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USC Trojans football - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The USC Trojans football program, established in 1. University of Southern California in college football.
USC is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I FBS and the Pac- 1. Conference (Pac- 1. The Trojans are a football powerhouse, and have been throughout NCAA history, claiming 1.
As of 2. 01. 5, 4. Trojans have been taken in the National Football League draft, more than from any other university.[2] USC is tied for first with the most Pro Football Hall of Famers (1. The team is currently coached by Clay Helton. History[edit]. The first USC football squad (1.
Before they were nicknamed the "Trojans", they were known as the USC Methodists. USC first fielded a football team in 1.
Playing its first game on November 1. Alliance Athletic Club, USC gained a 1. Frank Suffel and Henry H. Goddard were playing coaches for the first team which was put together by quarterback Arthur Carroll; who in turn volunteered to make the pants for the team and later became a tailor.[4] USC faced its first collegiate opponent the following year in fall 1.
St. Vincent’s College to a 4. In 1. 89. 3, USC joined the Intercollegiate Football Association of Southern California (the forerunner of the SCIAC), which was composed of USC, Occidental College, Throop Polytechnic Institute (Cal Tech), and Chaffey College. Pomona College was invited to enter, but declined to do so. An invitation was also extended to Los Angeles High School.[5]Before they were named Trojans in 1.
USC athletic teams were called the Methodists, as well as the Wesleyans. During the early years, limitations in travel and the scarcity of major football- playing colleges on the West Coast limited its rivalries to local Southern Californian colleges and universities. During this period USC played regular series against Occidental, Caltech, Whittier, Pomona and Loyola. The first USC team to play outside of Southern California went to Stanford University on November 4, 1. West Coast powerhouse.
While the teams would not meet again until 1. Stanford dropped football for rugby union during the intervening years), this was also USC's first game against a future Pac- 1.
The final game of the season for the Phillies featured an unlikely delay when a dead hawk fell from the sky and into foul territory. The USC Trojans football program, established in 1888, represents the University of Southern California in college football. USC is a member of the National. The University of Southern California Official Athletic Site, partner of CBSSports.com College Network. The most comprehensive coverage of University of Southern.
During this period USC also played its first games against other future Pac- 1. Oregon State (1. 91. California (1. 91. Oregon (1. 91. 5) and Arizona (1. Between 1. 91. 1–1. USC followed the example of California and Stanford and dropped football in favor of rugby union. The results were disastrous, as USC was soundly defeated by more experienced programs while the school itself experienced financial reverses; it was during this period that Owen R.
Bird, a sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times, coined the nickname "Trojans", which he wrote was "owing to the terrific handicaps under which the athletes, coaches and managers of the university were laboring and against the overwhelming odds of larger and better equipped rivals, the name 'Trojan' suitably fitted the players."[4]1. After several decades of competition, USC first achieved national prominence under head coach "Gloomy" Gus Henderson in the early 1. Another milestone came under Henderson in 1. USC joined the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the forerunner of the modern Pac- 1. Success continued under coach Howard Jones from 1. Trojans were just one of a few nationally dominant teams. It was during this era that the team achieved renown as the "Thundering Herd", earning its first four national titles.
USC achieved intermittent success in the years following Jones' tenure. Jeff Cravath, who coached from 1. Rose Bowl in 1. 94. Jess Hill, who coached from 1. Rose Bowl in 1. 95. From 1. 95. 7 to 1. Trojans were coached by Don Clark.
The Pacific Coast Conference dissolved in 1. USC joined the conference's other three California schools and Washington to form a new conference, the Athletic Association of Western Universities, under a new charter.
After absorbing all of the PCC's final members except for Idaho, the AAWU changed its name to the Pacific- 8 Conference in 1. Pacific- 1. 0 after the 1. Arizona and Arizona State, and the Pac- 1. Colorado and Utah. The Pac- 1. 2 officially claims the PCC's history as its own, despite the change in charter.)1. Mike Garrett's retired jersey. The program entered a new golden age upon the arrival of head coach John Mc.
Kay (1. 96. 0–1. During this period the Trojans produced two Heisman Trophy winners (Mike Garrett and O. J. Simpson) and won four national championships (1.
Mc. Kay's influence continued even after he departed for the NFL when an assistant coach, John Robinson (1. Under Robinson, USC won another national championship in 1. Alabama; ironically, USC defeated Alabama, 2. Heisman Trophy (Charles White and Marcus Allen). On September 1. 2, 1. USC opened the season visiting the University of Alabama under legendary coach Paul "Bear" Bryant and became the first fully integrated team to play in the state of Alabama.[6] The game, scheduled by Bryant, resulted in a dominating 4.
Trojans. More importantly, all six touchdowns scored by USC team were by black players, two by USC running back Sam "Bam" Cunningham, against an all- white Crimson Tide team.[7] After the game, Bryant was able to persuade the university to allow black players to play, hastening the racial integration of football at Alabama and in the Deep South.[6][8]1. Marcus Allen's retired jersey. In the 1. 98. 0s, USC football did not realize a national championship, though it continued to experience relative success, with top- 2. AP rankings and Pac- 1. Conference championships under head coaches Ted Tollner (1. Larry Smith (1. 98. Each coach led the team to a win in the Rose Bowl and USC was recognized among the nation's top- ten teams three times.
Despite the moderate success of team during these years, some alumni had grown accustomed to the program's stature as a perennial national championship contender. In 1. 99. 3, Robinson was named head coach a second time, leading the Trojans to a victory in the 1.
Rose Bowl over Northwestern. It was during this time that the Trojans were unable to defeat their rivals. They suffered winless streaks of 1. Notre Dame and 8 years (1. UCLA which were unacceptable to many USC supporters. Under Robinson the Trojans were 2- 2- 1 against Notre Dame, but unable to beat UCLA. After posting a 6- 6 record in 1.
Robinson was fired. In 1. 99. 8, head coach Paul Hackett took over the team, but posted an even more disappointing 1. By 2. 00. 0, some observers surmised that USC football's days of national dominance were fading; the football team's record of 3.
USC had been out of the final top 2. In 2. 00. 9, USC was named "Team of the Decade" by both CBSSports. Football. com, as well as the "Program of the Decade" by SI. No. 1 in College. Football. News. com's "5- Year Program Rankings" and was ranked No. ESPN. com's "Prestige Rankings" among all schools since 1.
Oklahoma).[9] Additionally, in 2. ESPN. com ranked USC the second- best program in college football history. In 2. 00. 1, athletic director Mike Garrett released Hackett and hired Pete Carroll, a former NFL head coach. Carroll went 6–6 in his first year, losing to Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl, 1.
After that, his teams became highly successful, ranking among the top ten teams in the country, with the exception of 2. USC opened 3–2 in 2. Kansas State and Washington State. However, the Trojans went on to win the rest of their games, completing the regular season 1.
Carson Palmer's breakout performance. After struggling for most of his collegiate career, Palmer excelled in the Pro Style offense installed by new offensive coordinator Norm Chow. In fact, Palmer's performance, particularly in the season- ending rivalry games against Notre Dame and UCLA, impressed so many pundits that he went on to win the Heisman Trophy, carrying every region of voting and becoming the first USC quarterback to be so honored. Despite tying for the Pac- 1. Washington State), having the highest BCS "strength of schedule" rating, and fielding the nation's top defense led by safety Troy Polamalu, USC finished the season ranked No.
BCS rankings. Facing off against BCS No. Iowa in the Orange Bowl, USC defeated the Hawkeyes 3. Carson Palmer's Heisman Trophy.
In 2. 00. 3, highly touted but unproven redshirt sophomore Matt Leinart took over for Palmer at quarterback. Although his first pass went for a touchdown in a win over Auburn, the Trojans suffered an early season triple- overtime loss to conference rival California in Berkeley.
Nevertheless, Carroll guided the team to wins in their remaining games and they completed the regular season 1. Before the postseason, both the coaches' poll and the AP Poll ranked USC number #1, but the BCS—which also gave consideration to computer rankings—ranked Oklahoma first, another one- loss team but one that had lost its own Big 1. Conference title game 3.
USC ranked third. In the 2. 00. 3 BCS National Championship Game, the Sugar Bowl, BCS #2 LSU defeated BCS #1 Oklahoma 2. Meanwhile, BCS #3 USC defeated BCS #4 Michigan 2.
Rose Bowl. USC finished the season ranked #1 in the AP poll and was awarded the AP National Championship; LSU, however, won the BCS National Championship title for that year, prompting a split national title between LSU and USC. In the wake of the controversy, corporate sponsors emerged who were willing to organize an LSU- USC game to settle the matter; nevertheless, the NCAA refused to permit the matchup. Matt Leinart's Heisman Trophy. In 2. 00. 4, USC was picked preseason #1 by the Associated Press, thanks to the return of Leinart as well as sophomore running backs Len. Dale White and Reggie Bush. The defense—led by All- American defensive tackles Shaun Cody and Mike Patterson, as well as All- American linebackers Lofa Tatupu and Matt Grootegoed—was considered to be among the finest in the nation.