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1990 USC Trojans football team

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American college football season

1990USC Trojans football
John Hancock Bowl, L 16–17 vs.Michigan State
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
AP	No. 20
Record	8–4–1 (5–2–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Larry Smith (4th season)
Captain	Don Gibson
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

1990 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Washington $	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 USC	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	4	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	5	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
UCLA	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Arizona State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings fromAP Poll

The1990 USC Trojans football team represented theUniversity of Southern California (USC) in the1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coachLarry Smith, the Trojans compiled an 8–4–1 record (5–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in thePacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 348 to 274.^[1]

USC began the season by beatingSyracuse in the eighthKickoff Classic. They also won non-conference games againstPenn State andOhio State, the latter of which was suspended with 2:36 remaining because of severe thunderstorms. The Trojans would finish second in the Pac-10 and lost toMichigan State in their bowl game in an outcome reminiscent of their 1987 season.

QuarterbackTodd Marinovich led the team in passing, completing 196 of 322 passes for 2,423 yards with 13 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Mazio Royster led the team in rushing with 235 carries for 1,168 yards and eight touchdowns. Gary Wellman led the team in receiving with 66 catches for 1,015 yards and five touchdowns.^[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	4:30 p.m.	vs.Syracuse*	No. 9	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ (Kickoff Classic)	Raycom	W 34–16	57,293
September 15	12:30 p.m.	Penn State*	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	ABC	W 19–14	70,594
September 22	3:30 p.m.	at No. 21Washington	No. 5	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	Prime	L 0–31	72,617
September 29	12:30 p.m.	at No. 12Ohio State*	No. 18	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	W 35–26	89,422
October 6	7:30 p.m.	Washington State	No. 15	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	Prime	W 30–17	59,357
October 13	12:30 p.m.	atStanford	No. 16	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	ABC	W 37–22	62,000
October 20	3:30 p.m.	Arizona	No. 15	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	Prime	L 26–35	68,212
October 27	12:30 p.m.	atArizona State	No. 21	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ABC	W 13–6	64,717
November 3	3:30 p.m.	California	No. 21	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	Prime	T 31–31	62,974
November 10	3:30 p.m.	atOregon State	No. 23	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	Prime	W 56–7	18,795
November 17	12:30 p.m.	atUCLA	No. 19	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	W 45–42	98,088
November 24	5:00 p.m.	No. 7Notre Dame*	No. 18	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	ABC	L 6–10	91,639
December 31	11:30 a.m.	vs. No. 22Michigan State*	No. 21	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX (John Hancock Bowl)	CBS	L 16–17	50,562
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game


Q1	USC	Griffin 5 yard pass from Marinovich (Rodriguez kick)	USC 7–0

Q2	PSU	Golden 8 yard pass from Sacca (Fayak kick)	Tie 7–7

Q2	USC	Rodriguez 26 yard field goal	USC 10–7

Q2	USC	Rodriguez 46 yard field goal	USC 13–7

Q3	USC	Ervins 1 yard run (run failed)	USC 19–7

Q4	PSU	Thompson 2 yard run (Fayak kick)	USC 19–14

v t e USC Trojans football
Venues	Athletic Park (1895–1898) Fiesta Park (1897–1898, 1901–1902, 1904–1906, 1916) Chutes Park (1900) Prager Park (1903) Bovard Field (1904–1910, 1914–1915, 1917–1923) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Jones Field/Kennedy Field (practice)
Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games California Notre Dame Stanford UCLA:Victory Bell
Culture and lore	Traveler George Tirebiter Giles Pellerin "Fight On" Spirit of Troy Student Body Right Tommy Trojan Tribute to Troy Athletics scandal 1967 "Game of the Century" "Bush Push" Carroll–Harbaugh rivalry 2007 Stanford game So This Is College
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911–1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	14	7	3	21	45
UCLA	7	7	7	21	42

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Schedule

Game summaries

Syracuse

Penn State

At Washington

At Ohio State

Washington State

At Stanford

Arizona

At Arizona State

California

At Oregon State

At UCLA

Notre Dame

John Hancock Bowl (vs Michigan State)

Personnel

References