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1984 USC

9–⁠3 (7–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Ted Tollner, finished No. 10 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

USC in 1984, game by game: won vs. Utah State 42–7; won at Arizona State 6–3; lost vs. LSU 3–23; won at Washington State 29–27; won at Oregon 19–9; won vs. Arizona 17–14; won vs. California 31–7; won at Stanford 20–11; won vs. No. 1 Washington 16–7; lost at UCLA 10–29; lost vs. Notre Dame 7–19; won vs. No. 6 Ohio State 20–17+35−20Won 42–7 vs. Utah State+35Utah StateWon 6–3 at Arizona State+3Arizona StateLost 3–23 vs. LSU-20LSUWon 29–27 at Washington State+2Washington StateWon 19–9 at Oregon+10OregonWon 17–14 vs. Arizona+3ArizonaWon 31–7 vs. California+24CaliforniaWon 20–11 at Stanford+9StanfordWon 16–7 vs. No. 1 Washington+9No. 1 WashingtonLost 10–29 at UCLA-19UCLALost 7–19 vs. Notre Dame-12Notre DameWon 20–17 vs. No. 6 Ohio State+3No. 6 Ohio State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 8vsUtah StateW 42–⁠764%
Sep 22atArizona StateW 6–⁠341%
Sep 29vsLSUL 3–⁠2364%
Oct 6atWashington StateW 29–⁠2742%
Oct 13atOregonW 19–⁠947%
Oct 20vsArizonaW 17–⁠1456%
Oct 27vsCaliforniaW 31–⁠775%
Nov 3atStanfordW 20–⁠1166%
Nov 10vs1WashingtonW 16–⁠744%
Nov 17atUCLAL 10–⁠2942%
Nov 24vsNotre DameL 7–⁠1958%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs6Ohio StateRose BowlW 20–⁠1733%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ohio State 20–⁠17 in the Rose Bowl; No. 10 in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 73rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 20
  2. Wk 4: 17
  3. Wk 5: 15
  4. Wk 9: 20
  5. Wk 10: 18
  6. Wk 11: 14
  7. Wk 12: 7
  8. Wk 13: 14
  9. Wk 14: 20
  10. Wk 15: 18
  11. Final: 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 1984.

Pac-10 champions7–⁠1 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanJack Del Rio, LB

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
7–⁠1 first in Pac-10
AP final
No. 10 peak No. 7
Points
220–⁠173
Coach
Ted Tollner
Elo
1597 +72 this season
SP+ rating
13.7 No. 18 of 106; offense No. 60, defense No. 3
SRS
8.2 No. 32 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Norv Turner
Captains
Neil Hope and Ken Ruettgers

Drafted in 1985

The 1985 draft
Rd 1Duane Bickett LBIndianapolis Colts
Rd 1Ken Ruettgers OTGreen Bay Packers
Rd 3Jack Del Rio LBNew Orleans Saints
Rd 5Brian Luft DTNew York Jets

All-Pac-10

5 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1984 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1984 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠19–⁠310
Washington6–⁠111–⁠12
UCLA5–⁠29–⁠39
Arizona5–⁠27–⁠4
Washington State4–⁠36–⁠5
Arizona State3–⁠45–⁠6
Oregon3–⁠56–⁠5
Stanford3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon State1–⁠72–⁠9
California1–⁠82–⁠9

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