The 1977 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. In their second year under head coach John Robinson, the Trojans compiled a 8–4 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for second place in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 357 to 212.[1] The team was ranked #12 in the final UPI Coaches Poll and #13 in the final AP Poll.
Quarterback Rob Hertel led the team in passing, completing 132 of 245 passes for 2,145 yards with 19 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. Charles White led the team in rushing with 285 carries for 1,478 yards and seven touchdowns. Randy Simmrin led the team in receiving with 41 catches for 840 yards and five touchdowns.[2]
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The 1977 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California USC in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season In their second year under head coach John Robinson the Trojans compiled a 8 4 record 5 2 against conference opponents finished in a tie for second place in the Pacific 8 Conference Pac 8 and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 357 to 212 1 The team was ranked 12 in the final UPI Coaches Poll and 13 in the final AP Poll 1977 USC Trojans footballAstro Bluebonnet Bowl W 47 28 vs Texas A amp MConferencePacific 8 ConferenceRankingCoachesNo 12APNo 13Record8 4 5 2 Pac 8 Head coachJohn Robinson 2nd season CaptainsRob Hertel Clay Matthews Jr Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum c 94 500 grass Seasons 19761978 1977 Pacific 8 Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L W L No 10 Washington 6 1 8 4 No 15 Stanford 5 2 9 3 No 13 USC 5 2 8 4 California 3 4 7 4 Washington State 3 4 6 5 Oregon 1 6 2 9 Oregon State 0 7 2 9 UCLA 0 2 0 4 Conference champion UCLA forfeited 7 wins 5 conference wins due to ineligible players Rankings from AP PollQuarterback Rob Hertel led the team in passing completing 132 of 245 passes for 2 145 yards with 19 touchdowns and 18 interceptions Charles White led the team in rushing with 285 carries for 1 478 yards and seven touchdowns Randy Simmrin led the team in receiving with 41 catches for 840 yards and five touchdowns 2 Contents 1 Schedule 2 Roster 3 Game summaries 3 1 UCLA 4 ReferencesSchedule EditDateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 10at Missouri No 4Faurot FieldColumbia MOW 27 1065 298September 17at Oregon StateNo 2Parker StadiumCorvallis ORW 17 1031 143September 24TCU No 2Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CAW 51 054 620September 30Washington StateNo 2Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CAW 41 761 809October 8No 7 Alabama No 1Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CAABCL 20 2163 140October 15Oregon No 6Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CAW 33 1551 120October 22at No 11 Notre Dame No 5Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame IN Jeweled Shillelagh ABCL 19 4959 075October 29at CaliforniaNo 10California Memorial StadiumBerkeley CAL 14 1776 780November 5StanfordNo 16Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CA rivalry W 49 065 101November 12at WashingtonNo 14Husky StadiumSeattle WAL 10 2859 501November 25No 17 UCLALos Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CA Victory Bell ABCW 29 2786 168December 31vs No 17 Texas A amp M No 20AstrodomeHouston TX Astro Bluebonnet Bowl MizlouW 47 2852 842 Non conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameRoster Edit1977 USC Trojans football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassOL Gary BethelOL Brad BuddeTE Dan BurnsRB 21 Lynn Cain JrRB Rod ConnorsRB Dwight FordTE 86 William Gay SrQB 6 Rob Hertel SrG 66 Pat Howell JrQB Paul McDonaldOL Anthony MunozOT 74 John Schuhmacher SrTE 89 Joe Shipp SrWR Randy SimmrinWR Howard StuddardWR 24 Calvin Sweeney JrFB 36 Mosi Tatupu SrOT 68 Keith Van Horne SoRB 12 Charles White SoWR 8 Kevin Williams So Defense Pos Name ClassDB 47 Larry Braziel JrLB 58 Mario Celotto SrLB 85 Garry Cobb JrDB Willie CrawfordDT 92 Rich Dimler JrCB 40 Jeff Fisher FrDL Ed GutierrezDB Carter HartwigLB 56 Dennis Johnson SoDT 96 Myron Lapka SoS 42 Ronnie Lott FrLB 60 Clay Matthews SrLB 58 Mike McDonald SrLB 57 Larry McGrew SoDB 33 Ricky Odom SrLB 81 Eric Scoggins FrDB 49 Dennis Smith FrDL Ty SperlingDB 7 Dennis Thurman SrDL Walt Underwood Special teams Pos Name ClassK Frank Jordan Head coachJohn RobinsonCoordinators assistant coachesLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible Injured RedshirtGame summaries EditUCLA Edit 1 234Total USC 0 1793 29UCLA 10 0710 27Date November 25Location Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los AngelesGame attendance 86 168Scoring summary1UCLACarrol 52 yard field goalUCLA 3 0 1UCLABrown 1 yard run Carrol kick UCLA 10 0 2USCJordan 25 yard field goalUCLA 10 3 2USCGay 20 yard pass from Hertel kick failed UCLA 10 9 2USCWilliams 40 yard pass from Hertel Gay pass from Hertel USC 16 10 39 57USCWilliams 27 yard pass from Hertel kick failed USC 23 10 3USCJordan 36 yard field goalUSC 26 10 3UCLAOwens 32 yard pass from Bashore Carrol kick USC 26 17 4UCLACarrol 20 yard field goalUSC 26 20 42 51UCLAPederson 2 yard pass from Bashore Carrol kick UCLA 27 26 4 02USCJordan 38 yard field goalUSC 29 27 3 References Edit Southern California Yearly Results 1975 1979 College Football Data Warehouse David DeLassus Archived from the original on July 22 2015 Retrieved July 20 2015 1977 Southern California Trojans Stats SR College Football Sports Reference LLC Retrieved July 21 2015 Eugene Register Guard November 26 1977 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1977 USC Trojans football team amp oldid 1116115643, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,