1973 USC Trojans football team

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1973 USC Trojans football
Pac-8 champion
Rose Bowl, L 21–42 vs. Ohio State
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
Record9–2–1 (7–0 Pac-8)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
←  1972
1974  →
1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 USC $ 7 –0 –09 –2 –1
No. 12 UCLA 6 –1 –09 –2 –0
Stanford 5 –2 –07 –4 –0
Washington State 4 –3 –05 –6 –0
California 2 –5 –04 –7 –0
Oregon 2 –5 –02 –9 –0
Oregon State 2 –5 –02 –9 –0
Washington 0 –7 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 15 Arkansas *No. 1
W 17–073,231
September 22at Georgia Tech *No. 1
W 23–658,228 [1]
September 29No. 8 Oklahoma *No. 1
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
 ABC T 7–783,986
October 6at Oregon State No. 4
W 21–721,732
October 13 Washington State No. 4
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 46–3550,975
October 20 Oregon Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 6
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 31–1053,155
October 27at No. 8 Notre Dame *No. 6
ABCL 14–2359,075
November 3at California No. 9
W 50–1448,000
November 10 Stanford No. 8
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
W 27–2663,806
November 17at Washington No. 9
W 42–1955,500
November 24vs. No. 8 UCLA No. 9
ABCW 23–1388,037
January 1, 1974vs. No. 2 Ohio State *No. 7
NBCL 21–42105,267
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

Personnel

1973 USC Trojans football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 9Rob Adolph
OL 66Bill Bain
WR, P 7Dave Boulware
OL 63 Booker Brown Sr
RB 21Allen Carter
OL 71Mike Cordell
RB 28 Anthony Davis Jr
WR 26 Shelton Diggs Fr
RB 37Ken Gray
QB 10 Pat Haden Jr
TE 86Dean Lingenfelter
OL 58Bob McCaffrey
WR 25 J.K. McKay Jr
RB 27 Rod McNeill Sr
RB 44 Manfred Moore Sr
TE 89Jim Obradovich
OL 70Steve Riley
WR 22 Lynn Swann  (C)Sr
RB 34Ray Washmera
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 55Charles Anthony
LB 50Kevin Bruce
DB 24 Marvin Cobb Jr
DL 72Monte Doris
DL 79 Gary Jeter Fr
DT Greg Marderian
LB Dale Mitchell
DB 14 Artimus Parker  (C)Sr
DB 49Charles Phillips
DL 87Ed Powell
DB 46Danny Reece
DL 70Art Riley
DB 47Ted Roberson
DL 41James Sims
LB 83 Richard Wood Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 11Chris Limahelu
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2020-Dec-30

Source: [3]

Season summary

Arkansas

At Georgia Tech

Oklahoma

At Oregon State

Washington State

Oregon

1234Total
Oregon070310
•USC1437731
Scoring summary
13:25USCMcKay 35 yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)USC 7-0
13:07USCD. Reece 30 yard interception return (Limahelu kick)USC 14-0
2:39USCLimahelu 39 yard field goalUSC 17-0
2:02ORESingleton 3 yard run (Palm kick)USC 17-7
39:58USCHaden 1 yard run (Limahelu kick)USC 24-7
414:03OREPalm 21 yard field goalUSC 24-10
47:04USCSwann 55 yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)USC 31-10

[4]

At Notre Dame

At California

Stanford

At Washington

vs. No. 8 UCLA

No. 8 UCLA vs. No. 9 USC
1234Total
No. 8 Bruins370313
•No. 9 Trojans7103323
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Game attendance: 88,037
  • TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson and Lee Grosscup
Scoring summary
Q1USCDavis 4 yard run (Limahelu kick)USC 7–0
Q1UCLAHerrera 42 yard field goalUSC 7–3
Q2USCMcKay 16 yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)USC 14–3
Q2UCLAJohnson 3 yard run (Herrera kick)USC 14–10
Q2USCLimahelu 35 yard field goalUSC 17–10
Q3USCLimahelu 32 yard field goalUSC 20–10
Q44:30UCLAHerrera 27 yard field goalUSC 20–13
Q41:07USCLimahelu 28 yard field goalUSC 23–13

[5]

Rose Bowl (vs Ohio State)

Statistics

Passing

PlayerCompAttYardsTDINT
Pat Haden1372471,8321311

Rushing

PlayerAttYardsTD
Anthony Davis2761,112

Receiving

PlayerRecYardsTD
Lynn Swann427146

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Awards

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References

  1. ↑ "Southern Cal breezes by 23–6". Daily Press. September 23, 1973. Retrieved July 24, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 2009 USC football media guide
  3. ↑ "OSU-USC lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 6, 1973. p. 2B.
  4. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Oct 21.
  5. ↑ "Trojans Triumph, 23-13". The New York Times . November 25, 1973. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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