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Simpson who would win the Heisman Trophy, scored a clinching touchdown to win 28–16. One week later USC would drop to #2 in the polls after being tied by Notre Dame, 21–21. The Trojans then lost to Ohio State 27–16 in a 1 vs. 2 matchup in the Rose Bowl. In 1969 both teams would be undefeated with the Rose Bowl on the line again. USC would prevail 14–12. The loss in 1969 reportedly affected UCLA coach
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running back Greg Jones. However, USC linebacker Pat Cashman was not fooled by the fake to the right and jumped in front of Jones to take an interception return 55 yards for a USC touchdown. Rikki Aldridge kicked the extra point to tie the game. While O.J. Simpson's 64-yard run became famous, this play by Cashman turned the game around.
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win the game, 20–16. In the final Poll, UCLA was ranked 4th in the AP and 5th in the UPI. UCLA went on to upset #1 ranked Michigan State in the 1966 Rose Bowl, 14–12. USC finished ranked #9 in the AP poll. Mike Garrett would go on to win the Heisman Trophy, but would not ever get to play in the Rose Bowl.
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more than the 1967 loss. USC would get a 10–2–1 record against UCLA through the 1970s, and would win all six matchups in that period where the Rose Bowl was on the line for both teams. The Trojans would win three more National championships in 1972, 1974, and 1978. The 1972 Trojan team also was named
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running 49 yards for a Bruin touchdown. The extra point was blocked, Despite dominating in the statistics, USC led only 16–6 with less than 4 minutes left in the game (In the first 3 1/2 quarters, USC had penetrated inside the UCLA 25 yard line 7 times; 3 times they fumbled, threw one interception in
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In 1966, due to uneven scheduling that left out new AAWU members Oregon and Oregon State, UCLA was 3–1 in conference games and 8-1 overall. The Bruins lost only one game, at Washington 16–3. USC was 5–0, but lost out of conference to Miami (Florida). It was widely assumed that the winner of the 1966
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kicked the extra point to make it 7–0. After a USC punt, Beban had the Bruins on the move again at the USC 41-yard line. The next play, Beban took a one step drop, rolled to the right, and faked a sideline pass to the right, then wheeled around and blindly threw a pass in the left flat intended for
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Aside from conference standings, the top Heisman vote getter from the previous season, Beban, would meet Simpson, one of the most explosive running backs of that season. And as with all USC-UCLA games, the "championship" of Los Angeles and bragging rights within the city were also at stake. USC was
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No. 1 ranked USC would be heavily favored over a rebuilding 3–6 UCLA team again in 1968. UCLA took an early lead and trailed only 21–16 midway through the 4th quarter and, led by sophomore quarterback Jim Nader, would drive inside the USC 5-yard line. But UCLA was repelled on downs and USC, led by
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and successfully converted a two-point conversion to make the score 16–14 (A tie would have sent USC to the Rose Bowl, hence the reason UCLA went for two). Then Grider then recovered an on-side kick and two plays later, Beban hit Kurt Altenberg, a decoy for Mel Farr, on a 49-yard touchdown bomb to
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USC and UCLA began the season ranked seventh and eighth respectively. USC had been ranked #1 for six weeks since beating #5 Texas and later Michigan State. USC notched a 24–7 victory over #5 Notre Dame on October 14, 1967. UCLA opened its season with a last minute 20-16 win over #7 Tennessee (the
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at Wilshire Boulevard. A week after the vote, USC made the voters look really bad as they lost to Notre Dame 51–0. At the time, that was the worst defeat in USC Trojan football history. USC entered the Rose Bowl unranked and lost to Purdue, 14–13. Ironically, Beban's ankle had healed and he could
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USC would finish ranked #1 and win the national championship for 1967. This was the last year the Associated Press conducted its final poll prior to bowl games. The coaches' poll, then administered by United Press International, did not follow suit until 1974, when, ironically, USC was voted #1
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would run 52 yards on a flanker reverse; he fumbled near the end of the play but USC recovered. He then caught another 13-yard pass. This set up O. J. Simpson for a weaving 12-yard touchdown run through most of the UCLA defensive unit in which he dragged two tacklers to the end zone. USC led at
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In the third quarter Gary Beban hit George Farmer for a touchdown pass for 53 yards to tie the score. UCLA continued to dominate in the second half, despite the fact Beban had to be helped off the field numerous times after getting hit on his injured ribs (Beban had a bad bruise and a piece of
568:. The 1967 game would be a USC "home" game, which meant that USC fans sat on the North side of the Coliseum, while the UCLA fans sat on the South (press box) side of the Coliseum. Both teams also wore their home uniforms when meeting at the Coliseum, UCLA in Powderkeg blue and USC in Cardinal. 719:-led Syracuse 32–14. UCLA would not be invited to any bowl games due to the exclusive Big Ten/AAWU Rose Bowl agreement – only the conference champions could go to a bowl game until 1975. UCLA finished second in the AAWU tied with Oregon State at 4–1–1, ranked 10th in the Coaches' poll. 584:
in color the previous season. By the NCAA rules, only 8 national and 5 regional telecasts were allowed during the season. This game would be the ABC-TV game of the week and would be presented live in color and feature the ABC sports "Slo Mo replay". ABC's No. 1 broadcast team of
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Quote: It all began on an asphalt playground in San Francisco and it culminated Tuesday afternoon when UCLA's Gary Beban was voted winner of the 1967 Heisman Trophy, which is awarded annually by New York's Downtown Athletic Club to the nation's most outstanding college football
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Despite the losses, Beban would win the Heisman Trophy. Simpson would win the Heisman trophy the next season. The most common reason given is that Simpson was a junior, and would have a chance the next year. At the time, the Heisman trophy was rarely given to an underclassman.
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the end zone, settled for a short field goal, and scored 2 touchdowns, missing the extra point on one). On 3rd and 23, UCLA linebacker Dallas Grider hit USC quarterback Troy Winslow and caused a fumble. UCLA scored on a Beban touchdown pass to
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Sports Illustrated, November 27, 1967, Volume 27, Issue 22. "THE GAME OF THE YEAR, AND VERY LIKELY THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, WENT TO USC WHEN ITS PEERLESS BUT SORE-FOOTED RUNNER FINALLY OUTSHONE UCLA'S MATCHLESS QUARTERBACK AND HIS ACHING
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Playing with badly bruised ribs and the cartilage injury, Beban passed for 301 yards. Simpson had a phenomenal run and finished with two touchdowns, 177 yards and 30 carries. Commenting on Beban's heroic effort playing through injury,
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With the game tied 14–14 early in the fourth quarter, an injured Beban gamely threw a touchdown pass to Dave Nuttall. The extra point attempt by Andrusyshyn was tipped by Hayhoe and went wide, resulting in a 20–14 UCLA lead.
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to paint a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of American intercollegiate football in 1969. He created four paintings, each representing major turning points in the intercollegiate game. Painting #4 was titled
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While the AAWU had been widely known to the general public as the "Pac-8" since the two Oregon schools joined in 1964, the conference did not formally adopt "Pacific-8" as its name until 1968.
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detached cartilage). Twice he drove the Bruins into field goal range. However, USC head coach John McKay had noticed that UCLA kicker Andrusyshyn kicked with a low trajectory, so he put 6'8"
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and were among the most demanding and exciting pieces Friberg had done. These paintings were such a success that they were taken on tour and shown at universities throughout the country.
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Becker, Bill - Irish Trouncing of U.S.C. Worst in Trojans' History; Notre Dame Routs U.S.C., 51-0; Worst Defeat in Trojan History Chronicle of the Rout. New York Times, November 27, 1966
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Like a badly mauled fighter getting up off the floor, UCLA's fantastic football team came from behind to defeat USC 20 to 16 before 94,085 unbelieving fans at Memorial Coliseum Saturday.
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One of the new plays UCLA put in for Saturday's Rose Bowl decider with USC was a pass in which Mel Farr was the intended receiver and Kurt Altenberg a deep decoy and secondary target.
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Zimmerman, Paul – BEBAN PULLS THE TRIGGER, AND PRESTO!... ...Prothro's in the Rose Bowl Again It's Bombs Away! Bruins Win, 20–16. Los Angeles Times, November 21, 1965.
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the established football power with seven national championships, the most recent in 1962. UCLA was regarded as an upstart, but had one national championship in 1954.
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The 1967 USC Trojan football team has been named one of the best teams of the 20th century by the Sporting News and college football historian Richard Whittingham.
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keeping them out of the first BCS championship. They did beat top ranked Ohio State in the 1976 Rose Bowl, and later won 3 Rose Bowls in 4 years in the mid-1980s.
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game to get to the Rose Bowl ranked #35. Bob Stiles stop of Bob Apisa on the goal line to defeat Michigan State in the 1966 Rose Bowl ranked #26.
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Simpson would go on to have one of the greatest professional careers any running back has ever had, rushing for over 11,000 yards, mostly for the
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In a 1995 vote of the greatest moments in Los Angeles sports history, O.J. Simpson's touchdown run ranked #5. The 1965 UCLA defeat of USC in the
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UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year with Beban winning the Heisman Trophy and
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called it "The game of the year." In that article, Jim Murray was quoted as saying, "They should send the Heisman out here with two straws."
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Hall, John – GARRETT RUNS OFF WITH HEISMAN TROPHY – USC Ace Praises His Team – GARRETT HEISMAN WINNER. Los Angeles Times, November 24, 1965
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Since that meeting UCLA would come close to a national championship in 1976, 1980, 1988 with a two-week #1 ranking, and 1998, with a
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one of the best teams of the 20th century. The Trojans would regain the top position again in college football in the 21st century.
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Vols only loss that regular season), and reached #2 before tying Oregon State 16–16 on November 4. A week later in a downpour in
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John Hall – BRUINS DO IT AGAIN! AWAIT BOWL BID: Dow's Heroics Spill Trojans in 14–7 Upset. Los Angeles Times, November 20, 1966
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Prugh, Jeff – GARY BEBAN WINS HEISMAN TROPHY – BRUINS' BEBAN WINS HEISMAN TROPHY. Los Angeles Times, November 29, 1967.
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in the middle of the line on the Trojans field goal defense unit; Hayhoe blocked two field goals to keep the game tied.
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wrote, among other things, that he was "glad he didn't go to the opera after all", and if "Gary Beban wins the
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and captures a moment in this famous Game of the Century. These paintings were used during the 1969 Chevrolet
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Paul Zimmerman – Rose Bowl Voting Has Long History of 'Controversy'. Los Angeles Times. November 22, 1966
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Linebacker (Dallas Grider) came up with a big hit and recovery of onside kick to help UCLA rally in 1965
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season was still 14 games. Simpson played nine seasons with the Bills and his final two with the
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With 10:38 left in the game, USC faced a 3rd and 7 from its own 36-yard line. Trojan quarterback
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This game was for the championship of the AAWU (then informally known as the Pac-8 and now the
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Wolf, Al – Altenberg Was 'Decoy' on Winning TD Pass. Los Angeles Times, November 21, 1965.
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UCLA opened the scoring when running back Greg Jones scored on a 12-yard run. Sophomore
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Lonnie White. Grider made big plays for Bruins – Los Angeles Times. November 28, 2007.
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also as a Heisman candidate. This game is widely regarded as the signature game in the
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With Beban out due to the rib injury, a disheartened UCLA would lose the next week at
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John Hall – Bruins Hope to Celebrate Bowl Bid. Los Angeles Times, November 21, 1966
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Both Beban and Simpson were featured on the cover of the November 20 issue of
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USC VS. UCLA: SHOWDOWN IN L.A. – Sports Illustrated November 20, 1967 (Cover)
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magazine. That issue went to press before the game. The November 27 issue of
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In 1967, the L.A. rivals played what was billed as the Game of the Century
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25 YEARS AGO O.J. SIMPSON MADE RUN THAT IS HALLMARK OF USC-UCLA GAME LORE
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Time Magazine: The Spoilers (the 1967 Oregon State Beaver Football Team)
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Murray, Jim – The REAL Gary Beban. Los Angeles Times, November 28, 1967
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Oregon State University Football Media guide – PDF copy available at
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The Technocrat - Sports / Gary Beban is the Master of Cool Football
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Jim Murray – A Thorny Problem. Los Angeles Times, November 22, 1966
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game between 8th ranked UCLA and 7th ranked USC would go to the
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on the line. The scoring opened with All-American Tailback
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Sports Illustrated, November 20, 1967, Volume 27, Issue 21
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In the second quarter, after a UCLA missed field goal,
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Index

Game of the Century
UCLA Bruins
USC Trojans
Tommy Prothro
John McKay
AP
Coaches
AP
Coaches
1967
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, California
National anthem
USC Marching Band
Halftime show
UCLA Marching Band
Network
ABC
Announcers
Chris Schenkel
Bud Wilkinson
College Football Championship Game
1966 (Nov)
1969 (Jan)
historically significant
college football
1967 NCAA University Division football season
UCLA Bruins
quarterback
Gary Beban

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