1981 USC Trojans football team

1981 USC Trojans football

Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#13
AP	#14
1981 record	9–3 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	John Robinson (6th year)
Captain	Ronnie Lott
Captain	Keith Van Horne
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,604, grass)

1981 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#10 Washington $	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#16 Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#14 USC	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Washington State	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
UCLA	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
California	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach John Robinson, the Trojans compiled a 9–3 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for second place in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 284 to 170.^[1]

Quarterback John Mazur led the team in passing, completing 93 of 194 passes for 1,128 yards with seven touchdowns and five interceptions. Marcus Allen led the team in rushing with 433 carries for 2,427 yards and 22 touchdowns. Jeff Simmons led the team in receiving yards with 28 catches for 543 yards and one touchdown.^[2] Allen became the first player in NCAA history to rush for over 2,000 yards in one season. He also gained a total of 2,683 offensive yards, led the nation in scoring, and won the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, and Walter Camp Award and was also the Pac-10 player of the year.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	Tennessee*	#5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 43–7	62,147
September 19	at Indiana*	#2	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	ONTV	W 21–0	51,167
September 26	#2 Oklahoma*	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 28–24	85,651
October 3	at Oregon State	#1	Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR		W 56–22	33,000
October 10	Arizona	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		L 10–13	56,315
October 17	Stanford	#7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 25–17	76,291
October 24	at Notre Dame*	#5	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Rivalry)		W 14–7	59,075
October 31	#14 Washington State	#4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 41–17	60,972
November 7	at California	#3	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 21–3	74,000
November 14	at Washington	#3	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA		L 3–13	47,347
November 21	#15 UCLA	#10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ABC	W 22–21	89,432
January 1	vs. #7 Penn State*	#8	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 10–26	71,053
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tennessee	0	0	7	0	7
• USC	6	20	10	7	43

Date: September 12
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 62,147

Scoring summary

Q1	USC	Allen 9 yard run (kick failed)	USC 6–0

Q2	USC	White 50 yard pass from Mazur (run failed)	USC 12–0

Q2	USC	Allen 12 yard run (Livingston kick)	USC 19–0

Q2	USC	Allen 4 yard run (Livingston kick)	USC 26–0

Q3	USC	Allen 55 yard run (Livingston kick)	USC 33–0

Q3	USC	Livingston 47 yard field goal	USC 36–0

Q3	TEN	Morris 1 yard pass from Cockrell (Reveiz kick)	USC 36–7

Q4	USC	Boyer 3 yard pass from Salisbury (Jordan kick)	USC 43–7

Marcus Allen 22 Rush, 210 Yds (sat out most of second half)^[3]

UCLA

UCLA vs. USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	11	3	0	21
• USC	3	9	0	10	22

Date: Saturday, November 21
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 89,432

Source: Eugene Register-Guard

Scoring summary

1		USC	Jordan 38-yard field goal	USC 3-0

1		UCLA	Nelson 11-yard run (Johnson kick)	UCLA 7-3

2		USC	Jordan 44-yard field goal	UCLA 7-6

2		USC	Allen 7-yard run (pass failed)	USC 12-7

2		UCLA	Coffman 23-yard pass from Ramsey (Ramsey to Coffman pass)	UCLA 15-12

2		UCLA	Johnson 32-yard field goal	UCLA 18-12

3		UCLA	Johnson 28-yard field goal	UCLA 21-12

4		USC	Jordan 22-yard field goal	UCLA 21-15

4	2:14	USC	Allen 5-yard run (Jordan kick)	USC 22-21

1981 Team Players in the NFL

Awards pand honors

Marcus Allen, Heisman Trophy ^[4]
Marcus Allen, Maxwell Award
Marcus Allen, Walter Camp Award^[5]
Marcus Allen, Pac-10 Player of the Year
Marcus Allen, All-Pac-10^[6]

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1981 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "USC Mauls Vols". The Register-Guard (Eugene). September 13, 1981.
↑ http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html
↑ http://collegefootball.about.com/od/collegefootballawards/a/award-camp.htm
↑ http://football.about.com/cs/marcusallen/a/bl_marcusallen.htm

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

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