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1993 USC

8–⁠5 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by John Robinson.

Schedule and results

USC in 1993, game by game: lost vs. No. 20 North Carolina 9–31; won vs. Houston 49–7; lost at No. 15 Penn State 20–21; won vs. Washington State 34–3; lost at No. 12 Arizona 7–38; won at Oregon 24–13; won vs. Oregon State 34–9; lost at No. 2 Notre Dame 13–31; won at California 42–14; won vs. Stanford 45–20; won at No. 25 Washington 22–17; lost vs. No. 16 UCLA 21–27; won vs. Utah 28–21+42−31Lost 9–31 vs. No. 20 North Carolina-22No. 20 North CarolinaWon 49–7 vs. Houston+42HoustonLost 20–21 at No. 15 Penn State-1No. 15 Penn StateWon 34–3 vs. Washington State+31Washington StateLost 7–38 at No. 12 Arizona-31No. 12 ArizonaWon 24–13 at Oregon+11OregonWon 34–9 vs. Oregon State+25Oregon StateLost 13–31 at No. 2 Notre Dame-18No. 2 Notre DameWon 42–14 at California+28CaliforniaWon 45–20 vs. Stanford+25StanfordWon 22–17 at No. 25 Washington+5No. 25 WashingtonLost 21–27 vs. No. 16 UCLA-6No. 16 UCLAWon 28–21 vs. Utah+7Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 29vs20North CarolinaL 9–⁠3147%
Sep 4vsHoustonW 49–⁠762%
Sep 11at15Penn StateL 20–⁠2133%
Sep 25vsWashington StateW 34–⁠356%
Oct 2at12ArizonaL 7–⁠3837%
Oct 9atOregonW 24–⁠1341%
Oct 16vsOregon StateW 34–⁠977%
Oct 23at2Notre DameL 13–⁠3119%
Oct 30atCaliforniaW 42–⁠1445%
Nov 6vsStanfordW 45–⁠2066%
Nov 13at25WashingtonW 22–⁠1743%
Nov 20vs16UCLAL 21–⁠2758%
Dec 30Bowls & playoffvsUtahFreedom BowlW 28–⁠2167%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah 28–⁠21 in the Freedom Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 13: 22

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 1993.

Pac-10 champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Arizona and UCLA

Record
8–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
348–⁠252
Coach
John Robinson
Elo
1649 +103 this season
SP+ rating
19.9 No. 15 of 105; offense No. 29, defense No. 15
SRS
16.8 No. 14 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Riley
Captains
Craig Gibson, Willie McGinest and Deon Strother

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Willie McGinest DENew England Patriots
Rd 1Johnnie Morton WRDetroit Lions
Rd 2Jason Sehorn DBNew York Giants
Rd 4Bradford Banta TEIndianapolis Colts

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Deon StrotherRBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona6–⁠210–⁠210
UCLA6–⁠28–⁠418
USC6–⁠28–⁠5
Washington5–⁠37–⁠4
California4–⁠49–⁠425
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon2–⁠65–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠64–⁠7

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