1987 USC Trojans football team

1987 USC Trojans football

Pacific-10 Champion
Rose Bowl, L 17–20 vs. Michigan State
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#17
AP	#18
1987 record	8–4 (7–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Larry Smith (1st year)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,516, grass)

1987 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#18 USC +	7	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#9 UCLA +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
#20 Arizona State	3	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Oregon	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Arizona	2	–	3	–	3	4	–	4	–	3
California	2	–	3	–	2	3	–	6	–	2
Washington State	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1987 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Larry Smith, the Trojans compiled an 8–4 record (7–1 against conference opponents), won the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 321 to 229.^[1]

The Trojans lost their inaugural game of Larry Smith's tenure to Michigan State in the first night game ever played at Spartan Stadium. USC secured a Rose Bowl berth by tying UCLA for the Pacific-10 championship and winning the head to head match. They faced Michigan State again, and lost 17–20.

Quarterback Rodney Peete led the team in passing, completing 197 of 332 passes for 2,709 yards with 21 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Steven Webster led the team in rushing with 239 carries for 1,109 yards and six touchdowns. Erik Affholter led the team in receiving yards with 44 catches for 640 yards and four touchdowns.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	5:00 PM	at #17 Michigan State*	#19	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ABC	L 13–27	77,922
September 19	12:30 PM	Boston College*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 23–17	46,205
September 26	1:00 PM	at California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 31–14	62,000
October 3	6:30 PM	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 48–14	47,979
October 10	1:00 PM	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR		L 27–34	39,587
October 17	12:30 PM	at Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	ABC	W 37–23	71,678
October 24	12:30 PM	at #10 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Notre Dame–USC rivalry)	CBS	L 15–26	59,075
October 31	1:30 PM	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 42–7	24,834
November 7	12:30 PM	Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 39–24	58,922
November 14	1:30 PM	Arizona		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 12–10	51,428
November 21	12:30 PM	#5 UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ABC	W 17–13	92,516
January 1	2:00 PM	vs. #8 Michigan State*	#16	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	L 17–20	103,847
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	3	3	0	13
• USC	0	0	3	14	17

Date: November 21
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 92,516

Scoring summary

1		UCLA	Gaston Green 6-yard run (Alfredo Velasco kick)	UCLA 7-0

2		UCLA	Alfredo Velasco 32-yard field goal	UCLA 10-0

2		UCLA	Alfredo Velasco 38-yard field goal	UCLA 13-0

3		USC	Quin Rodriguez 26-yard field goal	UCLA 13-3

4	14:09	USC	Randy Tanner 6-yard pass from Rodney Peete (Quin Rodriguez kick)	UCLA 13-10

4	7:59	USC	Erik Affholter 33-yard pass from Rodney Peete (Quin Rodriguez kick)	USC 17-13

USC clinches berth in the Rose Bowl with the win. ^[3]

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1987 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "Southern Cal takes roses from UCLA." Gainesville Sun. 1987 Nov 22.

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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