1985 USC Trojans football team

The 1985 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

1985 USC Trojans football
Aloha Bowl, L 3–24 vs. Alabama
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1985 record	6–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ted Tollner (3rd season)
Captain	Matt Koart Hank Norman
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1985 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 UCLA $	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	1
Arizona	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	1
Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Washington	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Oregon	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
California	2	–	7	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 7	at No. 11 Illinois*	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 20–10	76,369
September 21	Baylor*	No. 3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 13-20	53,246
September 28	at Arizona State	No. 18	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 0–24	70,710
October 5	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 63–0	50,624
October 19	Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 30–6	56,837
October 26	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 3–37	59,075
November 2	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 31–13	46,954
November 9	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–14	63,500
November 16	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 17–20	52,601
November 23	No. 8 UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 17–13	90,064
November 30	vs. Oregon		National Olympic Stadium Tokyo, Japan (Mirage Bowl)	W 20–6	65,000
December 28	vs. No. 15 Alabama*		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	L 3–24	65,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1985 USC Trojans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR Gene Arrington OG 79 Jeff Bregel Jr OG 66 Dave Cadigan So TE Martin Chesley TE Joe Cormier OL Tom Cox RB Fred Crutcher RB Andy Eddy RB Aaron Emmanuel OL James Fitzpatrick TE Paul Green OL John Guerrero  Fr WR Ken Henry RB Ryan Knight OL Gaylord Kuamoo RB 34 Zephrini Lee Sr TE Eric McKee QB Kevin McLean WR Hank Norman QB 16 Rodney Peete Fr RB Kennedy Pola OG Mark Sager QB 7 Sean Salisbury Sr RB Todd Steele WR Randy Tanner WR Al Washington RB Steven Webster	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Sam Anno LB Garrett Breeland DB Louis Brock DL Tony Colorito LB Marcus Cotton LB Keith Davis DB Matt Johnson DT 91 Matt Koart Sr S 6 Tim McDonald Jr DL Brent Moore DB Jerome Tyler DL Gary Willison	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Troy Richardson K Don Shafer P Chris Sperle	Head coach Ted Tollner Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

UCLA

#8 UCLA Bruins (8–1–1) at USC Trojans (4–5)

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	6	0	0	13
USC	7	0	3	7	17

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

• Date: November 23
• Game attendance: 90,064
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Game information

First quarter UCLA – Eric Ball 1-yard run (John Lee kick). UCLA 7–0. Drive: USC – Joe Cormier 34-yard pass from Rodney Peete (Don Shafer kick). Tie 7–7. Drive: Second quarter UCLA – John Lee 22-yard field goal. UCLA 10–7. Drive: UCLA – John Lee 34-yard field goal. UCLA 13–7. Drive: Third quarter USC – Don Shafer 38-yard field goal. UCLA 13–10. Drive: Fourth quarter USC – Rodney Peete 1-yard run (Don Shafer kick). USC 17–13. Drive: Top passers UCLA – David Norrie – 14/21, 178 yards, 2 INT USC – Rodney Peete – 8/15, 101 yards, TD, INT Top rushers UCLA – Gaston Green – 28 rushes, 145 yards USC – Ryan Knight – 32 rushes, 147 yards Top receivers UCLA – Karl Dorrell – 5 receptions, 61 yards USC – Joe Cormier – 8 receptions, 101 yards

vs. Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total Oregon 3 0 3 0 6 • USC 7 10 0 3 20 Date: November 30 Location: Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Source:

Scoring summary 1 ORE MacLeod 32-yard field goal ORE 3-0 1 USC Knight 2-yard run (Shafer kick) USC 7-3 2 USC Shafer 32-yard field goal USC 10-3 2 USC Norman 5-yard pass from Peete (Shafer kick) USC 17-3 3 ORE MacLeod 36-yard field goal USC 17-6 4 USC Shafer 44-yard field goal USC 20-6

Aloha Bowl (vs. Alabama)

1986 NFL Draft

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise

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References

1. UCLA-Southern Cal Box Score. Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 24. Pg. 4F. Retrieved 2020-Dec-12.
2. "1986 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 22, 2019.