1973 USC Trojans football team

1973 USC Trojans football
Pacific-8 champion
Rose Bowl, L 42–21 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 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	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15		Arkansas*	No. 1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 17–0	73,231
September 22		at Georgia Tech*	No. 1	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA		W 23–6	58,228
September 29		No. 8 Oklahoma*	No. 1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		T 7–7	83,986
October 6		at Oregon State	No. 4	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR		W 21–7	21,732
October 13		Washington State	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 46–35	50,975
October 20		Oregon	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 31–10	53,155
October 27		at No. 8 Notre Dame*	No. 6	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	ABC	L 23–14	59,075
November 3		at California	No. 9	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 50–14	48,000
November 10		Stanford	No. 8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 27–26	63,806
November 17		at Washington	No. 9	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		W 42–19	55,500
November 24		No. 8 UCLA	No. 9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 23–13	88,037
January 1		vs. No. 2 Ohio State*	No. 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
• Manfred Moore, rb
• 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. 2009 USC football media guide
2. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
3. Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Oct 21.