This is The 11/18/1972 USC vs UCLA game. This win clinched The Rose Bowl for this Great SC Team. Two more memorable games still lied ahead for The Trojans though. Mark Harmon played QB for UCLA. I claim no rights.
Classic Chris Schenkel 42:07 & 1:28:30 Once more for good measure 2:32:56 And again 2:39:58 The camera man must have been in love 30:38 Also, Jerry Garcia siting at 2:00:22
I 1000% agree with you. It was an absolute travesty. They defeated Ohio. State the year before and he dominated Griffin. It was all politics. I am trying to locate Mr. Davis to do a Documentary and present him with an honorary Heisman. Last I heard he was selling real estate but I have not been able to get ahold of him. Any information you may have in this regard would be very helpful. He used to be at the USC games, but due to health issues, he no longer appears most of the time.
I'm a lifelong UCLA fan (since the mid-sixties). Pepper Rodgers was very frustrating and the worst coach UCLA ever had. He refused to develop a passing game, which he could have easily done with QBs Sciarra, Harmon, and receiver Norm Anderson. It was bizarre going from Tommy Prothro's creative and effective offenses with Beban and Dummitt and a competitive rivalry with USC in the 1960s to a one-dimensional wishbone offense that did little more than ensure the Trojans squatter's rights in Pasadena. Even in this game, Rodgers refused to open it up until it was too late. I was twelve years old in 1972 and even I knew this USC team was the greatest of all time and that the Bruins had no chance unless they did something different. When UCLA hired Dick Vermeil in 1974, it was a breath of fresh air.
The UNIMAGINATIVE wishbone was the most effective college offense ever created...it captured 10 National championships...13 ..if you include the the Nebraska I-BONE which I do...plus it RESUSCITATED several moribund programs including all three service Academies.. As for Pepper Rodgers..he was FAR from the worst Bruins head football coach...he was an effective head coach...had he OPENED IT UP as you say , doubtless the score might have been worse...his term as UCLA head coach just happened to coincide when McKay's Trojans were at their Zenith...nobody was beating the 1972 USC squad... Maybe the 1995 'Huskers....
A couple of observations about the broadcast. Schenkel announced that USC was trying for their fifth consecutive Rose Bowl but Stanford went to the Rose Bose after the 1970 and 1971 seasons and won both games. Pat Haden’s name is mispronounced when he comes in at the end of the game. The UCLA halftime show is interrupted by hooligans.
That's Edy Williams, an actress. The man sitting next to her with the mustache is Russ Meyer, a director who was known for low-budget, high grossing movies starring large-breasted women.
And at 2:39:59, I remember this game and the beautiful woman, standing up, ready to show off her stuff, for a 13 year old, this was amazing, the camera men at that time on ABC were always looking into the crowds for sexy ladies. Cheers to those guys.
I agree this USC team was the greatest college team ever. Please consider whether the 1954 Bruins were the second-best college team ever, or at least check them out for the sake of potential surprise. The '54 Bruins went undefeated in nine games, five of which were shutouts, including a 34-0 win over USC, who was second in the conference. The Bruins averaged forty points per game while allowing only four points per game. Even the 1972 Trojans didn't have stats like that.
SC's first play is power weak with Swann blocking! Sets up the 2nd play, power pass to Swann. Thanks very much for posting. Many consider this SC team the best college team ever.
Schenkel liked to use the term, "boy," in those days. He did so after Coley O'Brien's TD pass to Bob Gladieux in the '66 Notre Dame-Michigan State game. Davis could have shown some humility. He was always so full of himself.
Mark Harmon? wow! He and UCLA opened the season this year ('72), at the Colisseum against the defending National Champion Nebraska Cornhuskers and beat them convincingly.
Great rivalry if I do say so myself. Bruin Grad/Alum Teuce, '84-'88 & "97-"01. I Luuuuv how it was the Pac. 8 Conference way back in '72 & the Commercial st 24:20, the guy was Terri Kiser, from weekend at Bernie's, man was he Young. Oh & I just saw at the 1:00 hr. Mark, Judd Hirsch for a JC Penney Spot🏈🏈👏👏😁
Why can't Schenkel get players' names right? "Pat Hadden." "John "Shareuh." I'm surprised we didn't hear Mark "Hormone" -- you know, son of Tom "Hormone."
