2019 SEASON SUMMARY & REVIEW
SEASON REVIEW
What an exciting season. 2019 was the culmination of everything I had started out to do at Southern Cal. When USC hired me twelve years ago, the program had fallen into a sad state of disarray. My first two years here were difficult, we had little talent and a declining reputation as a football program and academic institution. Now we've won the national championship, restored our prestige as a national football powerhouse, and built an academic reputation amongst the finest in the land.
Mission accomplished.
Key to our success in 2019 was that we simply didn't turn the ball over. As a team, we had only 11 turnovers in 12 games. On defense, we caused 27 turnovers giving us a whopping +16 turnover margin, 7th best in the nation. Much of the improvement in our turnover ratio was the maturation of Brock Dole as a quarterback. He simply did an amazing job for us down the stretch.
That's one of the real surprises of 2019. We always thought Brock could be a good quarterback. But we're a running team in a running offense in a running program. We're known for the J.B. Wilson's and Donnell Cash's, the O.J. Simpson's and Marcus Allen's. But we won the National Championship because Brock Dole threw and threw and threw some more - that coupled with JB carrying the ball 74 times in our final two games.
Southern Cal has once again become one of the dominant football programs in the nation. 2019 was merely the culmination of a process which began way back in 2008. 2019 and the glory it brought the Trojan Tradition are merely the fruits of the hard work that started those long twelve years ago.
And we're proud to have restored that Trojan Tradition to its rightful place in the southern California sun.
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2019 USC Award Winners
Code:
University of Southern California Trojans
Individual Awards
* WR Ron Morrison (5th yr Sr.)
- 2nd Team All-American
- Senior All-American
- 1st Team All PAC-10
- Academic All PAC-10
* OG Graham Molina (5th yr Sr.)
- Academic All-American
- 1st team All PAC-10
- Academic All PAC-10
* S Lawrence Abdul-Jabbar (Soph.)
- Academic All-American
- 1st Team All PAC-10
- Academic All PAC-10
* LB Kenneth Kariya (Fr.)
- Freshman All-American
* TB J.B. Wilson (RS Sr.)
- 1st Team All PAC-10
- Academic All PAC-10
* OT Nate Dillon (RS Soph.)
- 1st Team All PAC-10
* K Rodney Gardner (RS Sr.)
- 1st Team All PAC-10
* QB Brock Dole (5th yr Sr.)
- 2nd Team All PAC-10
* FB Devin Benzer (Jr.)
- 2nd Team All PAC-10
* WR Edwin Kidman (RS Sr.)
- 2nd Team All PAC-10
* OT Bobby Burgess (Rs Sr.)
- 2nd Team All PAC-10
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2019 USC Team Summary
Code:
The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2019 Team Summary
Head Coach: Bear Growlz (12th season)
Offensive Coordinator: Zach Fuchs (3rd season)
Defensive Coordinator: Clarence Ackerman (2nd season)
Syndicate Coordinator: Arnie Urlacher (1st season)
Lead Scout: Lester Stargell (2nd season)
Overall Record: 12-0
BCS Ranking: #1 ***2019 National Champions***
Coaches Poll: #2
Fans Poll: #2
PAC-10 Record: 8-0
PAC-10 Standing: ***PAC-10 Champions***
Southern California Team Rank
Rushes 481 26 (T)
Rushing Yards 1794 31
Yards Per Carry 3.72 47
Pass Attempts 327 56 (T)
Completions 211 22
Passing Yards 3524 9
Yards Per Attempt 10.77 4
3rd Down Conversions 52.1 2
Points Per Game 35.1 14 (T)
Turnovers 11 6
Turnover Margin +16 7 (T)
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 365 20 (T)
Rushing Yards 857 8
Yards Per Carry 2.34 7
Pass Attempts 348 89 (T)
Completions 176 57 (T)
Passing Yards 2566 94
Yards Per Attempt 7.37 72 (T)
3rd Down Conversions 37.7 81
Points Per Game 15.6 15 (T)
Turnovers 27 24 (T)
Primary Formation: Flexbone Formation
Week Team Versus Oppnt
1 48 GEOR (93) 7
2 38 at NODM (19) 25
3 --- off week ---
4 20 at KSC* (30) 17
5 31 ORST (102) 14
6 --- off week ---
7 34 ARIZ (83) 27
8 35 WAST (38) 10
9 52 at OREG (101) 24
10 27 at STAN (96) 13
11 27 CALI (35) 20
12 35 at WASH (31) 17
13 34 at UCLA (4) 0
14 --- off week ---
15 --- off week ---
16 --- off week ---
17 --- off week ---
18 --- off week ---
19 --- off week ---
20 41 vs FLOR (5) 14 ***Rose Bowl/BCS National Championship Game***
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
9 Dole QB 308 200 3360 10.90 27 10
Team --- 327 211 3524 10.77 27 10
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
48 Wilson RB 282 1286 4.56 12 59 69
37 Shultz RB 116 452 3.89 6 24 21
9 Dole QB 40 -101 -2.52 0 29 147
36 Walker RB 32 126 3.93 2 7 10
Team --- 481 1794 3.72 20 123 249
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
82 Morrison WR 87 60 1239 20.6 620 15
6 Kidman WR 75 39 782 20.0 283 4
22 Benzer FB 50 36 424 11.7 197 3
37 Shultz RB 43 26 355 13.6 153 1
48 Wilson RB 34 23 285 12.3 151 1
36 Walker RB 16 13 186 14.3 102 1
Team --- 327 211 3524 16.7 1550 27
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
38 Abdul-Jabbar S 56 20 0.0 8 10 7
54 Elder ILB 54 22 0.0 12 0 5
41 Garcia ILB 53 18 1.0 9 1 4
90 Kariya OLB 42 18 3.0 7 1 2
20 Esparza S 41 13 0.0 4 1 7
77 Milton DT 36 22 7.0 13 1 1
59 Mazzeo OLB 31 16 0.0 9 0 3
31 Fitzgerald CB 31 12 0.0 1 1 11
21 Cipa CB 26 5 0.0 4 2 6
70 Lew DE 26 7 10.5 19 0 0
26 Knight CB 25 12 0.0 0 3 5
72 Jeffers DE 21 8 3.5 7 0 1
44 Reed CB 19 4 0.0 0 0 4
91 Knight DE 17 11 4.0 5 0 0
49 Whalen ILB 15 2 0.0 3 1 0
Team --- 590 205 33.0 112 21 56
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Coach Bear Growlz Coaching Record
Code:
The College Years
Bear Growlz Coaching Record
Year Team Record Post Rank
2019 Southern California 12-0 Yes 1
2018 Southern California 9-3 Yes 18
2017 Southern California 9-3 Yes 10
2016 Southern California 10-2 Yes 5
2015 Southern California 11-1 Yes 4
2014 Southern California 9-3 Yes 21
2013 Southern California 10-2 Yes 14
2012 Southern California 8-4 Yes 28
2011 Southern California 9-3 Yes 24
2010 Southern California 9-3 Yes 14
2009 Southern California 6-6 Yes 55
2008 Southern California 5-6 No 42
2007 Keene State 10-2 Yes 20
2006 Keene State 6-5 No 73
2005 Keene State 5-6 No 80
2004 Keene State 4-7 No 100
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