1967 USC Trojans football team

1967 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1967 USC Trojans football
1967 USC Trojans football
Consensus national champion; AAWU champion; Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 14–3 vs. Indiana
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1967 record	10–1 (6–1 AAWU)
Head coach	John McKay (8th season);
Captains	Tim Rossovich; Adrian Young;
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 94,500, grass)
	Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 10–1 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU or Pac-8) championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 258 to 87.^[1] The team was ranked #1 in the final AP and Coaches Polls.

Steve Sogge led the team in passing, completing 75 of 151 passes for 1,032 yards with seven touchdowns and seven interceptions. O. J. Simpson led the team in rushing with 291 carries for 1,543 yards and 13 touchdowns. Earl McCullouch led the team in receiving with 30 catches for 540 yards and five touchdowns.^[2] Simpson won the Walter Camp Award.

Robert Kardashian is said to have met OJ Simpson while serving as a water boy for the team.^[3] The relationship would later culminate in Kardashian being a part of the Dream Team in the O. J. Simpson murder case.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 15	Washington State	No. 7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 49–0	44,364
September 23	No. 5 Texas*	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 17–13	67,705
September 30	at Michigan State*	No. 2	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 21–17	75,287
October 7	Stanford	No. 1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 30–0	62,598
October 14	at No. 5 Notre Dame*	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 24–7	59,075
October 21	at Washington	No. 1	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 23–6	58,754
October 28	Oregon	No. 1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 28–6	48,807
November 4	at California	No. 1	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 31–12	43,028
November 11	at Oregon State	No. 1	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	L 0–3	41,494
November 18	No. 1 UCLA	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 21–20	90,772
January 1, 1968	vs. No. 4 Indiana*	No. 1	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 14–3	102,946
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel[]

1967 USC Trojans football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR, K	`27`	Rikki Aldridge
C	`66`	Dick Allmon
WR	`83`	Ron Drake
WR	`84`	Bob Klein
OG	`68`	Steve Lehmer
HB	`22`	Earl McCullouch
QB	`15`	Toby Page
OG	`76`	Mike Scarpace
FB	`38`	Dan Scott
HB	`32`	O. J. Simpson	Jr
QB	`12`	Steve Sogge	Sr
OT	`74`	Mike Taylor
OT	`77`	Ron Yary	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name
DB	`30`	Pat Cashman
DL	`56`	Jim Gunn
DL	`85`	Bill Hayhoe
DT	`75`	Gary Magner
DL, K	`88`	Tim Rossovich
LB	`50`	Adrian Young

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

John McKay

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Source:^[4]

Game summaries[]

Washington[]

OJ Simpson 30 rushes, 235 yards ^[5]

UCLA[]

#1 UCLA Bruins (7–0–1) vs. ##4 USC Trojans (8–1)

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	0	7	6	20
USC	7	7	0	7	21

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Date: November 18, 1967
Game weather: Sunny
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel and Bud Wilkinson
Recap

Game information

First quarter

UCLA – Greg Jones 12-yard run (Zenon Andrusyshyn kick). UCLA 7–0. Drive:
USC – Pat Cashman 55-yard interception return (Rikki Aldridge kick). Tie 7–7.

Second quarter

USC – O. J. Simpson 13-yard run (Rikki Aldridge kick). USC 14–7. Drive:

Third quarter

UCLA – George Farmer 53-yard pass from Gary Beban (Zenon Andrusyshyn kick). Tie 14–14. Drive:

Fourth quarter

UCLA – Dave Nuttall -yard pass from Gary Beban (kick blocked). UCLA 20—14. Drive:
USC – O. J. Simpson 64-yard run (Rikki Aldridge kick). USC 21—20. Drive:

The University of California at Los Angeles, 7-0-1 and ranked Number 1, with senior quarterback Gary Beban as a Heisman Trophy candidate, played the University of Southern California, 8-1 and ranked Number 4, with junior running back O. J. Simpson as a Heisman candidate. This game is widely regarded as the signature game in the UCLA–USC rivalry and the Trojans won the game by a score of 21-20.

1967 Trojans in the NFL[]

O. J. Simpson
Ron Yary

Awards and honors[]

O. J. Simpson (Junior), Running back, Walter Camp Award
Ron Yary (Senior), Tackle, Outland Trophy

References[]

^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ "1967 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
^ "A History of O.J. Simpson's Relationship with the Kardashian Family".
^ "Today's bowl rosters: Rose". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1968. p. 54.
^ 2020 USC Media Guide Supplement

[1] "Southern California Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

[2] "1967 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

[3] "A History of O.J. Simpson's Relationship with the Kardashian Family".

[tbrpp-4] "Today's bowl rosters: Rose". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 1, 1968. p. 54.

[5] 2020 USC Media Guide Supplement

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v t USC Trojans football
Venues	Athletic Park (1895–98) Fiesta Park (1897–98, 1902, 1904–06, 1916) Chutes Park (1900) Prager Park (1903) Bovard Field (1904–10, 1914–15, 1917–22) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Jones Field/Kennedy Field (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame Stanford UCLA Victory Bell Crosstown Cup
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 So This Is College
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 1911–1913 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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

v t College football national champions (poll era)
1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP) 1937: Pittsburgh 1938: TCU 1939: Texas A&M 1940: Minnesota 1941: Minnesota 1942: Ohio State 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army 1945: Army (AP) / Oklahoma A&M (Coaches) 1946: Notre Dame 1947: Notre Dame 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame
1950s	1950: Oklahoma (AP, Coaches) 1951: Tennessee 1952: Michigan State 1953: Maryland 1954: Ohio State (AP) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, FWAA) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF)
1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas
1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches) 1979: Alabama
1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami (FL) 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami (FL) 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami (FL) 1990: Colorado (AP, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (FL) (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

v t 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) Idaho, 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) Washington (2016) USC (2017) Washington (2018) Oregon (2019) Oregon (2020) Utah (2021)
National championships in bold

1967 USC Trojans football

Consensus national champion AAWU champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 14–3 vs. Indiana
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1967 record	10–1 (6–1 AAWU)
Head coach	John McKay (8th season)
Captains	Tim Rossovich Adrian Young
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 94,500, grass)
Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

1967 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 USC $	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Oregon State	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
UCLA	4	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Washington	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
California	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Washington State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll