1973 USC Trojans football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8

1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
No. 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

September 15Arkansas*No. 1

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

W 17–0 73,231 September 22at Georgia Tech*No. 1

• Grant Field
• Atlanta, GA

W 23–6 58,228 September 29No. 8 Oklahoma*No. 1

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

T 7–7 83,986 October 6at Oregon StateNo. 4

• Parker Stadium
• Corvallis, OR

W 21–7 21,732 October 13Washington StateNo. 4

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

W 46–35 50,975 October 20OregonNo. 6

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

W 31–10 53,155 October 27at No. 8 Notre Dame*No. 6

• Notre Dame Stadium
• Notre Dame, IN

ABCL 23–14 59,075 November 3at CaliforniaNo. 9

• California Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

W 50–14 48,000 November 10StanfordNo. 8

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

W 27–26 63,806 November 17at WashingtonNo. 9

• Husky Stadium
• Seattle, WA

W 42–19 55,500 November 24No. 8 UCLANo. 9

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

ABCW 23–13 88,037 January 1vs. No. 2 Ohio State*No. 7

• Rose Bowl
• Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)

NBCL 42–21 105,267

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

Staff

Head Coach: John McKay

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

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

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