1979 USC Trojans football team

1979 USC Trojans football

Rose Bowl Champions Pac-10 Champions
Rose Bowl, W, 17–16 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#2
1979 record	11–0–1 (6–0–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	John Robinson (4th year)
Captain	Dennis Johnson
Captain	Charles White
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 94,500, grass)

1979 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 USC $	6	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
#11 Washington	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
California	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Arizona State *	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion * – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach John Robinson, the Trojans compiled an 11–0–1 record (6–0–1 against conference opponents), won the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 389 to 171.^[1] The team was ranked #2 in the both the final AP Poll and the final UPI Coaches Poll.

Quarterback Paul McDonald led the team in passing, completing 164 of 264 passes for 2,223 yards with 18 touchdowns and six interceptions. Charles White led the team in rushing with 332 carries for 2,050 yards and 19 touchdowns. Dan Garcia led the team in receiving with 29 catches for 492 yards and three touchdowns.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	at Texas Tech*	#1	Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX		W 21–7	52,991
September 15	at Oregon State	#1	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	ONTV	W 42–5	32,000
September 22	Minnesota*	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 48–14	61,766
September 29	at #20 LSU*	#1	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA		W 17–12	78,322
October 6	Washington State	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 50–21	55,117
October 13	Stanford	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		T 21–21	76,067
October 20	at #9 Notre Dame*	#4	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Rivalry)	ABC	W 42–23	59,075
October 27	at California	#3	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 24–14	76,780
November 3	Arizona	#3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 34–7	62,054
November 10	at #15 Washington	#4	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	ABC	W 24–17	60,527
November 24	UCLA	#4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	KABC	W 49–14	88,214
January 1	vs. #1 Ohio State*	#3	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	W 17–16	105,526
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
• USC	0	7	14	21	42
Notre Dame	0	7	7	9	23

Date: October 20
Location: South Bend, IN

Source:

Scoring summary

2	USC	Garcia 12-yard pass from McDonald (Hipp kick)	USC 7-0

2	ND	Ferguson 1-yard run (Male kick)	Tied 7-7

3	USC	White 3-yard run (Hipp kick)	USC 14-7

3	USC	White 1-yard run (Hipp kick)	USC 21-7

3	ND	Ferguson 21-yard run (Male kick)	USC 21-14

4	USC	Williams 12-yard pass from McDonald (Hipp kick)	USC 28-14

4	ND	Stone 2-yard run (kick failed)	USC 28-20

4	USC	White 1-yard run (Hipp kick)	USC 35-20

4	USC	White 1-yard run (Hipp kick)	USC 42-20

4	ND	Male 42-yard field goal	USC 42-23

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
• USC	0	10	7	7	24
Washington	3	0	7	7	17

Date: November 10
Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA
Game attendance: 60,527

Scoring summary

1	WASH	Lansford 30-yard field goal	WASH 3-0

2	USC	Garcia 8-yard pass from McDonald (Hipp kick)	USC 7-3

2	USC	Hipp 31-yard field goal	USC 10-3

3	USC	K. Williams 19-yard pass from McDonald (Hipp kick)	USC 17-3

3	WASH	Flick 1-yard run (Lansford kick)	USC 17-10

4	WASH	Skansi 12-yard pass from Flick (Lansford kick)	Tied 17-17

4	USC	M. Allen 10-yard run (Hipp kick)	USC 24-17

^[3]

1979 Team Players in the NFL

Marcus Allen
Chip Banks
Joey Browner
Ronnie Lott
Dennis Smith
Jeff Fisher
Bruce Matthews
Don Mosebar
Anthony Munoz
Keith Van Horne
Charles White

Awards and honors

Brad Budde, Lombardi Award
Charles White, Heisman Trophy^[4]
Charles White, Maxwell Award
Charles White, Walter Camp Award

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1979 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "USC Wins Bowl Berth Unless...". The Register-Guard (Eugene). November 11, 1979.
↑ 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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