1973 USC Trojans football team

The 1973 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) as a member of the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Led by 14th-year head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled an overall record of 9–2–1 with a mark of 7–0 in conference play, winning the Pac-8 title for the second consecutive season. USC earned a berth in the Rose Bowl, where the Trojans lost to Ohio State. The team played home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.

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

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15		Arkansas*	No. 1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 17–0	73,231	[1]
September 22		at Georgia Tech*	No. 1	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 23–6	58,228	[2]
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	1:30 p.m.	at California	No. 9	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 50–14	48,000
November 10	1:30 p.m.	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 All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

Arkansas

At Georgia Tech

Oklahoma

At Oregon State

Washington State

Oregon

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
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

At California

Stanford

At Washington

vs. No. 8 UCLA

No. 8 UCLA vs. No. 9 USC

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
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)

Personnel

1973 USC Trojans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class 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 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 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 Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2020-Dec-30

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Statistics

Passing

Player	Comp	Att	Yards	TD	INT
Pat Haden	137	247	1,832	13	11

Rushing

Player	Att	Yards	TD
Anthony Davis	276	1,112

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yards	TD
Lynn Swann	42	714	6

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