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A four-year starter, Matt Barkley is the Trojans' career leader in passing yards and passing touchdowns.

The USC Trojans football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the USC Trojans football program in various categories, [1] including passing, rushing, receiving, total offense, defensive stats, and kicking/special teams. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. Through the 2023 season, the Trojans represented the University of Southern California in the NCAA Division I FBS Pac-12 Conference, but will join the Big Ten Conference for 2024 and beyond.

Although USC began competing in intercollegiate football in 1888, [1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in the 1920s. Records from before this decade are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.

These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

  • Since the 1920s, seasons have increased from 10 to 11 and then 12 games in length.
  • The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
  • The Trojans have played in 57 bowl games in school history, [2] 39 of which have come since the 1970 season. Although the official NCAA record book does not include bowl games in statistical records until 2002, [3] and most colleges also structure their record books this way, USC counts all bowl games in its records. [1]
  • Due to COVID-19 issues, the NCAA ruled that the 2020 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any football player, giving everyone who played in that season the opportunity for five years of eligibility instead of the normal four. [4]

These lists are updated through the end of the 2023 season. Recent USC Football Media Guides do not include full top 10 lists for single-game records. However, the 2003 version of the media guide included long lists of top individual single-game performances, [5] and box scores from more recent games are readily available, so the lists are easily derived.

Passing

Passing yards

Passing touchdowns

Rushing

Rushing yards

Rushing touchdowns

Receiving

Receptions

Receiving yards

Receiving touchdowns

Total offense

Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns. [10]

Total offense yards

Touchdowns responsible for

"Touchdowns responsible for" is the NCAA's official term for combined passing and rushing touchdowns. [11]

Defense

Note: The USC Football Media Guide does not generally give a full top 10 in defensive statistics. [1]

Interceptions

Tackles

Sacks

Special teams

Field goals made

Field goal percentage

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c The NCAA does not credit Bush with this total; it later ruled him to have been ineligible for the last two games of the 2004 season and all of the 2005 season. USC includes all of Bush's statistics in its record books, but adds a prominent disclaimer indicating the NCAA treatment of his records.
  2. ^ a b The NCAA does not credit Bush with this game.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "2023 USC Trojans Football Media Guide" (PDF). USC Trojans. July 20, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  2. ^ "USC Trojans Bowls". Sports-Reference CFB. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  3. ^ "NCAA changes policy on football stats". ESPN.com. AP. August 28, 2002. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  4. ^ Cobb, David (August 21, 2020). "NCAA approves blanket waiver for 2020 fall sports athletes to retain year of eligibility". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top Individual Performances" (PDF). USCTrojans.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Caleb Williams". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "USC vs. Colorado Box Score". ESPN.com. September 30, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Box Score: DIRECTV Holiday Bowl". ESPN.com. December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  9. ^ "Brenden Rice". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  10. ^ "2022 Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 9. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  11. ^ "2022 Football Bowl Subdivision Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 12. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
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