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ranked the 1972 Trojans in their top 25 greatest teams.
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1061:Steve Riley
1035:NFL players
1017:Woody Hayes
966:Vince Young
869:Total yards
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602:Mark Harmon
594:UCLA Bruins
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52:USC Trojans
3118:Categories
1150:References
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1108:Beano Cook
1085:John Hicks
1057:Lynn Swann
1053:Pete Adams
1041:NFL Drafts
806:Statistics
797:Statistics
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647:Ohio State
641:Rose Bowl,
622:Notre Dame
564:Sugar Bowl
560:Penn State
548:See also:
451:1973 (Dec)
405:Rose Bowl
390:Curt Gowdy
385:Announcers
359:Attendance
208:Ohio State
103:John McKay
1793:1903–1915
1753:(stadium)
1751:Rose Bowl
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1139:44–3 loss
981:Wisconsin
958:Ron Dayne
950:Eric Ball
935:Aftermath
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612:. In the
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27:Rose Bowl
2396:denotes
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1688:(Jan. 1)
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1318:Archived
864:19–27–0
737:Mike Rae
693:season.
682:Michigan
633:Mike Rae
610:Stanford
598:Nebraska
586:Arkansas
556:Oklahoma
305:Favorite
299:(USC RB)
283:Location
1746:History
1606:Liberty
1065:Tim Fox
964:), and
929:Source:
842:45–207
721:Scoring
562:in the
538:stadium
499:of the
491:of the
472:of the
470:edition
373:Network
339:Big Ten
327:Referee
273:Stadium
157:Coaches
123:Coaches
68:Big Ten
1678:Orange
1670:Cotton
1614:Fiesta
1549:
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1127:said.
1118:Quotes
1098:Legacy
1091:, and
1059:, and
861:5–11–2
858:Passes
839:62–285
769:USC –
759:USC –
731:USC –
707:42–17.
686:14–11.
516:42–17.
417:
263:Season
61:(11–0)
1781:Games
1662:Sugar
1646:Gator
1630:Peach
993:Texas
919:6–48
886:4–41
817:State
679:rival
671:19–12
625:45–23
618:24–7.
606:30–21
568:11–1,
544:Teams
333:Pac-8
202:Total
75:Pac-8
58:(9–1)
2348:2026
2343:2025
2338:2024
2333:2023
2328:2022
2323:2021
2318:2020
2313:2019
2308:2018
2303:2017
2298:2016
2293:2015
2288:2014
2283:2013
2278:2012
2273:2011
2268:2010
2263:2009
2258:2008
2253:2007
2248:2006
2243:2005
2238:2004
2233:2003
2228:2002
2223:2001
2218:2000
2213:1999
2208:1998
2203:1997
2198:1996
2193:1995
2188:1994
2183:1993
2178:1992
2173:1991
2168:1990
2163:1989
2158:1988
2153:1987
2148:1986
2143:1985
2138:1984
2133:1983
2128:1982
2123:1981
2118:1980
2113:1979
2108:1978
2103:1977
2098:1976
2093:1975
2088:1974
2083:1973
2078:1972
2073:1971
2068:1970
2063:1969
2058:1968
2053:1967
2048:1966
2043:1965
2038:1964
2033:1963
2028:1962
2023:1961
2018:1960
2013:1959
2008:1958
2003:1957
1998:1956
1993:1955
1988:1954
1983:1953
1978:1952
1973:1951
1968:1950
1963:1949
1958:1948
1953:1947
1948:1946
1943:1945
1938:1944
1933:1943
1928:1942
1923:1941
1918:1940
1913:1939
1908:1938
1903:1937
1898:1936
1893:1935
1888:1934
1883:1933
1878:1932
1873:1931
1868:1930
1863:1929
1858:1928
1853:1927
1848:1926
1843:1925
1838:1924
1833:1923
1828:1922
1823:1921
1818:1920
1813:1919
1808:1918
1803:1917
1798:1916
1788:1902
1686:Rose
1547:ISBN
1532:ISBN
1478:ISBN
1436:2022
997:2006
991:and
985:UCLA
983:24,
977:1999
970:2006
962:1999
954:1986
946:2008
897:2–1
883:5–36
875:451
853:244
812:Ohio
691:1975
675:51–6
635:and
464:The
444:1972
422:1974
414:1972
267:1972
255:Date
37:Game
25:1973
1654:Sun
989:USC
972:).
956:),
916:2–7
894:2–1
872:366
831:24
659:FBS
574:USC
528:UPI
522:in
483:in
378:NBC
293:MVP
230:USC
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