2014 SEASON SUMMARY & REVIEW
SEASON REVIEW
What happened?
We were very dominant through our first eight games, lost a close game to a horrible Arizona team, then were thoroughly thrashed by Notre Dame and UCLA. It seemed almost as if the players had a national championship on the mind, and when we sufferred the loss at Arizona, the wind was taken out of the team's sails and we just coasted through Notre Dame and UCLA.
I know from looking at the numbers that despite our great start, our running game this season was putrid. For a flexbone team to average under 4 yards per carry, well, that's a recipe for losing.
QB Malcolm Moreno and our passing attack carried us while our running game struggled - even in big wins. When Moreno had some off games at the end of the season, there was no running game to pick him up.
Our pass defense was bad, though the games against Notre Dame and UCLA make it look worse than it actually was. Teams throw on us because we stop the run - and we couldn't stop the pass at all.
What bugs me the most about this season? The loss to Arizona. That just killed us, and there was no excuse for it at all. And I think we were a lot better than we played against Notre Dame or UCLA.
But the monkey's still on my back, haven't beaten UCLA and haven't won the PAC-10.
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2014 University of Southern California
Individual Awards
* LB Tyrell Vaughn (Soph.)
- 1st team All PAC-10
* OG Ricky Estevez (Sr.)
- 2nd Team All PAC-10
- Academic All PAC-10
* OT Joseph Shipman (5th yr Sr.)
- 2nd Team All PAC-10
- Academic All PAC-10
* CB Tyrell Lyons (RS Sr.)
- 2nd Team All PAC-10
- Academic All PAC-10
* WR Ronald Wheeler (RS Sr.)
- Academic All PAC-10
* WR Richie Warrick (RS Jr.)
- Academic All PAC-10
* S Louie Finch (Soph.)
- Academic All PAC-10
* OG Frank Elliot (Inc. Fr.)
- High School All-American
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The College Years
2014 Summary for The University of Southern California Trojans
Head Coach: Bear Growlz (7th yr.)
Offensive Coordinator: Randy Edwards (3rd yr.)
Defensive Coordinator: Bucky Riley (7th yr.)
Syndicate Coordinator: Pete Prior (16th yr.)
Lead Scout: Bubba Embry (2nd yr.)
Record: 9-3
BCS Rank: 21
Coach's Poll: 22
Fan's Poll: 19
PAC-10: 6-2
PAC-10 Finish: 2nd Place
Southern California Team Rank
Rushes 440 42 (T)
Rushing Yards 1639 47
Yards Per Carry 3.72 53 (T)
Pass Attempts 381 30
Completions 229 17 (T)
Passing Yards 3559 7
Yards Per Attempt 9.34 8
3rd Down Conversions 46.2 6
Points Per Game 39.1 5
Turnovers 21 60 (T)
Turnover Margin +4 41 (T)
Opponents Team Rank
Rushes 347 6
Rushing Yards 873 7
Yards Per Carry 2.51 10
Pass Attempts 393 119
Completions 197 99 (T)
Passing Yards 2783 113
Yards Per Attempt 7.08 64
3rd Down Conversions 27.8 16
Points Per Game 23.1 56
Turnovers 25 28 (T)
Primary Formation: Flexbone Formation
Week Team Versus Oppnt
2 41 at CLEM (111) 3
3 59 GEOR (82) 13
5 35 at AZST (79) 19
6 55 ORST (104) 0
7 27 at CALI (23) 24
8 79 OREG (76) 7
9 35 STAN (70) 28
10 35 WAST (47) 7
11 17 at ARIZ (110) 38
12 24 NODM (7) 66
13 21 at UCLA (6) 49
17 42 vs MARY (50) 24 ***LIBERTY BOWL***
Passing Pos Att Comp Yards Y/Att TD Int
14 Moreno QB 309 182 2712 8.77 28 13
8 Rayburn QB 67 45 773 11.53 6 2
Team --- 381 229 3559 9.34 35 15
Rushing Pos Att Yards Y/Att TD Stff YdLst
35 Coffey RB 210 915 4.35 13 62 81
21 Castillo RB 114 492 4.31 6 22 31
14 Moreno QB 44 -44 -1.00 0 25 135
25 Whalen RB 34 132 3.88 1 9 10
Team --- 440 1639 3.72 21 127 279
Receiving Pos Targ Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC TD
1 Warrick WR 77 42 783 18.6 267 8
4 Wheeler WR 65 31 531 17.1 233 5
21 Castillo RB 52 34 355 10.4 192 2
7 Davison WR 51 27 596 22.0 260 7
25 Whalen RB 39 32 351 10.9 154 4
35 Coffey RB 34 26 238 9.1 134 3
85 Robinson WR 29 19 421 22.1 164 5
33 Guthrie FB 27 13 132 10.1 61 1
Team --- 381 229 3559 15.5 1517 35
Defense Pos Tack Asst Sack TFL Ints Defn
41 Vaughn ILB 62 21 2.0 14 1 4
40 Horn S 58 15 0.0 2 3 4
49 Vinnick ILB 45 13 1.0 5 1 7
26 Napiecek CB 43 14 0.0 6 2 10
38 Finch S 39 16 0.0 1 1 5
29 Lyons CB 36 5 0.5 3 4 5
93 Morrison OLB 34 16 2.0 4 1 5
92 Dragon DT 33 13 4.0 11 0 0
23 Galloway CB 32 8 0.0 3 4 8
79 Chevrier DE 31 9 11.0 16 0 0
98 Taylor OLB 22 13 0.0 2 0 2
36 Majka CB 19 3 0.0 0 1 6
78 Aalders DE 17 6 5.0 7 0 1
4 Wheeler WR 14 0 0.0 0 0 0
Team --- 603 180 33.0 87 22 61
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