1984 USC Trojans football team

1984 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1984 USC Trojans football
1984 USC Trojans football
Pac-10 champion; Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 20–17 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
1984 record	9–3 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ted Tollner (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Norv Turner (1st season)
Captain	Neil Hope; Ken Ruettgers
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,516, grass)
	Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

The 1984 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Ted Tollner, the Trojans compiled a 9–3 record (7–1 against conference opponents), won the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) championship, and outscored their opponents 220 to 173.^[1]

Quarterback Tim Green, in replacement of the injured Sean Salisbury, led the team in passing, completing 116 of 224 passes for 1,448 yards with five touchdowns and eight interceptions. Fred Crutcher led the team in rushing with 307 carries for 1,155 yards and ten touchdowns. Hank Norman led the team in receiving yards with 39 catches for 643 yards and two touchdowns.^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Utah State*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 42–7	45,067
September 22	7:00 p.m.	at Arizona State	No. 17	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	Metro	W 6–3	70,219
September 29	12:30 p.m.	LSU*	No. 15	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		L 3–23	60,128
October 6	12:00 p.m.	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	Metro	W 29–27	33,000
October 13	1:00 p.m.	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	Metro	W 19–9	29,581
October 20	12:30 p.m.	Arizona		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 17–14	65,411
October 27	12:30 p.m.	California	No. 20	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	Metro	W 31–7	52,692
November 3	12:30 p.m.	at Stanford	No. 18	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	CBS	W 20–11	74,432
November 10	12:30 p.m.	No. 1 Washington	No. 12	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	CBS	W 16–7	71,838
November 17	1:30 p.m.	at UCLA	No. 7	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	CBS	L 10–29	90,096
November 24	12:30 p.m.	Notre Dame*	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	CBS	L 7–19	66,342
January 1, 1985	2:00 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Ohio State*	No. 18	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	W 20–17	102,594
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster[]

1984 USC Trojans football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`11`	Tim Green	Sr
OL		John Guerrero	Fr
OT	`77`	Ken Ruettgers	Sr
QB	`7`	Sean Salisbury	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`80`	Duane Bickett	Sr
LB	`52`	Jack Del Rio	Sr
S	`6`	Tim McDonald	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`5`	Steve Jordan	Sr
P		Troy Richardson

Head coach

Ted Tollner

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	NR	NR	20	17	15	NR	NR	NR	20	18	14	7	14	20	18	10
Coaches	NR	NR	18	16	14	NR	NR	NR	19	16	12	7	13 т	17	14	9

Game summaries[]

LSU[]

Washington[]

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vs. Ohio State (Rose Bowl)[]

Rose Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 6 Buckeyes	3	3	3	8	17
• No. 18 Trojans	10	7	3	0	20

Date: January 1
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Game start: 2:00 p.m.
Elapsed time: 3:10
Game attendance: 102,594
Game weather: Sunny; 75°F; wind 10 S
Referee: James Sprenger
TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen

References[]

^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ "1984 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
^ "USC Upsets Washington". The Washington Post. November 11, 1984. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
^ "Hats Off To The Trojans". Sports Illustrated. November 19, 1984. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

[1] "Southern California Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

[2] "1984 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

[3] "USC Upsets Washington". The Washington Post. November 11, 1984. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

[4] "Hats Off To The Trojans". Sports Illustrated. November 19, 1984. Retrieved November 3, 2019.

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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
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National championship seasons in bold

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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

1984 USC Trojans football

Pac-10 champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 20–17 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
1984 record	9–3 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ted Tollner (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Norv Turner (1st season)
Captain	Neil Hope Ken Ruettgers
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,516, grass)
Seasons ← 1983 1985 →

1984 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 USC $	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 2 Washington	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 9 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arizona State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
California	1	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll