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Ilees Bring Home CCAA
Football Championship
Enjoying the finest football season in the history
of the school, coach Don Coryell and his 1962
Aztec football team won the California Collegiate
Athletic Association Championship with a perfect
5-0 record.
After a disappointing first game with a strong
Cal-Poly Pomona team (13-6), the Aztecs began
a slow uphill climb to ultimate success.
The Aztecs' first victory was 26-14 over Los
Angeles State. During the next seven weeks, the
men of Montezuma won seven consecutive games.
The wins included Long Beach State (36-8), Cal-
Poly (SLO) (35-14), VCSB (46-8), Redlands and
San Fernando (39-0), Homecoming against VOP
(32-18), and a smashing 29-26 victory over
nationally ranked Fresno State for the coveted
championship.
Tailback Kern Carson was the Aztecs' leading
ground gainer and scorer, averaging over seven
yards per carry and breaking numerous CCAA
and college records. Carson was selected first team
All League and third team All Pacific Coast.
The Aztecs drew three sell-out crowds during the
season, a record 80,000 people, setting a new
attendance and gate receipt record, thus showing
the tremendous support and spirit from the
students at San Diego State and members of the
alumni.
Many Aztecs played major roles in the successof
SDS's winning season. Coach Don Coryell lauded
the whole team for an all-out effort and said he
had had no greater thrill than coaching this year's
championship team.
The Aztecs closed their 1962 season by losing to
a fired-up Marine team, 34-6. But all in all, the
Aztecs experienced the greatest success in the
history of San Diego State.
SDS's Championship
Coach, Don Coryell
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