American college football season
1975 USC Trojans football Conference Pacific-8 Conference Coaches No. 19 AP No. 17 1975 record 8–4 (3–4 Pac-8) Head coach Captains
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 94,500, grass)Seasons
1975 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 5 UCLA ^ +
6
–
1
–
0
9
–
2
–
1
No. 14 California +
6
–
1
–
0
8
–
3
–
0
Stanford
5
–
2
–
0
6
–
4
–
1
Washington
5
–
2
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
No. 17 USC
3
–
4
–
0
8
–
4
–
0
Oregon
2
–
5
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
Oregon State
1
–
6
–
0
1
–
10
–
0
Washington State
0
–
7
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from AP Poll
The 1975 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season . In their 15th year under head coach John McKay , the Trojans compiled an 8–4 record (3–4 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 247 to 140.[1] The team was ranked #17 in the final AP Poll and #19 in the final UPI Coaches Poll.
Quarterback Vince Evans led the team in passing, completing 35 of 112 passes for 695 yards with three touchdowns and nine interceptions. Ricky Bell led the team in rushing with 385 carries for 1,957 yards and 13 touchdowns. Randy Simmrin led the team in receiving with 26 catches for 478 yards and one touchdown.[2]
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 12 Duke * No. 4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA W 35–756,727
September 19 Oregon State No. 4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA W 24–750,165
September 27 Purdue * No. 3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA W 19–656,170
October 4 at Iowa * No. 3 W 27–1654,600
October 11 Washington State No. 3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA W 28–1047,468
October 18 Oregon No. 3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA W 17–350,542
October 25 at No. 14 Notre Dame * No. 3 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh )ABC W 24–1759,075
November 1 at California No. 4 California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA ABC L 14–2858,871
November 8 Stanford No. 9 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry ) L 10–1368,249
November 15 at Washington No. 13 L 7–853,700
November 28 No. 14 UCLA ABC L 22–2580,927
December 22 vs. No. 2 Texas A&M * ABC W 20–052,129
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster [ ]
1975 USC Trojans football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Game summaries [ ]
Duke [ ]
Ricky Bell 34 rushes, 256 yards [3]
Oregon State [ ]
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Purdue [ ]
at Iowa [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• USC
0
7 17 3
27
Iowa
10
0 0 6
16
Scoring summary Q1 IOWA Quartaro 26 yard field goal IOWA 3–0
Q1 IOWA Holmes 1 yard run (Quartaro kick) IOWA 10–0
Q2 1:26 USC Hertel 3 yard run (Walker kick) IOWA 10–7
Q3 10:03 USC Simmrin 10 yard pass from Hertel (Walker kick) USC 14–10
Q3 USC Hertel 6 yard run (Walker kick) USC 21–10
Q3 USC Walker 47 yard field goal USC 24–10
Q4 11:26 USC Walker 25 yard field goal USC 27–10
Q4 0:20 IOWA Wellington from McLaughlin (pass failed) USC 27–16
[4]
Washington State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Washington St
3
0 0 7
10
• USC
0
14 7 7
28
Date: October 11Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum , Los Angeles Game attendance: 47,468
Scoring summary 1 Washington St Diedrick 24-yard field goal Washington St 3-0
2 USC Hertel 2-yard run (Walker kick) USC 7-3
2 USC Reece 64-yard punt return (Walker kick) USC 14-3
3 USC Tatupu 28-yard run (Walker kick) USC 21-3
4 4:42 USC Bell 3-yard run (Walker kick) USC 28-3
4 Washington St Williams 5-yard run (Diedrick kick) USC 28-10
Ricky Bell 38 Rush, 217 Yds
[5]
at Notre Dame [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• USC
0
7 7 10
24
Notre Dame
6
8 0 3
17
Date: October 25Location: Notre Dame Stadium , Notre Dame, Indiana Game attendance: 59,075
Scoring summary Q1 ND Hunter 52 yard run (kick failed) ND 6–0
Q2 USC Diggs 21 yard pass from Evans (Walker kick) USC 7–6
Q2 ND Lopienski 13 yard blocked punt return (Haines pass from Hunter) ND 14–7
Q3 USC Bell 2 yard run (Walker kick)Tie 14–14
Q4 ND Reeve 27 yard field goal ND 17–14
Q4 7:28 USC Evans 2 yard run (Walker kick) USC 21–17
Q4 USC Walker 35 yard field goal USC 24–17
[6]
1975 team players in the NFL [ ]
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
[7]
References [ ]
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