Friday, Nov. 09, 1962
Who Won
> Southern California's powerful Trojans: a 14-0 victory over Washington's stubborn, undefeated (but twice tied) Huskies that gave No. 3-ranked U.S.C. the inside track to the Rose Bowl. In another battle of unbeatens, Missouri shackled Nebraska's high-scoring (30 points per game until last week) offense and won easily, 16-7. In the Big Ten, where any team can win--or lose--on any given Saturday, the underdogs got sweet revenge: Illinois upset Purdue, 14-10; Iowa trounced Ohio State, 28-14; Minnesota beat Michigan State, 28-7; and No. 1-ranked Northwestern had to come from behind on the passing of Sophomore Quarterback Tommy Myers (TIME, Nov. 2) to pull out a 26-21 victory over Indiana.
> Mexico's brilliant but erratic Rafael Osuna and Antonio Palafox: a tense, 3-2 victory over Sweden's Ulf Schmidt and Jan Erik Lundquist in the Davis Cup Interzone semifinals at Mexico City. Palafox lost both his singles matches, but teamed with Osuna to win the doubles in four sets, and Osuna outlasted Lundquist 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 in the deciding singles match. Next stop for the Mexicans: New Delhi, where they will play India for the right to take on Australia next month in the challenge round.
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