moved over southern Sonora before dissipating on October 5. Hurricane Doreen was responsible for light rainfall in the U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical depressions
Surface observations and satellite imagery indicated the formation of a tropical depression about 275 mi (443 km) north of Palmyra Island on July 29. It moved west-northwestward without developing further, and eventually dissipated on August 2 over the central Pacific.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical depressions
On August 31, the Joint Hurricane Warning Center named a tropical depression in the Central Pacific basin as Tropical Depression 63, following the West Pacific's numbering. The advisories were discontinued 275 nautical miles (509 km) from the South Point of Big Island, where it was no longer considered a threat to shipping lanes or any land masses.


1962 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the eastern Pacific in 1962. No names were retired from this list. This is a part of list 1 and list 2, which was used from 1960-1965. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.


1962 Pacific typhoon season
The 1962 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; there was activity in every month but January, March, and June, but most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November and this conventionally delimits the season.


1962 Pacific typhoon season
The majority of the Pacific typhoons in 1962 formed in the Pacific Ocean north of the equator and west of the International Date Line with two exceptions: Tropical Depressions Fifty and Sixty-three formed in the Central Pacific. All tropical depressions are assigned a number. Most systems reaching tropical storm strength were assigned a name; all typhoons were named.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Season activity
Ninety tropical waves formed in the 1962 season. Only 78 of these became major easterly waves. 38 of these waves became tropical depressions, 30 became storms and 23 become typhoons. This record of 24 typhoons beat 1952 record which had 21. This record was beaten in the 1964 season with 26 typhoons. Six super typhoons formed in 1962 which were Georgia, Emma, Ruth, Opal, Amy and Karen. Even with the high activity, only about half the cyclones in 1962 made landfall. There were also seventeen suspect cyclones discovered by the JTWC in post-season reports. Three were reported to reach typhoon intensity, three at tropical storm status and two needed tropical depression warnings.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Season activity
Two depressions, 50 and 63, formed in the Central Pacific under the Joint Hurricane Warning Center's (now The Central Pacific Hurricane Center) jurisdiction and were included in the JTWC archives. Both depressions stayed out to sea and had no effects on land. The Central Pacific also got Nora, Opal, Ruth, Gilda, Emma and Thelma, the remnants of Nadine and the ending of Karen near the end of the season. Six typhoons entered the Bering Sea:  Nora, Opal, Ruth, Thelma, Amy and Emma. Four of the six were super typhoons.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Season activity
Three typhoons just missed entering the Bering Sea: Typhoons Hope, Sarah and Gilda. Also, Typhoons Georgia, Hope, Joan, Nora, Opal, Ruth, Thelma, Wanda, Amy, Emma, Gilda, Jean and Karen all lasted for at least one week with Opal lasting for eighteen straight days from a wave to the day the JMA ceased advisories.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fran
The second tropical wave of the season formed on the morning of February 2 off the southeastern coast of the Philippines. The storm quickly intensified into a tropical depression and soon into the first tropical storm of the 1962 season. The intensifying tropical cyclone went through the latter half of February 2 as a 45 mph (70 km/h) tropical storm, progressing southwest towards Indonesia. However, on the early morning of February 3, the storm curved to the northeast and away from Indonesia.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fran
The strength remained unchanged during the day and before long reached its peak winds speeds of 50 mph (85 km/h). Continuing northward away from the coast of the Philippines, Fran remained at peak winds until the evening of February 4. During the morning hours of February 5, Fran dropped down to 45 mph (70 km/h) tropical storm and continued northward, weakening to 40 mph (60 km/h). On the morning of February 6, Fran weakened into a tropical depression and the final advisory was released six hours after.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Georgia
A surge from an outdraft in the Southern Hemisphere entered the western Pacific on the afternoon of April 13. This surge began to come together near the island of Woleai and progressed northwestward through the Pacific. After crossing over Woleai, the system neared the island of Yap and began forming into the second tropical depression of the 1962 season. On the afternoon of April 16, the system was declared a tropical depression. The depression made a curve to the south during the north and early on April 17 reconnaissance aircraft found surface winds of 65 mph (105 km/h).


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Georgia
The storm was upgraded to a tropical storm on April 17 as the system continued curving, turning to the east. An eye began to form during the afternoon, it got to be 50 miles (80 km) wide. The developing cyclone was declared a typhoon on the afternoon with winds of 85 mph (135 km/h). By the morning of April 18, Georgia had curved again, now to the north, gaining strength and developing an elliptical eye. Through the afternoon of April 18, Georgia continued to strengthen, reaching Category 2 status during the morning. Rapid strengthening and development continued through the afternoon, with minimum pressures of 952 millibars on the surface reported.


1962 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Georgia
Entering the morning of April 19, Georgia began forming a well-defined eye, having already strengthened into a Category 3 cyclone. Intensification continued throughout the day with sustained winds reaching 145 mph (225 km/h) by the end of the day. The next morning, Typhoon Georgia reached its peak sustained winds of 150 mph (230 km/h) just west of the island of Guam. The lowest minimum pressure recorded at that point was 930 millibars. The typhoon retained its strength for most of April 20, but in the late afternoon, the system began to weaken as it entered colder waters.