1962 College Football Passing Stats

1961 CFB Passing Stats 1963 CFB Passing Stats

Champions: USC (AP, FWAA, NFF, UPI)

Heisman Memorial Trophy: Terry Baker (Oregon State)

FWAA Coach of the Year Award: John McKay (USC)

AP Preseason #1: Ohio State

AP Final #1: USC

30 Players

Players sorted by Yds/Att (minimum 14 Att/G, 75% of school games played).

30 Players Table
					Passing									Rushing
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1	Terry Baker	Oregon State	Ind	10	112	203	55.2	1738	8.6	8.9	15	5	146.5	115	538	4.7	9
2	Jack Concannon	Boston College	Ind	10	97	181	53.6	1450	8.0	8.2	15	6	141.6	91	293	3.2	5
3	Tom Myers	Northwestern	Big Ten	9	116	195	59.5	1537	7.9	6.0	13	14	133.3	43	-102	-2.4	1
4	Dave Mathieson	Washington State	AAWU	10	104	199	52.3	1492	7.5	6.9	12	8	127.1	44	-171	-3.9	1
5	Jerry Yost	West Virginia	Southern	10	75	152	49.3	1134	7.5	5.1	11	13	118.8	49	227	4.6	3
6	Don Trull	Baylor	SWC	10	125	229	54.6	1627	7.1	5.7	11	12	119.6	93	136	1.5	4
7	Ron Vander Kelen	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9	91	168	54.2	1181	7.0	6.6	12	7	128.5	72	257	3.6	2
8	Jerry Woolum	Kentucky	SEC	10	83	157	52.9	1100	7.0	4.9	4	9	108.7	77	-133	-1.7
9	Junior Edge	North Carolina	ACC	10	103	185	55.7	1234	6.7	4.5	7	12	111.2	70	64	0.9	1
10	Larry Rakestraw	Georgia	SEC	10	78	169	46.2	1135	6.7	3.4	8	16	99.3	115	222	1.9	1
11	Jim Dunda	Brown	Ivy	9	65	139	46.8	930	6.7	3.1	9	15	102.7	84	8	0.1	3
12	Stu McBirnie	Tulsa	MVC	10	87	177	49.2	1169	6.6	5.4	12	10	115.7	15	-85	-5.7	0
13	Dick Shiner	Maryland	ACC	10	121	203	59.6	1324	6.5	3.4	4	16	105.1	89	102	1.1	6
14	Pat McCarthy	Holy Cross	Ind	10	85	194	43.8	1267	6.5	3.9	8	15	96.8	148	454	3.1	12
15	John Giles	Louisville	Ind	10	90	191	47.1	1224	6.4	3.9	8	14	100.1	37	46	1.2	0
16	Pete Liske	Penn State	Ind	10	91	162	56.2	1037	6.4	6.8	12	4	129.4	69	255	3.7	4
17	Billy Lothridge	Georgia Tech	SEC	10	83	156	53.2	1006	6.4	4.9	6	8	109.8	128	478	3.7	9
18	Gary Cuozzo	Virginia	ACC	10	98	181	54.1	1136	6.3	4.7	6	9	107.9	78	74	0.9	6
19	Archie Roberts	Columbia	Ivy	9	102	170	60.0	1076	6.3	5.4	6	6	117.8	86	-35	-0.4	3
20	Jerry Gross	Detroit Mercy	Ind	9	105	212	49.5	1317	6.2	4.0	6	13	98.8	112	296	2.6	4
Rk	Player	School	Conf	G	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	AY/A	TD	Int	Rate	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
21	George Mira	Miami (FL)	Ind	10	122	260	46.9	1572	6.0	4.0	10	16	98.1	68	160	2.4	3
22	Sonny Gibbs	TCU	SWC	10	89	169	52.7	1013	6.0	4.7	9	9	109.9	76	179	2.4	7
23	Mike Miller	Oklahoma State	Big 8	10	81	180	45.0	1056	5.9	4.4	9	10	99.7	26	-57	-2.2	1
24	Duane Blaska	Minnesota	Big Ten	9	71	154	46.1	862	5.6	3.4	8	11	96.0	61	103	1.7	2
25	Mike Taliaferro	Illinois	Big Ten	9	80	212	37.7	1139	5.4	2.2	5	17	74.6	71	126	1.8	1
26	Robert Hamlin	Marshall	MAC	10	89	185	48.1	1004	5.4	3.3	5	11	90.7	86	166	1.9	3
27	Rand Carter	San Jose State	Ind	11	90	168	53.6	902	5.4	3.6	5	9	97.8	34	-131	-3.9	1
28	Mel Rideout	Richmond	Southern	9	60	151	39.7	780	5.2	3.1	7	10	85.2	25	-35	-1.4	1
29	Frank Cesarek	Colorado	Big 8	10	78	167	46.7	786	4.7	2.1	5	12	81.8	26	-50	-1.9	4
30	Hank Lesesne	Vanderbilt	SEC	10	65	157	41.4	741	4.7	2.5	3	9	75.9	105	214	2.0