Coaches Poll national champion Pac-10 champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 17–10 vs. Michigan
Conference
Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches
No. 1
AP
No. 2
Record
12–1 (6–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
John Robinson (3rd season)
Captain
Lynn Cain Rich Dimler
Home stadium
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 2 USC $
6
–
1
–
0
12
–
1
–
0
No. 14 UCLA
6
–
2
–
0
8
–
3
–
1
Washington
6
–
2
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Arizona State
4
–
3
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
No. 17 Stanford
4
–
3
–
0
8
–
4
–
0
California
3
–
4
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Arizona
3
–
4
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Oregon
2
–
5
–
0
2
–
9
–
0
Oregon State
2
–
6
–
0
3
–
7
–
1
Washington State
1
–
7
–
0
3
–
7
–
1
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1978 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Following the season, the Trojans were crowned national champions according to the Coaches Poll. While Alabama claimed the AP Poll title because it had defeated top-ranked Penn State in the Sugar Bowl, the Trojans felt they deserved the title since they had defeated Alabama and Notre Dame during the regular season, and then Michigan in the Rose Bowl.[1] Both USC and Alabama ended their seasons with a single loss.
This would be the last national championship won by the Trojans until 2003.
^"USC Claims Title". The Evening Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. January 2, 1979. p. C7. Retrieved May 13, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
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