1980 USC Trojans football team

1980 USC Trojans football

Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#12
AP	#11
1980 record	8–2–1 (4–2–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	John Robinson (5th year)
Captain	Ronnie Lott
Captain	Keith Van Horne
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,604, grass)

1980 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#16 Washington $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#13 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#11 USC	4	–	2	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Arizona State	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Oregon	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	2
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arizona	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
California	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach John Robinson, the Trojans compiled an 8–2–1 record (4–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 265 to 134.^[1]

Quarterback Gordon Adams led the team in passing, completing 104 of 179 passes for 1,237 yards with seven touchdowns and seven interceptions. Marcus Allen led the team in rushing with 354 carries for 1,563 yards and 14 touchdowns. Hoby Brenner led the team in receiving with 26 catches for 315 yards and no touchdowns.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	at Tennessee*	#5	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ESPN	W 20–17	95,049
September 20	#20 South Carolina*	#4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 23–13	58,385
September 27	at Minnesota*	#5	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN		W 24–7	55,115
October 4	Arizona State	#4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 23–21	69,052
October 11	at Arizona	#2	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ONTV	W 27–10	54,789
October 18	at Oregon	#2	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	USA	T 7–7	43,733
November 1	California	#7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 60–7	55,658
November 8	at Stanford	#4	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	ABC	W 34–9	84,892
November 15	Washington	#2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		L 10–20	55,515
November 22	at #18 UCLA	#12	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ABC	L 17–20	83,491
December 6	#2 Notre Dame*	#17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	ABC	W 20–3	82,663
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Notre Dame	0	0	3	0	3
• USC	0	10	0	10	20

Date: December 6
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 82,663
Television network: ABC

Scoring summary

2	8:23	USC	Harper 6-yard run (Hipp kick)	USC 7-0

2		USC	Hipp 22-yard field goal	USC 10-0

3		ND	Oliver 30-yard field goal	USC 10-3

4		USC	Hipp 17-yard field goal	USC 13-3

4	1:09	USC	Harper 10-yard run (Hipp kick)	USC 20-3

^[3]^[4]

Team players drafted into the NFL

Ronnie Lott, 1st round, San Francisco 49ers
Keith Van Horne, 1st round, Chicago Bears
Dennis Smith, 1st round, Denver Broncos\
Ray Butler, 4th round, Baltimore Colts
Kevin Williams, 7th round, New Orleans Saints
Jeff Fisher, 7th round, Chicago Bears
Steve Busick, 7th round, Denver Broncos
James Hunter, 9th round, Pittsburgh Steelers
Eric Scoggins, 12th round, Baltimore Colts

Awards and honors

Former USC Trojans player Tay Brown, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1980 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "USC Makes Sure Notre Dame Won't Be No. 1". The Register-Guard (Eugene). December 7, 1980. p. 11. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
↑ "Trojans Knock Irish From Pedestal, 20-3". Ocala Star-Banner. December 7, 1980.

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

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