Tailback Rod McNeill, who sat out the previous year with a hip injury, led the Trojans with 117 yards on 28 carries while Mike Rae, a backup for two seasons, completed 18 of 24 passes for 269 yards and in the second half completed nine straight passes at one point in his first start.[2]
Oregon State[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Oregon St
0
6
0
0
6
• USC
7
13
17
14
51
Date: September 16
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 56,305
Scoring summary
Q1
11:20
USC
McNeill 14-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 7–0
Q2
14:37
USC
McNeill 2-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 14–0
Q2
9:40
ORST
Morris 10-yard run (kick failed)
USC 14–6
Q2
7:35
USC
McNeill 5-yard run (kick failed)
USC 20–6
Q3
8:48
USC
Rae 20-yard field goal
USC 23–6
Q3
3:11
USC
Young 37-yard pass from Rae (Rae kick)
USC 30–6
Q3
1:32
USC
McKay 3-yard pass from Rae (Rae kick)
USC 37–6
Q4
4:19
USC
Haden 10-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 44–6
Q4
:55
USC
Washmara 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 51–6
[3]
Anthony Davis 25 rushes, 206 yards [4]
Illinois[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
• USC
7
13
15
20
55
Illinois
7
7
6
0
20
Date: September 23
Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL
Game attendance: 61,277
Scoring summary
Q1
4:26
ILL
Hayes 5-yard run (Rucks kick)
ILL 7–0
Q1
USC
Garrison 58-yard pass from Rae (Rae kick)
Tie 7–7
Q2
ILL
Uremovich 5-yard run (Rucks kick)
ILL 14–7
Q2
USC
Davis 2-yard run (Rae kick)
Tie 14–14
Q2
:21
USC
McKay 31-yard pass from Rae (kick failed)
USC 20–14
Q3
USC
Davis 2-yard run (McKay pass from Davis)
USC 28–14
Q3
ILL
Hayes 1-yard run (run failed)
USC 28–20
Q3
USC
Cunningham 2-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 35–20
Q4
USC
Sims 35-yard blocked punt return (Rae kick)
USC 42–20
Q4
USC
McKay 6-yard pass from Haden (Rae kick)
USC 49–20
Q4
USC
Carter 1-yard run (kick failed)
USC 55–20
[5][6]
Michigan State[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Michigan St
0
6
0
0
6
• USC
14
7
3
27
51
Date: September 30
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 63,934
Scoring summary
Q1
USC
Swann 92-yard punt return (Rae kick)
USC 7–0
Q1
USC
McNeill 8-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 14–0
Q2
USC
McKay 9-yard pass from Rae (Rae kick)
USC 21–0
Q2
MSU
Werner 1-yard run (pass failed)
USC 21–6
Q3
USC
Rae 20-yard field goal
USC 24–6
Q4
USC
Wood 25-yard interception return (Rae kick)
USC 31–6
Q4
USC
Moore 9-yard pass from Haden (kick failed)
USC 37–6
Q4
USC
Carter 21-yard run (Limahelu kick)
USC 44–6
Q4
USC
Swann 30-yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)
USC 51–6
[7]
Stanford[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
• USC
13
7
3
7
30
Stanford
10
3
0
8
21
Date: October 7
Location: Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA
Game attendance: 84,000
Scoring summary
Q1
STAN
J. Ferguson recovered fumble in end zone (Garcia kick)
STAN 7–0
Q1
USC
Davis 8-yard run (Rae kick)
Tie 7–7
Q1
STAN
Garcia 49-yard field goal
STAN 10–7
Q1
USC
Cunningham 2-yard run (kick failed)
USC 13–10
Q2
STAN
Garcia 35-yard field goal
Tie 13–13
Q2
USC
Davis 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 20–13
Q3
USC
Rae 37-yard field goal
USC 23–13
Q4
5:40
USC
Swann 4-yard pass from Haden (Rae kick)
USC 30–13
Q4
STAN
Cross 30-yard pass from Boryla (Stone pass from Boryla)
USC 30–21
[8]
California[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
California
0
0
7
7
14
• USC
14
7
14
7
42
Date: October 14
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California
Game attendance: 56,488
Scoring summary
1
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 7-0
1
USC
Rae 10-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 14-0
2
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 21-0
3
CAL
Schmidt 3-yard pass from Cruze (Wersching kick)
USC 21-7
3
USC
Rae 8-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 28-7
3
USC
Young 40-yard pass from Haden (Rae kick)
USC 35-7
4
USC
Young 9-yard pass from Haden (Rae kick)
USC 42-7
4
CAL
Youngblood 1-yard run (Wersching kick)
USC 42-14
[9]
Washington[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Washington
0
0
0
7
7
• USC
7
13
14
0
34
Date: October 21
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 59,151
Scoring summary
Q1
USC
Cunningham 2-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 7–0
Q2
USC
Davis 44-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 14–0
Q2
USC
Rae 22-yard field goal
USC 17–0
Q2
USC
Rae 26-yard field goal
USC 20–0
Q3
USC
Davis 14-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 27–0
Q3
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 34–0
Q4
WASH
Fitzpatrick 10-yard run (Wiezbowski kick)
USC 34–7
[10]
Oregon[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
• USC
0
0
12
6
18
Oregon
0
0
0
0
0
Date: October 28
Location: Autzen Stadium, Eugene, OR
Game attendance: 32,000
Scoring summary
Q3
6:06
USC
Davis 48-yard run
USC 6–0
Q3
3:58
USC
Davis 55-yard run
USC 12–0
Q4
5:45
USC
Cunningham 2-yard run
USC 18–0
On a very rainy and cold day, the Trojans were held to their lowest score of the season.
[11]
Washington State[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
• USC
3
14
7
20
44
Washington State
3
0
0
0
3
Date: November 4
Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA
Scoring summary
1
USC
Rae 23-yard field goal
USC 3-0
1
WSU
Danelo 50-yard field goal
Tied 3-3
2
USC
Rae 11-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 10-3
2
USC
Davis 3-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 17-3
3
USC
Davis 6-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 24-3
4
USC
Davis 14-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 31-3
4
USC
Moore 1-yard run (kick failed)
USC 37-3
4
USC
Powell 21-yard interception return (Rae kick)
USC 44-3
[12]
UCLA[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
• USC
10
7
7
0
24
UCLA
7
0
0
0
7
Date: November 18
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 82,929
Scoring summary
Q1
USC
Rae 32-yard field goal
USC 3–0
Q1
USC
Davis 23-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 10–0
Q1
UCLA
McAlister 2-yard run (Herrera kick)
USC 10–7
Q2
USC
McNeill 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 17–7
Q3
USC
Rae 7-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 24–7
Anthony Davis 25 Rush, 178 Yds
[13]
Notre Dame[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Notre Dame
3
7
13
0
23
• USC
19
0
13
13
45
Date: December 2
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 75,243
Scoring summary
1
USC
Davis 97-yard kickoff return (kick failed)
USC 6-0
1
ND
Thomas 45-yard field goal
USC 6-3
1
USC
Davis 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 13-3
1
USC
Davis 5-yard run (kick failed)
USC 19-3
2
ND
W. Townsend 5-yard pass from Clements (Thomas kick)
USC 19-10
3
USC
Davis 4-yard run (run failed)
USC 25-10
3
ND
Diminick 11-yard pass from Clements (Thomas kick)
USC 25-17
3
ND
Creaney 10-yard pass from Clements (pass failed)
USC 25-23
4
USC
Davis 96-yard kickoff return (Rae kick)
USC 32-23
4
USC
Davis 8-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 39-23
4
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (kick failed)
USC 45-23
[14]
Rose Bowl[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Ohio St
0
7
3
7
17
• USC
7
0
21
14
42
Date: January 1
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Game attendance: 106,869
Scoring summary
Q1
USC
Swann 10-yard pass from Rae (Rae kick)
USC 7–0
Q2
OHST
Keith 1-yard run (Conway kick)
Tie 7–7
Q3
USC
Cunningham 2-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 14–7
Q3
OHST
Conway 21-yard field goal
USC 14–10
Q3
USC
Davis 20-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 21–10
Q3
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 28–10
Q4
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 35–10
Q4
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 42–10
Q4
OHST
Bledsoe 5-yard run (Conway kick)
USC 42–17
John McKay's 100th career victory
Anthony Davis 157 Rush Yds
Sam Cunningham set Rose Bowl scoring record (previous - 18 by three players)
[15]
NFL Draft[edit]
Ten Trojans were selected in the 1973 NFL Draft, with three in the first round.
List of USC Trojans in the NFL Draft
References[edit]
^"Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 28, 1972. p. 1B.
^"Rae leads Southern Cal to 31-10 rout of Arkansas."
^Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Sept 17.
^2020 USC Media Guide Supplement
^"USC Buries Illinois." 1972 Sept 24.
^"Trojans Rip Illinois." Palm Beach Post. 1972 Sept 24.
^"Top-rated Trojans blitz Sparts, 51–6." Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 1.
^"USC gets revenge as Cards halted." Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 8.
^Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 15.
^"Trojans overpower Washington by 34-7." Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 22.
^Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Oct 29.
^[1]
^"Trojans roll past Bruins, 24-7." Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Nov 19.
^"Davis' spree leads USC to 45-23 rout." Eugene Register-Guard. 1972 Dec 3.
^"It's 'bring on Miami' after USC wins easily." Eugene Register-Guard. 1973 Jan 2.
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