1985 USC Trojans football team

1985 USC Trojans football
Aloha Bowl, L 3–24 vs. Alabama
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1985 record	6–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ted Tollner
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1985 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 UCLA $	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
Arizona	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Washington	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Oregon	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
California	2	–	7	–	0			4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	at #11 Illinois*	#6	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 20–10	76,369
September 21	Baylor*	#3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 17–14	53,246
September 28	at Arizona State	#18	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 0–24	70,710
October 5	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 63–0	50,624
October 19	Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 30–6	56,837
October 26	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Notre Dame – USC rivalry)	L 3–37	59,075
November 2	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 31–13	46,954
November 9	at California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 6–14	63,500
November 16	at Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 17–20	52,601
November 23	#8 UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	W 17–13	90,064
November 30	vs. Oregon		National Olympic Stadium • Tokyo, Japan (Mirage Bowl)	W 20–6	65,000
December 28	vs. #15 Alabama*		Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	L 3–24	65,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	6	0	0	13
• USC	7	0	3	7	17

Date: November 23
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 90,064

Scoring summary

Q1		UCLA	Ball 1 yard run (Lee kick)	UCLA 7–0

Q1		USC	Cormier 34 yard pass from Peete (Shafer kick)	Tie 7–7

Q2		UCLA	Lee 22 yard field goal	UCLA 10–7

Q2		UCLA	Lee 34 yard field goal	UCLA 13–7

Q3		USC	Shafer 38 yard field goal	UCLA 13–10

Q4		USC	Peete 1 yard run (Shafer kick)	USC 17–13

Oregon

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

Date: November 30
Location: Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo, Japan

Source:

Scoring summary

1		ORE	MacLeod 32-yard field goal	ORE 3-0

1		USC	Knight 2-yard run (Shafer kick)	USC 7-3

2		USC	Shafer 32-yard field goal	USC 10-3

2		USC	Norman 5-yard pass from Peete (Shafer kick)	USC 17-3

3		ORE	MacLeod 36-yard field goal	USC 17-6

4		USC	Shafer 44-yard field goal	USC 20-6

References

↑ Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 24.

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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