1985 USC Trojans football team

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1985 USC Trojans football
Aloha Bowl, L 3–24 vs. Alabama
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record6–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach
Captain Matt Koart
Hank Norman
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
  1984
1986  
1985 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 UCLA $ 6 2 09 2 1
Arizona 5 2 08 3 1
Arizona State 5 2 08 4 0
Washington 5 3 07 5 0
USC 5 3 06 6 0
Oregon 3 4 05 6 0
Washington State 3 5 04 7 0
Stanford 3 5 04 7 0
Oregon State 2 6 03 8 0
California 2 7 04 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7at No. 11 Illinois *No. 6W 20–1076,369
September 21 Baylor *No. 3L 13–2053,246
September 28at Arizona State No. 18L 0–2470,710
October 5 Oregon State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 63–050,624
October 19 Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
W 30–656,837
October 26at Notre Dame *L 3–3759,075
November 2 Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 31–1346,954
November 9at California L 6–1463,500
November 16at Washington L 17–2052,601
November 23No. 8 UCLA
W 17–1390,064
November 30vs. Oregon W 20–665,000 [1]
December 28vs. No. 15 Alabama *L 3–2465,000 [2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Game summaries

At No. 11 Illinois

USC at Illinois
1234Total
No. 6 Trojans1433020
No. 11 Fighting Illini007310
  

[3] [4]

Baylor

1234Total
Bears0107320
No. 3 Trojans700613
  

[5]

At Arizona State

Oregon State

Stanford

At Notre Dame

Washington State

At California

At Washington

UCLA

#8 UCLA Bruins (8–1–1) at USC Trojans (4–5)
Quarter1234Total
UCLA760013
USC703717

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: November 23
  • Game attendance: 90,064
  • [6]
Game information

Vs. Oregon

Oregon vs. USC
1234Total
Ducks30306
Trojans7100320
  • Source:

Aloha Bowl (vs. Alabama)

Personnel

1985 USC Trojans football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Gene Arrington
G 79 Jeff Bregel Jr
G 66 Dave Cadigan So
TE Martin Chesley
TE Joe Cormier
OL Tom Cox
RB Fred Crutcher
RB Andy Eddy
RB Aaron Emmanuel
OL James Fitzpatrick
TE Paul Green
OL John Guerrero Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR Ken Henry
RB Ryan Knight
OL Gaylord Kuamoo
RB 34 Zephrini Lee Sr
TE Eric McKee
QB Kevin McLean
WR 83Hank NormanSr
QB 16 Rodney Peete Fr
RB Kennedy Pola
G Mark Sager
QB 7 Sean Salisbury Sr
RB Todd Steele
WR Randy Tanner
WR Al Washington
RB 25Steven Webster
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Sam Anno
LB Garrett Breeland
DB 38Louis Brock
DL Tony Colorito
LB Marcus Cotton
LB Keith Davis
DB 8Matt Johnson
DT 91 Matt Koart Sr
S 6 Tim McDonald Jr
DL Brent Moore
DB 1Jerome TylerSr
DL Gary Willison
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P Troy Richardson
K 10Don ShaferJr
P Chris Sperle
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

1986 NFL draft

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise

[7]

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References

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