1964 USC Trojans football team

1964 USC Trojans football

AAWU Champions
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches	#10
AP	#10
1964 record	7–3 (3–1 AAWU)
Head coach	John McKay (5th year)
Captain	Craig Fertig
Captain	Bill Fisk
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 123,538, grass)

1964 AAWU football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 Oregon State * +	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
#10 USC +	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Washington	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
UCLA	2	–	2	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	1	–	2	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Washington State	1	–	2	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
California	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions * – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1964 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 7–3 record (3–1 against conference opponents), finished in a tie with Oregon State for the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU or Pac-8) championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 207 to 130.^[1] The Trojans ended their season with an upset victory over an undefeated Notre Dame that was ranked #2 in the AP Poll.

Quarterback Craig Fertig was one of the team's two captains and led the team in passing, completing 109 of 209 passes for 1,671 yards with 11 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Mike Garrett led the team in rushing with 217 carries for 948 yards and nine touchdowns. Rod Sherman led the team in receiving yardage with 24 catches for 446 yards and five touchdowns.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	Colorado*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 21–0	39,173
September 26	at #2 Oklahoma*		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 40–14	61,700
October 3	at Michigan State*	#2	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 7–17	70,102
October 10	Texas A&M*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 31–7	42,295
October 17	at #2 Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 0–17	84,315
October 24	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 26–21	48,105
October 31	Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 13–14	50,577
November 7	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 15–10	55,000
November 21	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 34–13	62,108
November 28	#1 Notre Dame*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	W 20–17	83,840
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	3	14	0	0	17
• USC	0	0	7	13	20

Date: November 27
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 83,840

Scoring summary

1		ND	Ivan 25-yard field goal	Notre Dame 3-0

2		ND	Snow 21-yard pass from Huarte (Ivan kick)	Notre Dame 10-0

2		ND	Wolski 5-yard run (Ivan kick)	Notre Dame 17-0

3		USC	Garrett 1-yard run (Brownell kick)	Notre Dame 17-7

4	4:45	USC	Hill 23-yard pass from Fertig (kick failed)	Notre Dame 17-13

4	1:35	USC	Sherman 15-yard pass from Fertig (Brownell kick)	USC 20-17

^[3]

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1960-1964)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1964 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "USC Shocks Notre Dame". The Register-Guard (Eugene). November 28, 1964. Retrieved November 22, 2014.

USC Trojans football

Venues	Bovard Field (?–1922) 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) 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)

National championships in bold

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