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1983 USC

4–⁠6–⁠1 (4–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Ted Tollner.

Schedule and results

USC in 1983, game by game: tied vs. No. 18 Florida 19–19; won at Oregon State 33–10; lost vs. Kansas 20–26; lost at South Carolina 14–38; won vs. Washington State 38–17; lost vs. No. 18 Arizona State 14–34; lost at Notre Dame 6–27; won at California 19–9; won vs. Stanford 30–7; lost at No. 18 Washington 0–24; lost vs. UCLA 17–27+23−24Tied 19–19 vs. No. 18 Florida0No. 18 FloridaWon 33–10 at Oregon State+23Oregon StateLost 20–26 vs. Kansas-6KansasLost 14–38 at South Carolina-24South CarolinaWon 38–17 vs. Washington State+21Washington StateLost 14–34 vs. No. 18 Arizona State-20No. 18 Arizona StateLost 6–27 at Notre Dame-21Notre DameWon 19–9 at California+10CaliforniaWon 30–7 vs. Stanford+23StanfordLost 0–24 at No. 18 Washington-24No. 18 WashingtonLost 17–27 vs. UCLA-10UCLA
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 10vs18FloridaT 19–⁠1962%
Sep 17atOregon StateW 33–⁠1079%
Sep 24vsKansasL 20–⁠2681%
Oct 1atSouth CarolinaL 14–⁠3858%
Oct 8vsWashington StateW 38–⁠1773%
Oct 15vs18Arizona StateL 14–⁠3447%
Oct 22atNotre DameL 6–⁠2733%
Oct 29atCaliforniaW 19–⁠947%
Nov 5vsStanfordW 30–⁠778%
Nov 12at18WashingtonL 0–⁠2433%
Nov 19vsUCLAL 17–⁠2745%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to UCLA 27–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 14
  4. Wk 4: 10

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1983.

Consensus All-AmericanTony Slaton, C

Record
4–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
210–⁠238
Coach
Ted Tollner
Elo
1538 −99 this season
SP+ rating
2.4 No. 57 of 108; offense No. 62, defense No. 47
SRS
2.1 No. 44 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Captains
Tony Brewer, Jeff Brown, Keith Browner, Fred Cornwell and Tony Slaton

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 2Keith Browner LBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 3Fred Cornwell TEDallas Cowboys
Rd 6Tony Slaton CBuffalo Bills

All-Pac-10

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠117
Washington5–⁠28–⁠4
Washington State5–⁠37–⁠4
USC4–⁠34–⁠6–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
California3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠71–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.