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Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 14
1981 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Washington $ 6 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
No. 16 Arizona State 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 14 USC 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Washington State 5 – 2 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
UCLA 5 – 2 – 1 7 – 4 – 1
Arizona 4 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Stanford 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
California 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Oregon 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Oregon State 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach John Robinson, the Trojans compiled a 9–3 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for second place in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 284 to 170.[1]

Quarterback John Mazur led the team in passing, completing 93 of 194 passes for 1,128 yards with seven touchdowns and five interceptions. Marcus Allen led the team in rushing with 433 carries for 2,427 yards and 22 touchdowns. Jeff Simmons led the team in receiving yards with 28 catches for 543 yards and one touchdown.[2] Allen became the first player in NCAA history to rush for over 2,000 yards in one season. He also gained a total of 2,683 offensive yards, led the nation in scoring, and won the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Award and was also the Pac-10 player of the year.

Schedule

September 12Tennessee*No. 5

W 43–7 62,147 September 19at Indiana*No. 2

ONTVW 21–0 51,167 September 26No. 2 Oklahoma*No. 1

  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

ABCW 28–24 85,651 October 3at Oregon StateNo. 1

W 56–22 33,000 October 10ArizonaNo. 1

  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

L 10–13 56,315 October 17StanforddaggerNo. 7

  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

W 25–17 76,291 October 24at Notre Dame*No. 5

W 14–7 59,075 October 31No. 14 Washington StateNo. 4

  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

W 41–17 60,972 November 7at CaliforniaNo. 3

W 21–3 74,000 November 14at WashingtonNo. 3

L 3–13 47,347 November 21No. 15 UCLANo. 10

ABCW 22–21 89,432 January 1vs. No. 7 Penn State*No. 8

NBCL 10–26 71,053

Template:CFB Schedule End

Game notes

Tennessee

1 234Total
Tennessee 0 070 7
• USC 6 20107 43
Scoring summary
Q1USCAllen 9 yard run (kick failed)USC 6–0
Q2USCWhite 50 yard pass from Mazur (run failed)USC 12–0
Q2USCAllen 12 yard run (Livingston kick)USC 19–0
Q2USCAllen 4 yard run (Livingston kick)USC 26–0
Q3USCAllen 55 yard run (Livingston kick)USC 33–0
Q3USCLivingston 47 yard field goalUSC 36–0
Q3TENMorris 1 yard pass from Cockrell (Reveiz kick)USC 36–7
Q4USCBoyer 3 yard pass from Salisbury (Jordan kick)USC 43–7

Marcus Allen 22 Rush, 210 Yds (sat out most of second half)[3]

UCLA

UCLA vs. USC
1 234Total
UCLA 7 1130 21
• USC 3 9010 22
  • Source: Eugene Register-Guard
Scoring summary
1USCJordan 38-yard field goalUSC 3-0
1UCLANelson 11-yard run (Johnson kick)UCLA 7-3
2USCJordan 44-yard field goalUCLA 7-6
2USCAllen 7-yard run (pass failed)USC 12-7
2UCLACoffman 23-yard pass from Ramsey (Ramsey to Coffman pass)UCLA 15-12
2UCLAJohnson 32-yard field goalUCLA 18-12
3UCLAJohnson 28-yard field goalUCLA 21-12
4USCJordan 22-yard field goalUCLA 21-15
42:14USCAllen 5-yard run (Jordan kick)USC 22-21

1981 Team Players in the NFL

Awards pand honors

References

  1. ^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "1981 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  3. ^ "USC Mauls Vols". The Register-Guard. Eugene. September 13, 1981.
  4. ^ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
  5. ^ http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm
  6. ^ http://football.about.com/cs/marcusallen/a/bl_marcusallen.htm
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