1996 USC Trojans football team

The 1996 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 11th and final year under head coach John Robinson, the Trojans compiled a 6–6 record (3–5 against conference opponents), finished in a five-way tie for fifth place in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 325 to 267.[1]

1996 USC Trojans football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record6–6 (3–5 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Riley (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorKeith Burns (3rd season)
CaptainJohn Allred
Sammy Knight
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum (c. 92,000, grass)
1996 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Arizona State $  8 –0   11 –1  
No. 16 Washington  7 –1   9 –3  
Stanford  5 –3   7 –5  
UCLA  4 –4   5 –6  
Oregon  3 –5   6 –5  
California  3 –5   6 –6  
USC  3 –5   6 –6  
Arizona  3 –5   5 –6  
Washington State  3 –5   5 –6  
Oregon State  1 –7   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Quarterback Brad Otton led the team in passing, completing 196 of 370 passes for 2,649 yards with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. LaVale Woods led the team in rushing with 119 carries for 601 yards and seven touchdowns. Chris Miller led the team in receiving with 43 catches for 793 yards and five touchdowns.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 2511:00 a.m.vs. No. 11 Penn State*No. 7
ABCL 7–2477,716
September 712:30 p.m.at Illinois*No. 19
ABCW 55–356,504
September 143:30 p.m.Oregon StateNo. 16
PrimeW 46–1748,069
September 2112:30 p.m.at Houston*No. 15
PrimeW 26–921,035
October 512:30 p.m.CaliforniaNo. 17
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
ABCL 15–2251,511
October 123:30 p.m.Arizona
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
FXW 14–751,088
October 1912:30 p.m.at No. 4 Arizona State
ABCL 35–48 2OT74,947
October 267:15 p.m.at Washington State
PrimeW 29–2433,111
November 212:30 p.m.No. 21 Washingtondagger
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
ABCL 10–2160,039
November 97:15 p.m.at Stanford
PrimeL 20–2441,980
November 2312:30 p.m.at UCLA
ABCL 41–48 2OT80,644
November 305:00 p.m.No. 10 Notre Dame*
ABCW 27–20 OT90,296
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Roster
1996 USC Trojans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 2 Chris Miller Sr
WR 3 Billy Miller So
QB 4 John Fox  Fr
RB 5 Rodney Sermons Jr
TB 7 Chad Morton Fr
QB 9 Quincy Woods  Fr
QB 10 Brad Otton  Sr
WR 18 R. Jay Soward Fr
RB 24 Delon Washington Jr
OT 60 Jon Walkwitz Fr
G 61 Matt McShane  Fr
G 62 David Pratchard  So
C 63 Mark Manskar  Fr
G, OT 65 Brett Samperi  Fr
G 67 Chris Brymer  Jr
OT 68 Brent McCaffrey Fr
C, LS 69 Pat Smith Fr
OT 70 Mike Whitcanack Fr
G, OT 71 Travis Claridge Fr
G 73 Phalen Pounds  Jr
OT 74 Ken Bowen  So
OT, G 75 Faaesea Mailo Fr
OT, G 76 Joel Sugg Fr
G 77 Trevor Roberts Fr
OT 78 Rome Douglas  So
OT 79 Grant Boelter Jr
WR 80 Larry Parker Jr
WR 81 Stanley Guyness Fr
TE 82 Gurjot Dhaliwal  So
WR 83 Troy Garner Fr
TE 84 Jeff Diltz  Sr
WR 85 Santiago Coleman  So
TE 88 Travis Hall  Sr
TE 89 John Allred Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 1 Daylon McCutcheon So
S 9 Sammy Knight Jr
DB 27 David Gibson Fr
LB 40 Bob Aubrey  So
S, CB 42 Brian Kelly Jr
LB 55 Chris Claiborne Fr
DT 95 Marc Matock  So
DT 96 Darrell Russell Jr
DT 99 Ennis Davis Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 19 Adam Abrams So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1997-02-18

Season summary

Notre Dame
See also: 1996 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Jeweled Shillelagh
#10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (8–2) at USC Trojans (5–6)
Period 1 2 34OTTotal
Notre Dame 0 7 76020
USC 6 0 014727

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California

Game information

Team players in the NFL
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Darrell RussellDefensive tackle12Oakland Raiders
John AllredTight end238Chicago Bears
Matt KeneleyDefensive tackle7208New York Giants
Chris MillerWide receiver7213Green Bay Packers

References
  1. "Southern California Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. "1996 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
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