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1989 USC Trojans football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1989
team	USC Trojans
sport	football
conference	Pacific-10 Conference
short_conf	Pac-10
CoachRank	9
APRank	8
record	9–2–1
conf_record	6–0–1
head_coach	Larry Smith
hc_year	3rd
captain	Dan Owens Leroy Holt
captain2	Brad Leggett
captain3	Tim Ryan
stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
champion	Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl champion
bowl	[Rose Bowl](1990-rose-bowl)
bowl_result	W 17–10 vs. [Michigan](1989-michigan-wolverines-football-team)

Rose Bowl champion The 1989 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was intended to start in historic fashion, with USC set to play Illinois in Moscow in what was dubbed the Glasnost Bowl. However, the plan to play the game at Dynamo Stadium fell through, and the game was rescheduled at Memorial Coliseum. The Trojans lost the game as the Illini scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

USC won their third consecutive Pac-10 conference championship and gained their 600th program win in a victory against Oregon State. They played third-ranked Michigan in the Rose Bowl and won, giving Larry Smith his only bowl victory in his six seasons as head coach.

Schedule

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Rankings

Main article: 1989 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Game summaries

Illinois

Utah State

Ohio State

;First quarter

OSU – Pat O'Morrow 45-yard field goal, 4:18. ''Ohio St 3–0. '''Drive: 11 plays, 49 yards, 5:20.''''' ;Second quarter
USC – Scott Galbraith 3-yard pass from Shane Foley (Quin Rodriguez kick), 11:20. ''USC 7–3. '''Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards, 5:12.'''''
USC – John Jackson 87-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 8:21. ''USC 14–3. '''Drive: 3 plays, 95 yards, 1:36.'''''
USC – Scott Galbraith 11-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 7:31. ''USC 21–3. '''Drive: 1 play, 11 yards, 0:08.''''' ;Third quarter
USC – Gary Wellman 19-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 3:16. ''USC 28–3. '''Drive: 8 plays, 88 yards, 3:46.'''''
USC – Gary Wellman 17-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 0:04. ''USC 35–3. '''Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards, 2:41.''''' ;Fourth quarter
USC – Mazio Royster 1-yard run (Quin Rodriguez kick), 1:38. ''USC 42–3. '''Drive: 9 plays, 46 yards, 3:57.''''' ;Top passers
OSU – Greg Frey – 13/28, 135 yards, INT
USC – Todd Marinovich – 14/22, 246 yards, 4 TD, INT ;Top rushers
OSU – Carlos Snow – 11 rushes, 83 yards
USC – Ricky Ervins – 21 rushes, 117 yards ;Top receivers
OSU – Jeff Graham – 3 receptions, 43 yards
USC – John Jackson – 2 receptions, 108 yards, TD

At Washington State

Source: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19891001&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Washington

At California

At Notre Dame

First quarter

USC – Larry Wallace 12-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 12:47. USC 7–0.
ND – Tony Rice 7-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 9:10. Tie 7–7.
USC – John Jackson 15-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 7:47. USC 14–7. Second quarter
USC – Quin Rodriguez 25-yard field goal, 10:22. USC 17–7. Third quarter
ND – Ricky Watters 2-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 9:17. ''USC 17–14. '''Drive: 8 plays.''''' Fourth quarter
ND – Anthony Johnson 35-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 13:51. ''Notre Dame 21–17. '''Drive: 80 yards.'''''
USC – Gary Wellman 16-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 9:01. ''USC 24–21. '''Drive: 4 plays.'''''
ND – Tony Rice 15-yard run (Craig Hentrich kick), 5:18. ''Notre Dame 28–24. '''Drive: 80 yards.''''' ;Top passers
USC – Todd Marinovich – 33/55, 333 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT
ND – Tony Rice – 5/16, 91 yards ;Top rushers
USC – Ricky Ervins – 12 rushes, 64 yards
ND – Tony Rice – 18 rushes, 99 yards, 2 TD ;Top receivers
USC – John Jackson – 14 receptions, 200 yards, TD
ND – Raghib Ismail – 2 receptions, 62 yards
Pregame fight in tunnel

Stanford

Oregon State

At Arizona

UCLA

Vs. Michigan (Rose Bowl)

Main article: 1990 Rose Bowl

The Trojans avenged last season's loss to Michigan in the Rose Bowl, beating the Wolverines in Bo Schembechler's last game as head coach.

Personnel

Team players drafted into the NFL

The following players were selected in the 1990 NFL draft:

References

(September 5, 1989). "Illinois rally jolts Southern California". The Courier-News.
(September 17, 1989). "Ervins runs wild in USC victory". Ventura County Star.
(September 24, 1989). "Trojans trounce Buckeyes 42–3". The Palm Beach Post.
(October 1, 1989). "Cougar victory slips away". The Olympian.
(October 8, 1989). "After slow start, USC finishes off Huskies". Daily Times-Advocate.
(October 15, 1989). "Cal's loss to Trojans solves fans' Series problem". Oakland Tribune.
(October 22, 1989). "Irish overcome mistakes, overtake Trojans, 28–24". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(October 29, 1989). "Trojans clumsy, but Stanford worse". The Houston Post.
(November 5, 1989). "Who they kidding: Trojans 48–6". The San Bernardino County Sun.
(November 12, 1989). "USC bowls over Arizona, 24–3". Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser.
(November 19, 1989). "Trojans, UCLA feel tie is loss". The Fresno Bee.
(January 2, 1990). "Southern Cal spoils Bo's last Rose 17–10". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution.
Gainesville Sun. 1989 Oct 29.
(January 2, 1990). "Farewell to Bo Played Strictly by Book, 17-10". [[Los Angeles Times]].
"1990 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com".

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