There are many Colleges and Universities with outstanding and rich football histories, but most fall short to the magnificence of the fighting Trojans of the University of Southern California.They are, and have been, the Kings of the Pac 10 for many,many years and have not flinched in their meetings against any of the other conference schools, whether from the Big 10, Big 12, or the SEC. How many times do we have to spank the so-called Powerhouses of the South and the Midwest before people finally give U.S.C its proper respect? Not to say that we have not lost, but the scale is overwhelmingly weighed down by victories, Heisman Trophies, and Championships. You may hate us, but you've got to respect us. Below, I have compiled a history of this Powerhouse. Some of it written by me, and much taken from other sources, but it should paint you a vivid picture of why people like myself are so proud to be able to call ourselves TROJANS.
1888-1910sI would have to say that the most popular or well-known rivalry in the Pac 10 is with the Bruins of UCLA. Personally, I really dislike them!!! However, our oldest rivalry dates back to 1905 with Stanford. We were trampled by a score of 16-0 in that first meeting and would not meet again until 1918 because Stanford dropped football for rugby in the intervening years. Between 1911 and 1913, USC followed the example of California and Stanford and dropped football in favor of rugby union. Boy was that a mistake. USC was beat down by more experienced programs while the school itself experienced financial hardships; however, 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." 1920s-1930sDuring the 1920s, Coach "Gloomy" Gus Henderson finally brought the Trojans to national prominence. From 1925 to 1940, Coach Howard Jones turned them into one of the very few nationally dominant teams. It was during this era that the team achieved renown as the "Thundering Herd", earning its first four national titles. 1940s-1950sUSC achieved intermittent success in the years following Coach Howard Jones' reign. Jeff Cravath, who coached from 1942-1950, won the Rose Bowl in 1943 and 1945. Jess Hill, who coached from 1951 to 1956, won the Rose Bowl in 1953. 1960s-1970sHead Coach John McKay (1960-1975) lead the Trojans into a new golden age. During this period the Trojans produced 2 Heisman Trophies and won 4 national championships. McKay's influence continued even after he departed for the NFL when an assistant coach, John
Robinson (1976-1982), took over as head coach. Under Robinson USC won another national championship in 1978 (shared with Alabama; ironically, USC defeated Alabama, 24-14, that same season) and two players garnered 2 Heisman Trophy honors. On September 12, 1970, 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.[3] The game, scheduled by Bryant, resulted in a domineering 42-21 win by the Trojans. More importantly, all six touchdowns scored by USC team were by African-American players, two by USC running back Sam "Bam" Cunningham, against an all-white Crimson Tide team. This game was the driving force behind racial integration of football at Alabama and in the South. U.S.C. Facts & Info1. Only the University of Notre Dame has as many Heisman Trophy recipients.
2. Their first football team was fielded in 1888.
3. Before they were named the "Trojans" in 1912, they were known as the U.S.C Methodists. Heisman Trophy RecipientsYear Position Name Class
1965 TB Mike Garrett SR.
1968 TB O.J. Simpson SR.
1979 TB Charles White SR.
1981 TB Marcus Allen SR.
2002 QB Carson Palmer SR.
2004 QB Matt Leinart JR.
2005 TB Reggie Bush JR. Retired NumbersNumber Player
3 Carson Palmer
5 Reggie Bush
11 Matt Leinart
12 Charles White
20 Mike Garrett
32 O.J. Simpson
33 Marcus Allen 1980s-90sIn the 1980s, USC football did not realize a national championship, though it continued to experience relative success, with top-20 AP rankings and PAC-10 Conference Championships. Under head coaches Ted Tollner (1983-1986) and Larry Smith (1987-1992), each winning the
Rose Bowl once, USC was recognized among the nation's top-ten teams three times. However, some alumni had grown accustomed to the programs' stature as a perennial national championship contender. In 1993, Robinson was named head coach a second time, leading the Trojans to a victory in the 1996 Rose Bowl over Northwestern. But the 90s were fairly dismal years all the way up to 2001 when coach Pete Carroll replaced Paul Hackett, who had posted among the worst seasons in U.S.C's illustrious history. 2001Although Coach Carroll posted a disappointing 6-6 record in his first season, he has turned the Trojans into one of the most dominant NCAA teams in the history of the sport. 2002USC opened 3-2 in 2002, suffering losses to Kansas State and Washington State. However, the Trojans went on to win the rest of their games, completing the regular season 11-2 on the
of senior quarterback Carson Palmer's breakout performance. After struggling for most of his collegiate career, Palmer excelled in the West Coast 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 Pacific-10 Conference title (with 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. 5 in the BCS rankings. Facing off against BCS No. 3 Iowa in the Orange Bowl, USC defeated the Hawkeyes 38-17. 2003In 2003, 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 11-1. 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 12 Conference title game 35-7, with USC ranked third. In the 2003 BCS National Championship Game, The Sugar Bowl , BCS #2 Louisiana State defeated BCS #1 Oklahoma 21-14. Meanwhile, BCS #3 USC defeated BCS #4 Michigan 28-14 in the 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. 2004In 2004, USC was picked #1 in the preseason by the Associated Press, thanks to the return of Leinart as well as sophomore running backs LenDale 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. Key questions included the offensive line, with few returning starters, and the receiving corps, which had lost last year's senior Keary Colbert and the breakout star of 2003, Mike Williams. Williams had tried to enter the NFL draft a year early during the Maurice Clarett trial, only to be rebuffed by the NFL and subsequently denied eligibility by the NCAA. Despite close calls against Stanford and California, the Trojans finished the season undefeated and headed for the 2004 BCS Championship at the Orange Bowl. USC was the second team in NCAA football history to have gone wire-to-wire (ranked first place from preseason to postseason since the AP began releasing preseason rankings); the first was Florida State in 1999 (three other schools went wire-to-wire before the existence of preseason polls - Notre Dame in 1943, Army in 1945 and USC in 1972). Quarterback Leinart won the Heisman Trophy, with running back Bush placing fifth in the vote tally. The Trojans' opponent in the Orange Bowl, Oklahoma, were themselves undefeated and captained by sixth-year quarterback Jason White, who had won the Heisman in 2003; the game marked the first time in NCAA history that two players who had already won the Heisman played against each other. Most analysts expected the game to be close-as USC matched its speed and defense against the Oklahoma running game and skilled offensive line-but the reality proved to be far different. USC scored 38 points by halftime, and won by the score of 55-19. USC won the BCS and AP national championships, despite both Auburn and Utah finishing their seasons and post-seasons undefeated. 2005The 2005 regular season witnessed a resuscitation of the Notre Dame/USC rivalry on a last second play where Senior Quarterback Matt Leinart scored the winning touchdown with help from a controversial push from behind by running back Reggie Bush, nicknamed the "Bush Push". The year climaxed with USC defeating cross-town rival UCLA 66-19 and running back Reggie Bush finishing his stellar year by winning the Heisman Trophy. Matt Leinart finished third in the Heisman voting. Several other players also earned accolades, being named All-Americans (AP, Football Coaches, Football Writers, Walter Camp, ESPN.com, SI.com, CBS Sportsline.com, Rivals.com, Collegefootballnews.com). These include QB Matt Leinart, RB Reggie Bush, RB LenDale White, S Darnell Bing, OT Taitusi Lutui, OT Sam Baker, WR Dwayne Jarrett, C Ryan Kalil, OG Fred Matua, and DE Lawrence Jackson. Additionally, OL Winston Justice did well enough to forgo his senior year and go professional. However, USC's hopes for another national championship were dashed by the Texas Longhorns, in a dramatic 41-38 loss at the 2006 Rose Bowl. 2006For the 2006 football season, USC was forced to attempt to rebuild following the loss of offensive stalwarts Leinart, Bush, and White, defensive leader Bing, and offensive linemen Matua, Justice, and Lutui. The Trojans developed their offense using unproven QB John David Booty and returning star receivers Dwayne Jarrett and Steve Smith along with second-year WR Patrick Turner. Mark Sanchez, the highly-touted recruit from the class of 2005 (Mission Viejo High School, CA) was widely viewed as a dark horse to win the starting job from Booty, although Booty was named the starter at the end of fall training camp. The starting tailback position was initially a battle between returning players Chauncey Washington and Desmond Reed (both recovering from injuries) and heralded RB recruits Stafon Johnson (Dorsey High School in Los Angeles), C.J. Gable, Allen Bradford and Emmanuel Moody (Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas). USC had many experienced players as well, including linebacker Dallas Sartz and wide receiver Chris McFoy, who have already graduated with their bachelors degrees and are pursuing Masters degrees to be eligible for one last year of college football. Fullback Brandon Hancock would have been part of that group as well until an injury ended his collegiate career. Additionally, fifth year (redshirt) senior linebacker Oscar Lua, running back Ryan Powdrell and offensive lineman Kyle Williams were expected to either start or play frequently in 2006. The 2006 Trojans came out strong, easily defending their top-10 status throughout the year. However, USC began to display marked inconsistencies, as their margins of victory began to slip. The first setback proved to be a 31-33 loss to unranked Oregon State, in which the Beavers were able to repeatedly capitalize on several Trojan turnovers. Surprisingly, though USC dropped initially in the polls, they worked their way back up to the No. 3 spot by the final week of the season. After defeating both Notre Dame and Cal, the Trojans were considered to be a virtual lock for the National Championship Game against Ohio State. However, USC was shocked in the final game of the season, losing to crosstown rival UCLA 13-9. This eliminated the Trojans from championship contention and opened the door for Florida to become Ohio State's opponent. During Pete Carroll's six years as head coach, USC has lost only one game by more than seven points, that being a 27-16 loss at Notre Dame in his first season. The 21st century has also seen the rise of USC football's popularity in the Los Angeles market: without any stadium expansions, USC has broken its average home attendance record four times in a row: reaching 77,804 in 2003, 85,229 in 2004, 90,812 in 2005 and over 91,416 with one game to go in 2006 (the capacity of the Coliseum is 92,000). On January 6, 2007, 6 days after the 2007 Rose Bowl Game, USC kicker Mario Danelo was found dead at the bottom of the White Point Cliff near Point Fermin Lighthouse in San Pedro, California. 2007In July 2007, ESPN.com named USC its #1 team of the decade for the period between 1996 and 2006, citing the Trojans' renaissance and dominance under Coach Carroll. The 2007 Trojans were the presumptive #1 pick before the season.[8][9] However they lost two games, including a major upset to 41-point underdog Stanford, and they did not get into the National Championship game. However, the Trojans did win their sixth conference championship and defeated Illinois in the Rose Bowl Game on New Year's Day 2008. Under Carroll, USC has been known to attract numerous celebrities to its practices, including USC alumni Will Ferrell, George Lucas, LeVar Burton and Sophia Bush as well as Snoop Dogg, Henry Winkler, Kirsten Dunst, Nick Lachey, Dr. Dre, Spike Lee, Alyssa Milano, Flea, Wilmer Valderrama, Jake Gyllenhaal and Andre 3000.[10] The Trojans have also benefited from LA's lack of NFL teams (with the LA Rams and Raiders having left in the early 1990s), combined with the Trojans 21st century success, leading them to sometimes be called LA's "de facto NFL team." As of 2007, USC is one of only five of the 119 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) teams to have never played a Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) team since the division was made in 1978. Rose Bowl Record1923 USC 14 Penn State 3
1930 USC 47 Pittsburgh 14
1932 USC 21 Tulane 12
1933 USC 35 Pittsburgh 0
1939 USC 7 Duke 3
1940 USC 14 Tennessee 0
1944 USC 29 Washington 0
1945 USC 25 Tennessee 0
1946 Alabama 34 USC 14
1948 Michigan 49 USC 0
1953 USC 7 Wisconsin 0
1955 Ohio State 20 USC 7
1963 USC 42 Wisconsin 37
1967 Purdue 14 USC 13
1968 USC 14 Indiana 3
1969 Ohio State 27 USC 16
1970 USC 10 Michigan 3
1973 USC 42 Ohio State 17
1974 Ohio State 42 USC 21
1975 USC 18 Ohio State 17
1977 USC 14 Michigan 6
1979 USC 17 Michigan 10
1980 USC 17 Ohio State 16
1985 USC 20 Ohio State 17
1988 Michi State 20 USC 17
1989 Michigan 22 USC 14
1990 USC 17 Michigan 10
1996 USC 41 Northwestern 32
2004 USC 28 Michigan 14 U.S.C.'s Indomitable School Spirit
I love any photos that show my beloved team's victories. FIGHT ON !!! The game against Ohio State had received much hype and fans were not disappointed by the trouncing we dished out to the Buckeyes. Although we went on to a disappointing loss to Oregon State of all teams, we have since got it back together and are continuing our quest for another Championship.
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