1983 USC Trojans football team

1983 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	4–6–1 (4–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ted Tollner (1st season)
Captain	Tony Brewer Jeff Brown Keith Browner Fred Cornwell Tony Slaton
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1983 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 17 UCLA $	6	–	1	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Washington	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Washington State	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
USC	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Arizona	4	–	3	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Arizona State	3	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Oregon	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
California	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Stanford	1	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Ted Tollner, the Trojans compiled a 4–6–1 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 238 to 210.[1]

Quarterback Sean Salisbury led the team in passing, completing 142 of 248 passes for 1,882 yards with ten touchdowns and nine interceptions. Michael Harper led the team in rushing with 151 carries for 685 yards and six touchdowns. Timmie Ware led the team in receiving yards with 23 catches for 481 yards and five touchdowns.[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	1:30 pm	No. 18 Florida*	No. 9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 19–19	53,948	[3]
September 17	6:00 pm	at Oregon State	No. 14	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 33–10	28,000
September 24	1:30 pm	Kansas*	No. 10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 20–26	49,255
October 1	4:00 pm	at South Carolina*		Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	L 14–38	74,200	[4]
October 8	1:30 pm	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles. CA	W 38–17	43,106
October 15	1:30 pm	No. 18 Arizona State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 14–34	58,664
October 22	11:30 am	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 6–27	59,075
October 29	1:00 pm	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 19–9	65,867
November 5	1:30 pm	Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 30–7	50,867
November 12	1:00 pm	at No. 18 Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 0–24	60,690
November 19	1:30 pm	UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles. CA (Victory Bell)	L 17–27	83,763
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Florida

Oregon State

Kansas

South Carolina

Washington State

Arizona State

Notre Dame

California

1 2 3 4 Total • USC 0 6 10 3 19 California 0 0 3 6 9 Date: October 29 Location: California Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 65,867

Scoring summary Q2 USC Jordan 28 yard field goal USC 3–0 Q2 USC Jordan 45 yard field goal USC 6–0 Q3 USC Harper 2 yard run (Jordan kick) USC 13–0 Q3 USC Jordan 33 yard field goal USC 16–0 Q3 CAL Pratt 37 yard field goal USC 16–3 Q4 CAL Pratt 44 yard field goal USC 16–6 Q4 CAL Pratt 48 yard field goal USC 16–9 Q4 USC Jordan 27 yard field goal USC 19–9

USC sacked Pac-10 total offense leader Gale Gilbert eight times. [5]

Stanford

Washington

UCLA

References

1. "Southern California Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
2. "1983 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
3. "USC rallies to tie Florida, then flubs extra-point try". The Fresno Bee. September 11, 1983. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Trojans outclassed in the battle of USCs". The Los Angeles Times. October 2, 1983. Retrieved January 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Eugene Register-Guard. 1983 Oct 30. Retrieved 2016-Nov-24.