1985 USC Trojans football team

1985 USC Trojans football
1985 USC Trojans football
Aloha Bowl, L 3–24 vs. Alabama
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	6–6 (5–3 Pac-10)
Head coach	Ted Tollner (3rd season);
Captains	Matt Koart; Hank Norman;
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

Record6–6 (5–3 Pac-10)

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1985 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	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

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	at No. 11 Illinois*	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 20–10	76,369	^[1]
September 21	Baylor*	No. 3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 13–20	52,544	^[2]
September 28	at Arizona State	No. 18	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 0–24	70,710	^[3]
October 5	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 63–0	50,624	^[4]
October 19	Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 30–6	56,837	^[5]
October 26	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 3–37	59,075	^[6]
November 2	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 31–13	46,954	^[7]
November 9	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–14	63,500	^[8]
November 16	at Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 17–20	59,417	^[9]
November 23	No. 8 UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 17–13	90,064	^[10]
November 30	vs. Oregon		Olympic Memorial Stadium Tokyo, Japan (Mirage Bowl)	W 20–6	65,000	^[11]
December 28	vs. No. 15 Alabama*		Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI (Aloha Bowl)	L 3–24	65,000	^[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 6 Trojans	14	3	3	0	20
No. 11 Fighting Illini	0	0	7	3	10


1	USC	Hank Norman 9-yard pass from Sean Salisbury (Don Shafer kick)	USC 7–0
1	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
3	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

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Bears	0	10	7	3	20
No. 3 Trojans	7	0	0	6	13


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
2		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
4	6:06	Baylor	Terry Syler 32-yard field goal	Baylor 20–13

Schedule


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

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