1973 USC Trojans football team

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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.

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1973 USC Trojans football
Pac-8 champion
Rose Bowl, L 21–42 vs. Ohio State
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
Record9–2–1 (7–0 Pac-8)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
 1972
1974 
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1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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
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Schedule

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

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Arkansas

At Georgia Tech

Oklahoma

At Oregon State

Washington State

Oregon

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1 234Total
Oregon 0 703 10
USC 14 377 31
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At Notre Dame

At California

Stanford

At Washington

vs. No. 8 UCLA

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No. 8 UCLA vs. No. 9 USC
1 234Total
No. 8 Bruins 3 703 13
No. 9 Trojans 7 1033 23
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Game attendance: 88,037
  • TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson and Lee Grosscup
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  • USC wins conference title and Rose Bowl berth
  • Anthony Davis 27 Rush, 145 Yds

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Rose Bowl (vs Ohio State)


Personnel

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1973 USC Trojans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
K 11 Chris Limahelu
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2020-Dec-30

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Statistics

Passing

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PlayerCompAttYardsTDINT
Pat Haden1372471,8321311
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Rushing

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PlayerAttYardsTD
Anthony Davis2761,112
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Receiving

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PlayerRecYardsTD
Lynn Swann427146
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