1973 USC Trojans football team

1973 USC Trojans football
Pacific-8 Champions
Rose Bowl, L 42–21, vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#7
AP	#8
1973 record	9–2–1 (7–0 Pac-8)
Head coach	John McKay
Captain	Lynn Swann
Captain	Artimus Parker
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1973 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 USC $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
#12 UCLA	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Stanford	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
California	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Washington	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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*	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 17–0	73,231
September 22	at Georgia Tech*	#1	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA		W 23–6	58,228
September 29	#8 Oklahoma*	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		T 7–7	83,986
October 6	at Oregon State	#4	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR		W 21–7	21,732
October 13	Washington State	#4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 46–35	50,975
October 20	Oregon	#6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 31–10	53,155
October 27	at #8 Notre Dame*	#6	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	ABC	L 23–14	59,075
November 3	at California	#9	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 50–14	48,000
November 10	Stanford	#8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 27–26	63,806
November 17	at Washington	#9	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 42–19	55,500
November 24	#8 UCLA	#9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 23–13	88,037
January 1	vs. #2 Ohio State*	#7	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	L 42–21	105,267
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

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Roster

Booker Brown, ol
Marvin Cobb, db
Anthony Davis, tb
Pat Haden, qb
Gary Jeter, dl
Jim Obradovich, te
J.K. McKay, wr
Artimus Parker, db
Lynn Swann, wr
Richard Wood, lb

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Staff

Head Coach: John McKay

Assistants: Willie Brown, Craig Fertig, Wayne Fontes, Ray George, Marv Goux, Skip Husbands, Dave Levy, John Robinson

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Season summary

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oregon	0	7	0	3	10
• USC	14	3	7	7	31

Date: October 20
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California
Game attendance: 53,155

Scoring summary

1	3:25	USC	McKay 35 yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)	USC 7-0

1	3:07	USC	D. Reece 30 yard interception return (Limahelu kick)	USC 14-0

2	:39	USC	Limahelu 39 yard field goal	USC 17-0

2	:02	ORE	Singleton 3 yard run (Palm kick)	USC 17-7

3	9:58	USC	Haden 1 yard run (Limahelu kick)	USC 24-7

4	14:03	ORE	Palm 21 yard field goal	USC 24-10

4	7:04	USC	Swann 55 yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)	USC 31-10

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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

1 2 3 2009 USC football media guide
↑ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Oct 21.

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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