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 (Battle for the 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

Roster

1985 USC Trojans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OG 79 Jeff Bregel Jr G 66 Dave Cadigan So OL John Guerrero  Fr RB 34 Zeph Lee Sr QB 16 Rodney Peete Fr OG Mark Sager QB 7 Sean Salisbury Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 91 Matt Koart Sr S 6 Tim McDonald Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Ted Tollner Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 7 6 0 0 13 • USC 7 0 3 7 17 Date: November 23 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA Game attendance: 90,064

Scoring summary Q1 UCLA Ball 1 yard run (Lee kick) UCLA 7–0 Q1 USC Cormier 34 yard pass from Peete (Shafer kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 UCLA Lee 22 yard field goal UCLA 10–7 Q2 UCLA Lee 34 yard field goal UCLA 13–7 Q3 USC Shafer 38 yard field goal UCLA 13–10 Q4 USC Peete 1 yard run (Shafer kick) USC 17–13

See also: 1985 UCLA Bruins football team and Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–18–6	1984	L 10–29

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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

See also: 1985 Oregon Ducks football team and Mirage Bowl (college football)

vs. Alabama (Aloha Bowl)

Main article: 1985 Aloha Bowl

See also: 1985 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	1978	W 24–14

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. Gainesville Sun. 1985 Nov 24.
2. "1986 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 22, 2019.