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Overall Record

10 - 6 - 1 ---8th Ranked

Total Offense

204.18 Yds/Game ---13th Ranked

Total Defense

187.29 Yds/Game ---10th Ranked


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John David Booty.  Todd Marinovich.  Matt Leinart.  The Sanchize.

And Pat Haden.

None of those guys were very good NFL quarterbacks, but they were very good USC quarterbacks. 

Haden, for his part, was never prolific for the Trojans in the tailback-oriented offense of the early-70s Trojans under John McKay.  His USC career numbers of 51.4% completions for 3288 yards and just 33 touchdowns against 25 interceptions look entirely pedestrian, but they may mask the role he played on one of the greatest teams ever.  The 1974 Trojans were one of the greatest teams of all time, and while Haden's duties were primarily limited to handing or tossing the ball to Anthony Davis, he did engineer one of the greatest wins in school history.  Trailing to fierce rival Notre Dame at half, 24-6, McKay let Haden turn it loose to engineer a monstrous 2nd-half onslaught the ended in a 55-24 Trojan win.

It was largely on the strength of this game that Haden's stock shot up in the 1975 NFL draft, when the Rams took him in the 7th round.  Within two years, Haden was starting, as he was the perfect "game manager" to hand the ball off to Lawrence McCutcheon in the "Ground Chuck" offense of Chuck Knox.  Sadly for Haden, an injury early in 1979 sidelined him for the one Super Bowl the Rams actually appeared in during the 70s, despite being the 2nd-winningest team of the decade.

So what's the deal with USC quarterbacks?  It's certainly not as if the school hasn't had guys who appeared to be NFL-ready: Rob Johnson, who is notorious to me as a Bills fan, looked like an NFL prototype: tall, strong-armed, apparently mature.  And he was incredibly successful at Southern Cal, and you can say the same of Leinart, Booty, Marinovich, and many of the others.   I'm not trying to form much of a theory here, but a lot of those guys have seemed a little weak between the ears despite their physical gifts; maybe USC with its beaches and bikinis attracts a sort of quarterback who lacks a certain toughness to make it in the pros?  Hard to tell.

At any rate, here's the list of USC quarterbacks who have played in the NFL and their "accomplishments," ranked by career passing yards:

Player G Cmp% Yds TD Int W L T
Carson Palmer 138 62.58% 33739 213 152 54 67 0
Rodney Peete 104 57.29% 16338 76 92 45 42 0
Matt Cassel 87 59.01% 15302 93 66 29 33 0
Bill Nelsen 90 50.55% 14165 98 101 40 31 3
Mark Sanchez 62 55.06% 12092 68 69 33 29 0
Vince Evans 100 50.65% 9485 52 74 14 25 0
Pat Haden 65 53.63% 9296 52 60 35 19 1
Rudy Bukich 103 52.61% 8433 61 74 21 14 3
Pete Beathard 110 44.85% 8176 43 84 18 16 1
Rob Johnson 48 61.29% 5795 30 23 12 17 0
Jim Hardy 69 46.38% 5690 54 73 4 11 0
Paul McDonald 85 53.59% 5269 24 37 8 13 0
Matt Leinart 33 57.10% 4065 15 21 8 10 0
Mike Rae 28 49.80% 1536 12 14 4 4 0
Todd Marinovich 8 50.73% 1345 8 9 3 5 0
Rob Hertel 3 25.00% 9 0 0 0 0 0

For one week, at least, Haden looked like he came straight out of Quarterback U, bombarding the Niners by going 10/13 for 235 yards and a whopping five touchdowns in an easy 42-0 win for the Ram-its.

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Individual Offensive Scoring Leaders

Player Points TD TD/ Game FG&XP FG&XP/ Game
(K) Mike Lansford6200.00442.59
(QB) Vince Ferragamo168282.1500.00
(WR) George Farmer11111.3800.00
(WR) Preston Dennard881.3300.00
(RB) Wendell Tyler3381.0000.00
(RB) Willie Miller1661.0000.00
(TE) Mike Guman221.0000.00


Quarterbacks

Name # Age RS RP MS HP BB AG PS PC PA AR CO
Vince Ferragamo15286925131319256356508150
Bert Jones17316925191338385050444456

Running Backs

Name # Age RS RP MS HP BB AG BC RE
Wendell Tyler32306950563856505056
Willie Miller82356938561338636350
Jewerl Thomas33256931256919256319
Barry Redden30226938195013195019

Wide Recievers

Name # Age RS RP MS HP BB AG BC RE
George Farmer84246931691338636350
Preston Dennard88276944441344566956
Mike Barber86296919255619257538
Drew Hill87246925381325446331

Tight Ends

Name # Age RS RP MS HP BB AG BC RE
Mike Guman44246931443150386944
Ron Battle81226925314413195625

Offensive Lineman

Name # Age RS RP MS HP BB AG
Kent Hill7225693150695056
Dennis Harrah6029693831563144
Jackie Slater7828693131633150
Irv Pankey7524693819502538
Doug Smith5626692525561313

Defensive Lineman

Name # Age RS RP MS HP BB AG INT QU
Cody Jones7631313825501319638
Jack Youngblood8532445644561325656
Reggie Doss7126383150561338656
Mike Fanning7929445031501319644
Larry Brooks9032253131441313631
Greg Meisner6923253131441313631

Linebackers

Name # Age RS RP MS HP BB AG INT QU
Carl Ekern55283131443819502544
Jim Youngblood53323838194419441938
George Andrews52274444565019441963
Jim Collins50243138314419501931
Mike Reilly57233831382519191325

Defensive Backs

Name # Age RS RP MS HP BB AG INT QU
Pat Thomas27285025381344565050
Johnnie Johnson20264438502544443844
LeRoy Irvin47255044381344563844
Lucious Smith23253125314425443838
Rod Perry49295044381344695663
Nolan Cromwell21274438566925565675
Kirk Collins42243138381344563831

Kicker

Name # Age RS RP MS HP BB AG KP AB AC
Mike Lansford124815681311338505050

Punter

Name # Age RS RP MS HP BB AG KP AB
John Misko14288125443113386338


Additional Practice Squad Players

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Overall Record

10 - 6 - 1


8th

Home Game Record

4 - 3 - 0


28th

Away Game Record

6 - 3 - 1


27th

Passing Yards

137.94 Yds/Game


7th

Rushing Yards

66.24 Yds/Game


23th

Total Offense

204.18 Yds/Game


12th

Passing Yds Allowed

117.29 Yds/Game


4th

Rushing Yds Allowed

70.00 Yds/Game


12th

Total Defense

187.29 Yds/Game


6th

0 Super Bowls, 0 Super Bowl Rings

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