1989 USC Trojans football team

1989 USC Trojans football
Pacific-10 Champions Rose Bowl Champions
Rose Bowl, W 17–10 vs. Michigan
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#9
AP	#8
1989 record	9–2–1 (6–0–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Larry Smith
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,516, grass)

1989 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 USC $	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
#23 Washington	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Oregon	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#25 Arizona	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Arizona State	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	7	–	1
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
UCLA	2	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
California	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1989 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was intended to start historic fashion, with USC set to play Illinois in Moscow in what was dubbed the Glasnost Bowl. However, the plan to play the game at Dynamo Stadium fell through, and the game was rescheduled at Memorial Coliseum. The Trojans lost the game as the Illini scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

USC won their third consecutive conference championship and gained their 600th program win in a victory against Oregon State. They played third-ranked Michigan in the Rose Bowl and won giving Larry Smith his only bowl victory as head coach.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	5:00 PM	#22 Illinois*	#5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	L 13–14	54,622
September 16	7:00 PM	Utah State*	#13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 66–10	50,249
September 23	12:30 PM	#20 Ohio State*	#12	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 42–3	69,876
September 30	12:30 PM	at #19 Washington State	#11	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	ABC	W 18–17	38,434
October 7	12:30 PM	Washington	#9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 24–16	58,410
October 14	3:30 PM	at California	#10	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	Prime	W 31–15	52,000
October 21	12:30 PM	at #1 Notre Dame*	#9	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Notre Dame–USC rivalry)	CBS	L 24–28	59,075
October 28	3:30 PM	Stanford	#10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	Prime	W 19–0	67,411
November 4	3:30 PM	Oregon State	#9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	Prime	W 48–6	65,430
November 11	12:30 PM	at #25 Arizona	#9	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	ABC	W 24–3	52,606
November 18	12:30 PM	UCLA	#8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ABC	T 10–10	86,672
January 1	2:00 PM	vs. #3 Michigan*	#12	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	W 17–10	103,450
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio St	3	0	0	0	3
• USC	0	21	14	7	42

Date: September 23
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 69,876

Scoring summary

Q1	OHST	O'Morrow 45 yard field goal	OHST 3–0

Q2	USC	Galbrath 3 yard pass from Foley (Rodriguez kick)	USC 7–3

Q2	USC	Jackson 87 yard pass from Marinovich (Rodriguez kick)	USC 14–3

Q2	USC	Galbrath 11 yard pass from Marinovich (Rodriguez kick)	USC 21–3

Q3	USC	Wellman 19 yard pass from Marinovich (Rodriguez kick)	USC 28–3

Q3	USC	Wellman 17 yard pass from Marinovich (Rodriguez kick)	USC 35–3

Q4	USC	Royster 1 yard run (Rodriguez kick)	USC 42–3

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Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• USC	0	10	0	8	18
Washington St	7	3	7	0	17

Date: September 30
Location: Martin Stadium, Pullman, WA
Game weather: Overcast

Source:

Scoring summary

1		WSU	Stallworth 77-yard pass from Garcia (Hanson kick)	WSU 7-0

2		USC	Rodriguez 33-yard field goal	WSU 7-3

2		WSU	Hanson 23-yard field goal	WSU 10-3

2		USC	Jackson 8-yard pass from Ervins (Rodriguez kick)	Tied 10-10

3		WSU	Broussard 49-yard pass from Garcia (Hanson kick)	WSU 17-10

4	0:04	USC	Ervins 2-yard pass from Marinovich (Marinovich to Wellman pass)	USC 18-17

Notre Dame

Statistics

Receiving: John Jackson 14 receptions, 200 yards, TD ^[2]

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	0	0	0	0	0
• USC	0	10	3	6	19

Date: October 28
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 67,411
Television network: Prime

Scoring summary

Q2	USC	Rodriguez 28 yard field goal	USC 3–0

Q2	USC	Ervins 9 yard run (Rodriguez kick)	USC 10–0

Q3	USC	Rodriguez 25 yard field goal	USC 13–0

Q4	USC	Holt 5 yard run (pass failed)	USC 19–0

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Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1990 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
Junior Seau	Linebacker	1	5	San Diego Chargers
Mark Carrier	Safety	1	6	Chicago Bears
Dan Owens	Defensive End	2	35	Detroit Lions
Tim Ryan	Defensive End	3	61	Chicago Bears
William Schultz	Guard	4	94	Indianapolis Colts
Leroy Holt	Running Back	5	137	Miami Dolphins
Scott Galbraith	Tight End	7	178	Cleveland Browns
Aaron Emanuel	Running Back	7	191	New York Giants
Brad Leggett	Center	8	219	Denver Broncos
Ernest Spears	Defensive Back	10	216	New Orleans Saints

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References

↑ Gainesville Sun. 1989 Sept 24.
↑ 2012 USC football media supplement.
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1989 Oct 29.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1990.htm

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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