1982 USC Trojans football team

1982 USC Trojans football

Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
AP	#15
1982 record	8–3 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	John Robinson (7th year)
Captain	George Achica
Captain	Joey Browner
Captain	Bruce Matthews
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,604, grass)

1982 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 UCLA $	5	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
#7 Washington	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#6 Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#15 USC	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
California	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Oregon	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	8	–	1
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	1	1	–	9	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach John Robinson, the Trojans compiled a 8–3 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 302 to 143.^[1]

Quarterback Sean Salisbury led the team in passing, completing 82 of 142 passes for 1,062 yards with six touchdowns and five interceptions. Todd Spencer led the team in rushing with 141 carries for 596 yards and eight touchdowns. Jeff Simmons led the team in receiving yards with 56 catches for 973 yards and five touchdownss.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	at #11 Florida*	#10	Florida Field • Gainesville, FL	ABC	L 9–17	73,238
September 18	Indiana*	#19	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 28–7	50,724
September 25	at Oklahoma*	#18	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	ABC	W 12–0	76,758
October 2	Oregon	#16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 38–7	47,181
October 16	at Stanford	#14	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	CBS	W 41–21	73,859
October 23	Oregon State	#12	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 38–0	50,035
October 30	at #7 Arizona State	#12	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		L 10–17	71,071
November 6	California	#16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 42–0	54,670
November 13	at Arizona	#16	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ		W 48–41	55,110
November 20	at #11 UCLA	#15	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ABC	L 19–20	95,763
November 27	Notre Dame*	#17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	CBS	W 17–13	76,459
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Oklahoma

	1	2	3	4	Total
• USC	6	6	0	0	12
Oklahoma	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 25
Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma

Scoring summary

Q1	USC	Kamana 1 yard pass from Salisbury (kick failed)	USC 6–0

Q2	USC	Simmons 67 yard pass from White (pass failed)	USC 12–0

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Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
• USC	3	21	17	7	48
Arizona	10	10	7	14	41

Date: November 13
Location: Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZ
Game attendance: 55,110

Scoring summary

Q1		USC	Jordan 42 yard field goal	USC 3–0

Q1		ARIZ	Boadway 32 yard interception return (Zendejas kick)	ARIZ 7–3

Q1		ARIZ	Zendejas 19 yard field goal	ARIZ 10–3

Q2		ARIZ	Zendejas 26 yard field goal	ARIZ 13–3

Q2		USC	Simmons 5 yard pass from Tinsley (Jordan kick)	ARIZ 13–10

Q2		ARIZ	Anderson 72 yard pass from Tunnicliffe (Zendejas kick)	ARIZ 20–10

Q2		USC	Simmons 36 yard pass from Tinsley (Jordan kick)	ARIZ 20–17

Q2		USC	Browner 53 yard interception return (Jordan kick)	USC 24–20

Q3		USC	White 33 yard pass from Tinsley (Jordan kick)	USC 31–20

Q3		USC	Jordan 25 yard field goal	USC 34–20

Q3		USC	West 27 yard interception return (Jordan kick)	USC 41–20

Q3		ARIZ	Edwards 2 yard run (Zendejas kick)	USC 41–27

Q4	9:22	ARIZ	Gobel 3 yard pass from Tunnicliffe (Zendejas kick)	USC 41–34

Q4	5:35	USC	Hopper 59 yard interception return (Jordan kick)	USC 48–34

Q4	3:38	ARIZ	Stivers 16 yard pass from Tunnicliffe (Zendejas kick)	USC 48–41

USC Defense: 3 INTs for TD (NCAA record)

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References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1982 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "USC Blanks Oklahoma". Gainesville Sun. September 26, 1982.
↑ "Three interception returns ignite USC to 48-41 win". Eugene Register-Guard. November 14, 1982.

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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