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1983 USC Trojans football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1983
team	USC Trojans
sport	football
conference	Pacific-10 Conference
short_conf	Pac-10
record	4–6–1
conf_record	4–3
head_coach	Ted Tollner
hc_year	1st
captain	Tony Brewer
captain2	Jeff Brown
captain3	Keith Browner
captain4	Fred Cornwell
captain5	Tony Slaton
stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

The 1983 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Ted Tollner, the Trojans compiled a 4–6–1 record (5–2 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 238 to 210.

Quarterback Sean Salisbury led the team in passing, completing 142 of 248 passes for 1,882 yards with ten touchdowns and nine interceptions. Michael Harper led the team in rushing with 151 carries for 685 yards and six touchdowns. Timmie Ware led the team in receiving yards with 23 catches for 481 yards and five touchdowns.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Florida

Oregon State

Kansas

South Carolina

Washington State

Arizona State

Notre Dame

California

USC sacked Pac-10 total offense leader Gale Gilbert eight times.

Stanford

Washington

UCLA

References

"1983 Southern California Trojans Stats". Sports Reference LLC.
(September 11, 1983). "USC rallies to tie Florida, then flubs extra-point try". The Fresno Bee.
(September 18, 1983). "Same old song, 14th verse: USC wallops Beavers 33–10". The Sunday Oregonian.
(September 25, 1983). "Kansas upsets No. 10 Southern Cal". The Kansas City Star.
(October 2, 1983). "Trojans outclassed in the battle of USCs". The Los Angeles Times.
(October 9, 1983). "USC romps tp confidence-building win". The Arizona Republic.
(October 16, 1983). "This time, Trojans take the pounding". The San Bernardino County Sun.
(October 23, 1983). "Irish in green for 27–6 rout of old rivals". The Cincinnati Enquirer.
(October 30, 1983). "Trojans 'stuff' Bears". Oakland Tribune.
(November 6, 1983). "USC resorts to some Card tricks". The Daily Breeze.
(November 13, 1983). "Cougs in Huskies' path again". The Spokesman-Review.
(November 20, 1983). "UCLA gets Roses; USC gets thorns". Simi Valley Star.
Eugene Register-Guard. 1983 Oct 30. Retrieved 2016-Nov-24.

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