The 1972 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. The Trojans won all twelve of their games, outscored their opponents 467–134, and were consensus national champions.
1972USC Trojans football
Consensus national champion Pac-8 champion Rose Bowl champion
Ranking movements Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Final
AP
8
1 (13)
1 (28)
1 (28)
1 (36)
1 (34)
1(28)
1 (44)
1 (41)
1 (40)
1 (42)
1 (44)
1 (46)
1 (50)
1 (50)
Coaches
8
2 (11)
1 (14)
1 (20)
1 (22)
1 (21)
1 (22)
1 (32)
1 (31)
1 (27)
1 (31)
1 (31)
1 (31)
1 (35)
Not released
Game summaries
At No. 4 Arkansas
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
• No. 8 Trojans
0
3
14
14
31
No. 4 Razorbacks
3
0
0
7
10
Date: September 9
Location: War Memorial Stadium, Little Rock, AR
Game attendance: 54,461
Scoring summary
1
ARK
Bolton 27-yard field goal
ARK 3–0
2
USC
Rae 26-yard field goal
Tie 3–3
3
USC
Rae 5-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 10–3
USC
McNeill 18-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 17–3
4
USC
McNeill 3-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 24–3
ARK
Richardson 1-yard run (Bolton kick)
USC 24–10
USC
Cunningham 18-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 31–10
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.
Oregon State
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
Beavers
0
6
0
0
6
• No. 1 Trojans
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
Anthony Davis 25 rushes, 206 yards
At Illinois
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
• No. 1 Trojans
7
13
15
20
55
Fighting Illini
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
Michigan State
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
Spartans
0
6
0
0
6
• No. 1 Trojans
14
7
3
27
51
Date: September 30
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 63,934
Scoring summary
1
USC
Swann 92-yard punt return (Rae kick)
USC 7–0
USC
McNeill 8-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 14–0
2
USC
McKay 9-yard pass from Rae (Rae kick)
USC 21–0
MSU
Werner 1-yard run (pass failed)
USC 21–6
3
USC
Rae 20-yard field goal
USC 24–6
4
USC
Wood 25-yard interception return (Rae kick)
USC 31–6
USC
Moore 9-yard pass from Haden (kick failed)
USC 37–6
USC
Carter 21-yard run (Limahelu kick)
USC 44–6
USC
Swann 30-yard pass from Haden (Limahelu kick)
USC 51–6
At No. 15 Stanford
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
• No. 1 Trojans
13
7
3
7
30
No. 15 Cardinals
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
California
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Bears
0
0
7
7
14
• No. 1 Trojans
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
No. 18 Washington
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
0
0
0
7
7
• No. 1 Trojans
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
At Oregon
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
• No. 1 Trojans
0
0
12
6
18
Webfoots
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.
Washington State
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
• No. 1 Trojans
3
14
7
20
44
Cougars
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
At No. 14 UCLA
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
• No. 1 Trojans
10
7
7
0
24
No. 14 Bruins
7
0
0
0
7
Date: November 18
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 82,929
TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson
Scoring summary
1
USC
Rae 32-yard field goal
USC 3–0
USC
Davis 23-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 10–0
UCLA
McAlister 2-yard run (Herrera kick)
USC 10–7
2
USC
McNeill 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 17–7
3
USC
Rae 7-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 24–7
Anthony Davis 25 Rush, 178 Yds
No. 10 Notre Dame
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Fighting Irish
3
7
13
0
23
• No. 1 Trojans
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
ND
Thomas 45-yard field goal
USC 6-3
USC
Davis 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 13-3
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
ND
Diminick 11-yard pass from Clements (Thomas kick)
USC 25-17
ND
Creaney 10-yard pass from Clements (pass failed)
USC 25-23
4
USC
Davis 96-yard kickoff return (Rae kick)
USC 32-23
USC
Davis 8-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 39-23
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (kick failed)
USC 45-23
Vs. No. 3 Ohio State (Rose Bowl)
Team
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 3 Buckeyes
0
7
3
7
17
• No. 1 Trojans
7
0
21
14
42
Date: January 1
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Game attendance: 106,869
Scoring summary
1
USC
Swann 10-yard pass from Rae (Rae kick)
USC 7–0
2
OHST
Keith 1-yard run (Conway kick)
Tie 7–7
3
USC
Cunningham 2-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 14–7
OHST
Conway 21-yard field goal
USC 14–10
USC
Davis 20-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 21–10
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 28–10
Q4
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 35–10
USC
Cunningham 1-yard run (Rae kick)
USC 42–10
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)
Roster
1972 USC Trojans football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
QB
10
Pat Haden
So
QB
6
Mike Rae
Sr
RB
Allen Carter
So
RB
39
Sam Cunningham
Sr
RB
28
Anthony Davis
So
RB
27
Rod McNeill
Jr
WR
22
Lynn Swann
Jr
OT
77
Pete Adams
Sr
TE
89
Charle Young
Sr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DE
John Grant
DT
Karl Lorch
DT
Greg Marderian
DT
Jeff Winans
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
6
Mike Rae
Sr
Head coach
John McKay
Coordinators/assistant coaches
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster: Undefeated University of Southern California football team: John McKay (Head Coach); Willie Brown (Assistant Coach); Anthony Davis #28 A.D.; Danny Reece #46; J.D. Winans #92; Jim Lee #96; Dale Mitchell #85; Rob Adolph #9; Rod McNeill; Chris Vella #81; Ray Rodriguez #52; Steve Fate #47; Manfred Moore #44; Ken Gray #37; J.K. McKay; Chris Chaney #15; Allen Carter #21; Charles Phillips #45; Charlie Hinton #26; Edesel Garrison; Mike Smith; Marvin Cobb #24; Monte Doris #72; Cliff Culbreath #54; Steve Riley; Charles Anthony #55; Wayne Fontes; James Givehand #88; Sam Cunningham #39; Pete Adams #77; Mike Rae; Karl Lorch #79; Mike Hancock #95; Glen Byrd #82; James Psycho Sims #41; George Follett #70; Bob McCaffrey; Mike Ryan #68; Eddie Johnson #11; Alan Pekarcik #48; Booker Brown; Allan Graf #61; Coach Marv Goux; and John Robinson
NFL draft
Ten Trojans were selected in the 1973 NFL draft, with three in the first round.
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