1973 USC Trojans football team

American college football season

1973 USC Trojans football

Pac-8 champion

Rose Bowl, L 21–42 vs. Ohio State

Conference| Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches| No. 7
AP| No. 8
Record| 9–2–1 (7–0 Pac-8)
Head coach|

* John McKay (14th season)

Captains|

* Lynn Swann
* Artimus Parker

Home stadium| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Seasons

<- 1972

1974 ->

1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 8 USC $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 1
No. 12 UCLA | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
Stanford | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Washington State | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
California | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 7  | - | 0
Oregon | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0
Oregon State | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0
Washington | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 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.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 15| Arkansas*| No. 1|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| | W 17–0| 73,231|
September 22| at Georgia Tech*| No. 1|

* Grant Field
* Atlanta, GA

| | W 23–6| 58,228| [1]
September 29| No. 8 Oklahoma*| No. 1|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| ABC| T 7–7| 83,986|
October 6| at Oregon State| No. 4|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| | W 21–7| 21,732|
October 13| Washington State| No. 4|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| | W 46–35| 50,975|
October 20| Oregon| No. 6|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| | W 31–10| 53,155|
October 27| at No. 8 Notre Dame*| No. 6|

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)

| ABC| L 14–23| 59,075|
November 3| at California| No. 9|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| | W 50–14| 48,000|
November 10| Stanford| No. 8|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)

| | W 27–26| 63,806|
November 17| at Washington| No. 9|

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| | W 42–19| 55,500|
November 24| vs. No. 8 UCLA| No. 9|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)

| ABC| W 23–13| 88,037|
January 1, 1974| vs. No. 2 Ohio State*| No. 7|

* Rose Bowl
* Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)

| NBC| L 21–42| 105,267|

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## Personnel

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1973 USC Trojans football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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QB | `9` | Rob Adolph
OL | `66` | Bill Bain
WR, P | `7` | Dave Boulware
OL | `63` | Booker Brown | Sr
RB | `21` | Allen Carter
OL | `71` | Mike Cordell
RB | `28` | Anthony Davis | Jr
WR | `26` | Shelton Diggs | Fr
RB | `37` | Ken Gray
QB | `10` | Pat Haden | Jr
TE | `86` | Dean Lingenfelter
OL | `58` | Bob McCaffrey
WR | `25` | J.K. McKay | Jr
RB | `27` | Rod McNeill | Sr
RB | `44` | Manfred Moore | Sr
TE | `89` | Jim Obradovich
OL | `70` | Steve Riley
WR | `22` | Lynn Swann (C) | Sr
RB | `34` | Ray Washmera
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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LB | `55` | Charles Anthony
LB | `50` | Kevin Bruce
DB | `24` | Marvin Cobb | Jr
DL | `72` | Monte Doris
DL | `79` | Gary Jeter | Fr
DT | `` | Greg Marderian
LB | `` | Dale Mitchell
DB | `14` | Artimus Parker (C) | Sr
DB | `49` | Charles Phillips
DL | `87` | Ed Powell
DB | `46` | Danny Reece
DL | `70` | Art Riley
DB | `47` | Ted Roberson
DL | `41` | James Sims
LB | `83` | Richard Wood | Jr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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K | `11` | Chris Limahelu

Head coach

* John McKay

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Willie Brown
* Craig Fertig
* Wayne Fontes
* Ray George
* Marv Goux
* Skip Husbands
* Dave Levy
* John Robinson

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster
Last update: 2020-Dec-30

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## Season summary

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### Arkansas

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### At Georgia Tech

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### Oklahoma

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### At Oregon State

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### Washington State

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### Oregon

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|  | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Oregon | 0 | 7| 0| 3 | 10
• USC | 14 | 3| 7| 7 | 31

* Date: October 20
* Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles
* Game attendance: 53,155

| Scoring summary

1| 3:25| USC| McKay 35 yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)| USC 7-0
1| 3:07| USC| D. Reece 30 yard interception return (Limahelu kick)| USC 14-0
2| :39| USC| Limahelu 39 yard field goal| USC 17-0
2| :02| ORE| Singleton 3 yard run (Palm kick)| USC 17-7
3| 9:58| USC| Haden 1 yard run (Limahelu kick)| USC 24-7
4| 14:03| ORE| Palm 21 yard field goal| USC 24-10
4| 7:04| USC| Swann 55 yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)| USC 31-10

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### At Notre Dame

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### At California

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### Stanford

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### At Washington

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### vs. No. 8 UCLA

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No. 8 UCLA vs. No. 9 USC  |  | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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No. 8 Bruins | 3 | 7| 0| 3 | 13
• No. 9 Trojans | 7 | 10| 3| 3 | 23

* Date: November 24
* Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Game attendance: 88,037
* TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson and Lee Grosscup

| Scoring summary

Q1| | USC| Davis 4 yard run (Limahelu kick)| USC 7–0
Q1| | UCLA| Herrera 42 yard field goal| USC 7–3
Q2| | USC| McKay 16 yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)| USC 14–3
Q2| | UCLA| Johnson 3 yard run (Herrera kick)| USC 14–10
Q2| | USC| Limahelu 35 yard field goal| USC 17–10
Q3| | USC| Limahelu 32 yard field goal| USC 20–10
Q4| 4:30| UCLA| Herrera 27 yard field goal| USC 20–13
Q4| 1:07| USC| Limahelu 28 yard field goal| USC 23–13

* USC wins conference title and Rose Bowl berth
* Anthony Davis 27 Rush, 145 Yds

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### Rose Bowl (vs Ohio State)

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## Statistics

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### Passing

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Player | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT

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Pat Haden | 137 | 247 | 1,832 | 13 | 11

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Player | Att | Yards | TD

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Anthony Davis | 276 | 1,112 |

### Receiving

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Player | Rec | Yards | TD

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Lynn Swann | 42 | 714 | 6

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## Awards

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## References

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1. ^ "Southern Cal breezes by 23–6". Daily Press. September 23, 1973. Retrieved July 24, 2024 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ a b 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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USC Trojans football

Venues|

* Athletic Park (1895–1898)
* Fiesta Park (1897–1898, 1901–1902, 1904–1906, 1916)
* Chutes Park (1900)
* Prager Park (1903)
* Bovard Field (1904–1910, 1914–1915, 1917–1923)
* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present)
* Jones Field/Kennedy Field (practice)

Bowls and rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Notre Dame
* Stanford
* UCLA: Victory Bell

Culture and lore|

* Traveler
* George Tirebiter
* Giles Pellerin
* "Fight On"
* Spirit of Troy
* Student Body Right
* Tommy Trojan
* Tribute to Troy
* Athletics scandal
* 1967 "Game of the Century"
* "Bush Push"
* 2007 Stanford game
* So This Is College

People|

* Head coaches
* Starting quarterbacks
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast|

* Washington (1916)
* Washington State (1917)
* California (1918)
* Oregon & Washington (1919)
* California (1920)
* California (1921)
* California (1922)
* California (1923)
* California & Stanford (1924)
* Washington (1925)
* Stanford (1926)
* Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927)
* USC (1928)
* California, Oregon, Stanford, & USC (1929)
* Washington State (1930)
* USC (1931)
* USC (1932)
* Oregon & Stanford (1933)
* Stanford (1934)
* California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935)
* Washington (1936)
* California (1937)
* California & USC (1938)
* USC (1939)
* Stanford (1940)
* Oregon State (1941)
* UCLA (1942)
* USC (1943)
* USC (1944)
* USC (1945)
* UCLA (1946)
* USC (1947)
* California & Oregon (1948)
* California (1949)
* California (1950)
* Stanford (1951)
* USC (1952)
* UCLA (1953)
* UCLA (1954)
* UCLA (1955)
* Oregon State (1956)
* Oregon & Oregon State (1957)
* California (1958)

AAWU|

* UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959)
* Washington (1960)
* UCLA (1961)
* USC (1962)
* Washington (1963)
* Oregon State & USC (1964)
* UCLA (1965)
* USC (1966)
* USC (1967)

Pacific-8|

* USC (1968)
* USC (1969)
* Stanford (1970)
* Stanford (1971)
* USC (1972)
* USC (1973)
* USC (1974)
* California & UCLA (1975)
* USC (1976)
* Washington (1977)

Pacific-10|

* USC (1978)
* USC (1979)
* Washington (1980)
* Washington (1981)
* UCLA (1982)
* UCLA (1983)
* USC (1984)
* UCLA (1985)
* Arizona State (1986)
* USC & UCLA (1987)
* USC (1988)
* USC (1989)
* Washington (1990)
* Washington (1991)
* Washington & Stanford (1992)
* Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993)
* Oregon (1994)
* USC & Washington (1995)
* Arizona State (1996)
* UCLA & Washington State (1997)
* UCLA (1998)
* Stanford (1999)
* Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000)
* Oregon (2001)
* USC & Washington State (2002)
* USC (2003)
* USC (2004) vacated
* USC (2005) vacated
* California & USC (2006)
* Arizona State & USC (2007)
* USC (2008)
* Oregon (2009)
* Oregon (2010)

Pac-12|

* Oregon (2011)
* Stanford (2012)
* Stanford (2013)
* Oregon (2014)
* Stanford (2015)
* Washington (2016)
* USC (2017)
* Washington (2018)
* Oregon (2019)
* Oregon (2020)
* Utah (2021)
* Utah (2022)
* Washington (2023)

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