1973 USC Trojans football team

1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

USC Trojans football
1973 USC Trojans football
Pacific-8 champion
Rose Bowl, L 21–42 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
1973 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

The 1973 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
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
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 (Jeweled Shillelagh)	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

1973 USC Trojans football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB		Rob Adolph
OL		Bill Bain
WR, P		Dave Boulware
OL		Booker Brown
RB		Allen Carter
OL		Mike Cordell
RB		Anthony Davis
WR		Shelton Diggs
RB		Ken Gray
QB		Pat Haden
TE		Dean Lingenfelter
OL		Bob McCaffrey
WR		J.K. McKay
RB		Rod McNeill
RB		Manfred Moore
TE		Jim Obradovich
OL		Steve Riley
WR		Lynn Swann (C)
RB		Ray Washmera

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB		Charles Anthony
LB		Kevin Bruce
DB		Marvin Cobb
DL		Monte Doris
DL		Gary Jeter
LB		Dale Mitchell
DB		Artimus Parker (C)
DB		Charles Phillips
DL		Ed Powell
DB		Danny Reece
DL		Art Riley
		Ted Roberson
DL		James Sims
LB		Richard Wood

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		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

Season summary

Oregon

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vs. UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	3	7	0	3	13
• USC	7	10	3	3	23

Date: November 24
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Game attendance: 88,037

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

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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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References

2009 USC football media guide
Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Oct 21.
Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Nov 25. Retrieved 2018-Dec-10.

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[MG-1] 2009 USC football media guide

[2] Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Oct 21.

[3] Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Nov 25. Retrieved 2018-Dec-10.

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