1968 USC Trojans football team

1968 USC Trojans football

Pac-8 Champions
Rose Bowl, L 16–27 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#4
1968 record	9–1–1 (6–0 Pac-8)
Head coach	John McKay (9th year)
Captain	O. J. Simpson
Captain	Steve Sogge
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 94,500, grass)

1968 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 USC $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	1
#15 Oregon State	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	2	–	1	7	–	3	–	1
Oregon	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
UCLA	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Washington State	1	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Washington	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	5	–	2

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1968 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 9–1–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 259 to 168.^[1] The team was ranked #2 in the final Coaches Poll and #4 in the final AP Poll.

Steve Sogge led the team in passing, completing 122 of 207 passes for 1,454 yards with nine touchdowns and nine interceptions. O. J. Simpson led the team in rushing with 383 carries for 1,880 yards and 23 touchdowns. Jim Lawrence led the team in receiving with 26 catches for 386 yards and two touchdowns.^[2] Simpson won both the Heisman Trophy and the Walter Camp Award.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	at #16 Minnesota*	#2	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 29–20	60,820
September 28	at Northwestern*	#3	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL	W 24–7	47,277
October 5	#13 Miami (FL)*	#2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–3	71,189
October 12	at #18 Stanford	#2	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 27–24	81,000
October 19	Washington	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 14–7	60,990
November 2	at Oregon	#1	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 20–13	33,500
November 9	#11 California	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 35–17	80,871
November 16	#13 Oregon State	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 17–13	59,236
November 23	at UCLA	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 28–16	75,066
November 30	#9 Notre Dame*	#2	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	T 21–21	82,659
January 1	vs. #1 Ohio State*	#2	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 16–27	102,063
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1968 team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
O.J. Simpson	Running Back	1	1	Buffalo Bills
Bob Klein		1	21	Los Angeles Rams
Bill Hayhoe	Defensive Tackle	5	116	Green Bay Packers
Bob Miller	Tackle	6	138	New Orleans Saints
Jim Lawrence	Back	8	189	New Orleans Saints
Jack O’Malley	Tackle	12	302	San Francisco 49ers
Mike Battle	Defensive Back	12	311	New York Jets
Wilson Bowie	Running Back	13	320	Detroit Lions

^[3]

Awards and honors

O. J. Simpson, Heisman Trophy^[4]
O. J. Simpson, Walter Camp Award

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1968 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1969.htm
↑ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html

USC Trojans football

Venues	Bovard Field (?–1922) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Howard Jones Field (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame (Jeweled Shillelagh) UCLA (Victory Bell) Stanford

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

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Stanford & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

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)

National championships in bold

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