1967 USC Vs. UCLA Football Game - Aftermath

Aftermath

Playing with badly bruised ribs, 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, Famed L.A. Times columnist Jim Murray wrote that if "Gary Beban wins the Heisman Trophy, they ought to fill it with aspirin"

Keith Jackson, who was in his first year in ABC football broadcasting narrating the taped highlights of the game, declared it many years later to be the greatest game he has ever seen. So did Giles Pellerin, a USC graduate who attended every game USC played from 1926 until his death at the 1998 USC-UCLA game at the Rose Bowl, 797 straight games over 72 years, almost certainly a record for any college football fan.

Both Beban and Simpson were featured on the cover of the November 20 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.

UCLA had still beat the point spread, they were a three point underdog despite being ranked number 1.