1974 USC Trojans football team

1974 USC Trojans football

UPI national champion Pac-8 champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 18–17 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 2
1974 record	10–1–1 (6–0–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	John McKay (15th year)
Captain	Pat Haden
Captain	Richard Wood
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 94,500, grass)

1974 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 USC $	6	–	0	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
Stanford	5	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	2
California	4	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
UCLA	4	–	2	–	1	6	–	3	–	2
Washington	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Washington State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in 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 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 363 to 142.^[1] The team was ranked #1 in the final UPI Coaches Poll and #2 in the final AP Poll.

Quarterback Mike Rae led the team in passing, completing 114 of 199 passes for 1,754 yards with five touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Anthony Davis led the team in rushing with 207 carries for 1,191 yards and 17 touchdowns. Lynn Swann led the team in receiving with 27 catches for 543 yards and three touchdowns.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 14	vs. No. 20 Arkansas*	No. 5	War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR	L 7–22	54,622
September 28	at No. 8 Pittsburgh*	No. 18	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	W 16–7	52,934
October 5	Iowa*	No. 9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 41–3	52,095
October 12	vs. Washington State	No. 7	Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA	W 54–7	32,000
October 19	at Oregon	No. 6	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 16–7	32,500
October 26	Oregon State	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	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	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 (Battle for the 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	vs. No. 3 Ohio State*	No. 5	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 18–17	106,721
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	0	3	0	8	11
• USC	7	14	14	7	42

Date: November 16
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 51,157

Scoring summary

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

^[3]

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1974 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. November 17, 1974

1974 USC Trojans football—UPI national champions

Bill Bain Ricky Bell Mike Burns Allen Carter Marvin Cobb Anthony Davis Pat Haden Gary Jeter Chris Limahelu Clay Matthews Bob McCaffrey John McKay Jr. Charlie Phillips Marvin Powell Danny Reece Mosi Tatupu Dennis Thurman Richard Wood Head coach: John McKay Assistant coaches: Wayne Fontes Raymond George John Robinson Bruce Snyder

USC Trojans football

Venues	Athletic Park (1895–98) Fiesta Park (1897–98, 1904–06, 1916) Chutes Park (1900) Prager Park (1903) Bovard Field (1904–10, 1914–15, 1917–22) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Howard Jones Field (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame (Jeweled Shillelagh) UCLA (Victory Bell) Stanford

Culture & lore	Traveler George Tirebiter Giles Pellerin "Fight On" Spirit of Troy Student Body Right Tommy Trojan Athletics scandal 1967 "Game of the Century" "Bush Push" 2007 Stanford game

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) 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)

National championships in bold

College football national champions (poll era)

1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (BS, HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, BS, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (BS, HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, BS, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, BS, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP, BS) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP, BS) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, BS, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (BS, HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan (AP [post-bowl], BS, HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame

1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland / Georgia Tech (BS) / Illinois (BS) 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches, BS) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, BS, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, BS, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches, BS, FN) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse

1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Iowa BS) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (FN, NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas

1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FN, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP, FN) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches, FN) 1979: Alabama

1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FN, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

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