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American college football season
The
1974 USC Trojans football team
represented the
University of Southern California
(USC) in the
Pacific-8 Conference
during the
1974 NCAA Division I football season
. In their 15th year under head coach
John McKay
, the Trojans compiled a 10?1?1 record (6?0?1 in Pac-8, first)), and outscored their opponents 363 to 142.
[1]
The team was ranked #1 in the final UPI Coaches Poll and #2 in the final AP Poll due to
Oklahoma
being on probation from the Coaches’ Poll.
Quarterback
Pat Haden
led the team in passing, completing 70 of 149 passes for 988 yards with 13 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
Anthony Davis
led the team in rushing with 301 carries for 1,421 yards and 13 touchdowns.
J.K. McKay
led the team in receiving with 34 catches for 550 yards and eight touchdowns.
[2]
Vince Evans backed up Haden. Allen Carter backed up Davis. The fullbacks were Ricky Bell, Dave Farmer and Mosi Tatupu. The starting flanker, Shelton Diggs, caught the two point conversion that lifted USC over Ohio State in the January 1975 Rose Bowl.
Schedule
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Date
| Opponent
| Rank
| Site
| Result
| Attendance
|
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September 14
| vs. No. 20
Arkansas
*
| No. 5
| | L
7?22
| 54,622
|
September 28
| at No. 8
Pittsburgh
*
| No. 18
| | W
16?7
| 52,934
|
October 5
| Iowa
*
| No. 9
| | W
41?3
| 52,095
|
October 12
| vs.
Washington State
| No. 7
| | W
54?7
| 32,000
|
October 19
| at
Oregon
| No. 6
| | W
16?7
| 32,500
|
October 26
| Oregon State
![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 6
| - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W
35?10
| 52,392
|
November 2
| California
| No. 6
| - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| T
15?15
| 53,921
|
November 9
| at
Stanford
| No. 11
| | W
35?10
| 83,500
|
November 16
| Washington
| No. 8
| - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W
42?11
| 51,157
|
November 23
| at
UCLA
| No. 8
| - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA (
Victory Bell
)
| W
34?9
| 82,467
|
November 30
| No. 5
Notre Dame
*
| No. 6
| - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA (
rivalry
)
| W
55?24
| 83,552
|
January 1, 1975
| vs. No. 3
Ohio State
*
| No. 5
| | W
18?17
| 106,721
|
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming
- Rankings from
AP Poll
released prior to the game
|
Roster
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1974 USC Trojans football team roster
|
Players
|
Coaches
|
Offense
|
Defense
|
Special teams
|
- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C)
Team captain
- (S)
Suspended
- (I)
Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
|
[3]
Game summaries
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Washington
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|
1
|
2
| 3
| 4
| Total
|
Washington
|
0
|
3
| 0
| 8
|
11
|
•
USC
|
7
|
14
| 14
| 7
|
42
|
|
|
Scoring summary
|
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| 1
| | USC
| Diggs 36-yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)
| USC 7-0
|
| 2
| | USC
| Davis 7-yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)
| USC 14-0
|
| 2
| | USC
| Davis 1-yard run (Limahelu kick)
| USC 21-0
|
| 2
| | WASH
| Robbins 46-yard field goal
| USC 21-3
|
| 3
| | USC
| Carter 1-yard run (Limahelu kick)
| USC 28-3
|
| 3
| | USC
| Evans 3-yard run (Limahelu kick)
| USC 35-3
|
| 4
| | USC
| Ford 36-yard run (Limahelu kick)
| USC 42-3
|
| 4
| | WASH
| McBride 4-yard run (Conley pass from McBride)
| USC 42-11
|
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- 1960
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Minnesota
(AP, Coaches,
NFF
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Ole Miss
(FWAA)
- 1961
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Alabama
(AP, Coaches, NFF)
/
Ohio State
(FWAA)
- 1962
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USC
- 1963
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Texas
- 1964
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Alabama
(AP, Coaches)
/
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(FWAA)
/
Notre Dame
(NFF)
- 1965
:
Alabama
(AP, FWAA)
/
Michigan State
(Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
- 1966
:
Notre Dame
(AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
/
Michigan State
(NFF)
- 1967
:
USC
- 1968
:
Ohio State
- 1969
:
Texas
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