1985 USC Trojans football team

Template:Short description Template:1985 Pacific-10 Conference football standings The 1985 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Game summaries

At No. 11 Illinois

USC at Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 6 Trojans 14 3 3 0 20 No. 11 Fighting Illini 0 0 7 3 10 Date: September 7 Location: Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois Game attendance: 76,639 Game weather:

Scoring summary 1 USC Hank Norman 9-yard pass from Sean Salisbury (Don Shafer kick) USC 7–0 USC Randy Tanner 46-yard pass from Sean Salisbury (Don Shafer kick) USC 14–0 2 USC Don Shafer 46-yard field goal USC 17–0 3 USC Don Shafer 23-yard field goal USC 20–0 Illinois Cap Boso 83-yard pass from Jack Trudeau (Chris White kick) USC 20–7 4 Illinois Chris White 28-yard field goal USC 20–10

Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total • Bears 0 10 7 3 20 No. 3 Trojans 7 0 0 6 13 Date: September 21 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California Game attendance: 53,246 TV announcers (Lorimar): Geoff Witcher (play-by-play) and Jim Perry (analyst)

Scoring summary 1 USC Hank Norman 9-yard pass from Sean Salisbury (Don Shafer kick) USC 7–0 2 2:46 Baylor Tom Muecke 3-yard run (Terry Syler kick) Tied 7–7 Baylor Terry Syler 39-yard field goal Baylor 10–7 3 9:49 Baylor Derrick McAdoo 22-yard pass from Tom Muecke (Terry Syler kick) Baylor 17–7 4 USC Randy Tanner 19-yard pass from Sean Salisbury (kick blocked) Baylor 17–13 6:06 Baylor Terry Syler 32-yard field goal Baylor 20–13

UCLA

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

Quarter	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

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

Oregon vs. USC

1 2 3 4 Total Ducks 3 0 3 0 6 • Trojans 7 10 0 3 20 Date: November 30 Location: Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo, Japan Source: [1]

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

Personnel

colspan="4" style=" text-align:center;Template:NCAA color cell" | 1985 USC Trojans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR G 79 G 66 TE TE OL RB RB RB OL TE OL File:Redshirt.svg  WR RB OL RB 34 TE QB WR 83 QB 16 RB G QB 7 RB WR WR RB 25	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB LB DB 38 DL LB LB DB 8 DT 91 S 6 DL DB 1 DL	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P K 10 P	Head coach Ted Tollner Coordinators/assistant coaches Craig Ver Steeg (GA) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Injured Redshirt Redshirt

1986 NFL draft

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

Player

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Franchise