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1996 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

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]

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

August 2511:00 AMvs. No. 11 Penn State*No. 7

ABCL 7–24 77,716 September 712:30 PMat Illinois*No. 19

ABCW 55–3 56,504 September 143:30 PMOregon StateNo. 16

PrimeW 46–17 48,069 September 2112:30 PMat Houston*No. 15

PrimeW 26–9 21,035 October 512:30 PMCaliforniaNo. 17

  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

ABCL 15–22 51,511 October 123:30 PMArizona

  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

FXW 14–7 51,088 October 1912:30 PMat No. 4 Arizona State

ABCL 35–48 2OT74,947 October 267:15 PMat Washington State

PrimeW 29–24 33,111 November 212:30 PMNo. 21 Washingtondagger

  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA

ABCL 10–21 60,039 November 97:15 PMat Stanford

PrimeL 20–24 41,980 November 2312:30 PMat UCLA

ABCL 41–48 2OT80,644 November 305:00 PMNo. 10 Notre Dame*

  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)

ABCW 27–20 OT90,296

Template:CFB Schedule End

Roster

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|- | style="text-align:center;" | WR | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Billy Miller | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" | So |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | QB | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | style="text-align:left;" | John Fox | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |  Fr |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | RB | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | style="text-align:left;" | Rodney Sermons | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" | Jr |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | TB | style="text-align:center;" | 7 | style="text-align:left;" | Chad Morton | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" | Sr |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | QB | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | style="text-align:left;" | Quincy Woods | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |  Fr |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | QB | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | style="text-align:left;" | Brad Otton | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |  Sr |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | WR | style="text-align:center;" | 18 | style="text-align:left;" | R. Jay Soward | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" | Fr |-

60 WALKWITZ, Jon OT 6-4 265 3/23/78 Fr. -- Denver, CO (George Washington) 61 McSHANE, Matt OG 6-5 285 10/4/76 Fr.* SQ Oakland (St. Mary's) 62 PRATCHARD, David OG 6-5 290 7/10/75 So.* 1V Canyon Country (Canyon) |- | style="text-align:center;" | C | style="text-align:center;" | 63 | style="text-align:left;" | Mark Manskar | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |  Fr |-

65 SAMPERI, Brett OG/T 6-5 280 3/20/77 Fr.* SQ San Juan Capistrano (San Clemente) |- | style="text-align:center;" | G | style="text-align:center;" | 67 | style="text-align:left;" | Chris Brymer | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |  Jr |-

68 McCAFFREY, Brent OT 6-5 265 5/12/77 Fr. -- Fresno (Bullard) 69 SMITH, Pat C/SNP 6-5 275 8/19/77 Fr. -- La Mesa (Helix) 70 WHITCANACK, Mike OT 6-7 275 9/22/77 Fr. -- Saratoga (Saratoga) |- | style="text-align:center;" | G, OT | style="text-align:center;" | 71 | style="text-align:left;" | Travis Claridge | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" | Fr |-

73 POUNDS, Phalen OG 6-7 310 10/31/74 Jr.* 2V Pasadena (Pasadena) 74 BOWEN, Ken OT 6-8 320 9/21/76 So.* 1V Orlando, FL (Dr. Phillips) 75 MAILO, Faaesea OT/G 6-5 315 2/11/78 Fr. -- Waialua, HI (Kahuku) 76 SUGG, Joel OT/G 6-6 265 5/31/78 Fr. -- Irvine (Irvine) 77 ROBERTS, Trevor OG 6-4 295 9/21/78 Fr. -- Norco (Norco) |- | style="text-align:center;" | OT | style="text-align:center;" | 78 | style="text-align:left;" | Rome Douglas | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |  So |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | OT | style="text-align:center;" | 79 | style="text-align:left;" | Grant Boelter | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" | Jr |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | WR | style="text-align:center;" | 80 | style="text-align:left;" | Larry Parker | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" | Jr |-

81 GUYNESS, Stanley WR 6-2 185 2/5/78 Fr. -- Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos) 82 DHALIWAL, Gurjot# TE 6-3 230 9/6/76 So.* SQ Danville (Monte Vista) 83 GARNER, Troy WR 6-3 195 8/29/77 Fr. -- North Hollywood (Notre Dame) |- | style="text-align:center;" | TE | style="text-align:center;" | 84 | style="text-align:left;" | Jeff Diltz | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |  Sr |-

85 COLEMAN, Santiago# WR 6-4 210 4/8/74 So.* SQ Carpinteria (Carpinteria/Santa Barbara CC) |- | style="text-align:center;" | {{{pos}}} | style="text-align:center;" | 86 | style="text-align:left;" | R JAY Jr., Ramsey WR 6-2 185 5/24/77 Fr.* SQ Ventura (Ventura) 87 McLAUGHLIN, Kevin# WR 6-3 205 3/24/78 Fr. -- Valencia (Hart) |- | style="text-align:center;" | TE | style="text-align:center;" | 88 | style="text-align:left;" | Travis Hall | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" |  Sr |-

|- | style="text-align:center;" | TE | style="text-align:center;" | 89 | style="text-align:left;" | John Allred | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" | Jr |- | style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;" | Fr |-


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Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1997-02-18 |}

References

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