Year: | 1963 |
Team: | Orange Coast Pirates |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Eastern Conference |
Short Conf: | Eastern |
Record: | 10–0 |
Conf Record: | 9–0 |
Head Coach: | Dick Tucker |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Champion: | Junior college national champion Eastern Conference champion Junior Rose Bowl champion |
Bowl: | Junior Rose Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 21–0 vs. |
The 1963 Orange Coast Pirates football team was an American football team that represented Orange Coast College as a member of the Eastern Conference during the 1963 junior college football season. Led by second-year head coach Dick Tucker, the Pirates compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the Eastern Conference championship, shut out six opponents, defeated in the Junior Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 310 to 43.[1] They were named junior college national champions by J.C. Grid-Wire.[2]
Orange Coast led the Eastern Conference during the regular season in both total offense (337 yards per game) and total defense (164 yards per game). The team tallied 3,040 yards in the regular season (1,677 passing, 1,363 rushing). The team was led on offense by its 5'4", 134-pound quarterback Billy "The Kid" White. Fullback Bob Haynes set a new Eastern Conference record with 107 points scored in the regular season.[3]
Nine Orange Coast players were selected as first-team players on the 1963 All-Eastern Conference football team. Four were named to the first-team offense: backs Billy White and Bob Haynes; center Greg Wojcik; and guard Bill Epperson. five were named to the first-team defense: tackle Gary Magner; middle guard Don Findley; linebacker Ron Paterno; and defensive halfbacks Mike Hunter and Joe Scott. Back Jeff Thayer was named to the second team.[4]