1971 USC Trojans football team

1971 USC Trojans football

Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 20
1971 record	6–4–1 (3–2–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	John McKay (12th year)
Captain	Willie Hall
Captain	John Vella
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 94,500, grass)

1971 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#20 USC	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
#19 Washington	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
UCLA	1	–	4	–	1	2	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1971 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 6–4–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 229 to 164.^[1] The team was ranked #20 in the final AP Poll.

Jim Jones led the team in passing, completing 89 of 161 passes for 995 yards with seven touchdowns and ten interceptions. Lou Harris led the team in rushing with 167 carries for 801 yards and four touchdowns. Edesel Garrison led the team in receiving with 25 catches for 475 yards and five touchdowns.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 10	No. 16 Alabama*	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 10–17	67,781
September 18	at Rice*	No. 17	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	W 24–0	22,000
September 25	Illinois*	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–0	49,390
October 2	at No. 8 Oklahoma*	No. 17	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	L 20–33	62,351
October 9	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 23–28	50,111
October 16	No. 15 Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 18–33	65,375
October 23	at No. 6 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Rivalry)	W 28–14	59,075
October 30	at California	No. 20	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 28–0	54,000
November 6	Washington State	No. 17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 30–20	57,432
November 13	at No. 19 Washington	No. 15	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 13–12	59,982
November 20	UCLA	No. 15	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	T 7–7	68,426
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Season summary

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
• USC	14	14	0	0	28
Notre Dame	7	0	7	0	14

Date: October 23
Location: Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN
Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary

1	USC	Garrison 31-yard pass from Jones (Rae kick)	USC 7-0

1	ND	Huff 1-yard run (Thomas kick)	Tie 7-7

1	USC	Garrison 24-yard pass from Rae (Rae kick)	USC 14-7

2	USC	Cunningham 1-yard run (Rae kick)	USC 21-7

2	USC	Dyer 53-yard interception return (Rae kick)	USC 28-7

3	ND	Cieszkowski 4-yard run (Thomas kick)	USC 28-14

^[3]

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1970-1974)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1971 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "Notre Dame Falls 28-14". The Palm Beach Post. October 24, 1971.

USC Trojans football

Venues	Athletic Park (1895–98) Fiesta Park (1897–98, 1904–06, 1916) Chutes Park (1900) Prager Park (1903) Bovard Field (1904–10, 1914–15, 1917–22) 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

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