Here are some bullet points for the USC football program:
* Record-highest ever – 856-360-54 (.696), USC is 12th Highest win rate and 8th place win rate in Japan
* Consensus National Championships – 10 (1928, 1931, 1932, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004)
* Conference Championship- 39 (last win in 2017)
* Heisman Trophy Winners – 7 (Mike Garrett, 1965; OJ Simpson, 1968; Charles White, 1979; Marcus Allen, 1981; Carson Palmer2002; Matt Leinart2004; Reggie Bush2005)
* Bowl record – 34-20, overall bowl record. 25-9, Rose Bowl record; 9 appearances in BCS or New Year’s Six Bowls (since 1998; 7-2 record)
* Current coach – Lincoln Riley, First year at USC. Legendary past coaches included Howard Jones, who also coached Ohio. John McKayWith John Robinson Pete Carroll..
* 2021 record – 4-8, whole; 3-6 Pac-12
* Record for the last 10 years (2012-21) – 77-47
* Home Stadium – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (capacity 77,500, surface, lawn). The Coliseum is adjacent to the USC campus and opened in 1921 to commemorate the Los Angeles veterans of World War I. Completed in 1923, it will be the first stadium to host the three Summer Olympics when it hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics. .. The stadium previously hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984.
The Coliseum was home to the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League from 1946 to 1979, and from 2016 to 2019. It was the venue for the first AFL-NFL World Championship game (later called Super Bowl I) and Super Bowl VII. .. It was also home to the Los Angeles Dodgers of baseball from 1958 to 1961 and hosted the 1959 World Series. UCLA also played home games at the Coliseum from 1982 to 1994.
* USC Football Series vs Ohio – USC always has a 13-10-1 advantage over Ohio. This includes 4-4 bowl records between teams, including USC Edge 4-3 at Rose Bowls between schools.
Ohio State University closed the national championship season in 1954 and 1968, with Rose Bowl winning the USC. Similarly for USC, after the 1972 and 1974 seasons, Rose Bowl defeated Ohio. The USC has denied the national title for Ohio State University’s victory over OSU since the 1979 season.
The team last met during the regular season as part of the 2008-09 Home and Home series. USC won at home (35-3) in 2008 and OSU (18-15) in 2009.
* Last meeting and Ohio – The Ohio State University claimed the team’s final match with a 24-7 victory at the 2017 Cotton Bowl (played December 29, 2017) at the AT & T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. With this victory, OSU lost seven consecutive games to Pac-12’s rival USC. The last OSU victory over USC before this game was the 1974 Rose Bowl (42-21).
OSU Quarterback JT Barrett completed 11 out of 17 passes at 114 yards. He also carried the ball 16 times with 66 yards and two touchdowns. OSU safety Damon Webb Intercepted USC Sam darnold Twice, including one for a winning touchdown.
