USC Trojans Tickets Information
Winner of 86 national championships and 73 NCAA titles, more than any other University has attained the phrase "USC Trojans" refers to the University of Southern California student body in general. Although it is not limited to student body, the women's athletic teams are referred to as "The Women of Troy."
USC athletics participates in the NCAA Division I-A Pacific Ten Conference and has won 106 total team national championships, 86 of which are NCAA National Championships. USC's cross-town rival is UCLA, with whom there is fierce athletic and scholastic competition. However, USC's rivalry with Notre Dame predates the UCLA rivalry by three years. The rivalry with Notre Dame mainly stem from the annual football game played between these two universities and is considered the greatest intersectional rivalry of all college athletics.
Four Trojans have won the prestigious James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in America: diver Sammy Lee (1953), shot putter Parry O'Brien (1959), swimmer John Naber (1977) and swimmer Janet Evans (1989).
Heritage Hall, home of USC Athletics is the arena which contributed in giving a vision to The Trojan men who have won 86 national championships (73 NCAA titles), more than any other University. While the Women of Troy have also earned 20 national championships thus standing side by side men and proving their worth to the sports lovers. The Trojans won at least 1 national team title in 26 consecutive years (1959-60 to 1984-85).
USC won the National College All-Sports Championship an annual ranking by USA Today of the country's top athletic programs - 6 times since its inception in 1971.
Trojan men athletes have won almost 290 NCAA individual titles more than those from any other school in the nation (the Women of Troy have brought home another 41 individual NCAA crowns).
Two Women of Troy athletes have won the Honda-Broderick Cup as the top collegiate woman athlete of the year: Cheryl Miller (1983-84) and Angela Williams (2001-02). And Trojan women have won 8 Honda Awards, as the top female athlete in their sport.
USC won the Lexus Gauntlet Trophy, a year-long all-sports competition between Troy and crosstown rival UCLA, in its inaugural 2001-02 season and again in 2003-04 and 2005-06.
There are various teams that belong to Troy, who have won national championships and given below is a brief history of the performance and achievements of the notable teams at USC:
A December 1998 SPORT magazine ranking listed USC as the No. 4 all-time college football program of the 20th century. USC Trojans Football started in 1888 and has cumulative an all-time won-loss record of 732-299-54, giving the program a .700 winning percentage.
USC Trojans Baseball has a notable history in baseball: With 12 baseball national championships, Troy is far and away the leader in that category and there is no other school which has proved its worth by winning more than 6. Since starting baseball in 1924, the Trojans have compiled a record of 2,221-1,093-15 (.669) against college opponents, and have captured outright or tied for 38 conference championships. USC's most notable baseball coach was Rod Dedeaux, coaching from 1942-86, who led the school to 11 of its NCAA crowns, including 5 straight from 1970-74.
USC is also known for its Heisman Trophy winners. With the awarding of the 2005 Heisman to Reggie Bush, USC, Notre Dame and Ohio State are tied for the most Heisman winners at 7. Three of the last five Heisman winners have been Trojans - Reggie Bush in 2005, Matt Leinart in 2004, and Carson Palmer in 2002. Four other Trojan tailbacks have won the coveted Heisman Trophy as college football's outstanding player: Mike Garrett in 1965, O.J. Simpson in 1968, Charles White in 1979 and Marcus Allen in 1981.The USC Football team has been voted National Champions 11 times. Also notable, USC has the most players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with 11. USC's record against Pac-10 opponents is 367-153-29 (.695), and the Trojans have winning records against all nine other members.
The USC Volleyball team has made 11 NCAA Final Four appearances since scholarships were first awarded by Troy in the sport in 1977. The Trojans have won 4 NCAA titles (1977, 1980, 1988 and 1990) and have finished second on 6 other occasions (1979-81-85-86-87-91). Turning USC into one of the top volleyball powers in the nation, Ernie Hix, who retired as head coach after the 1981 season, has an applaudable 8-year record with an impressive 146-47 (.756) with 2 national crowns.
Twenty-four Trojans have played on the U.S. National team and USC volley ballers have been named as first team having All-Americans 27 times. In the 1984 Olympics, Steve Timmons, Dusty Dvorak and Pat Powers all helped lead the United States to its first gold medal ever in the sport, while Timmons repeated with the 1988 U.S. squad.
Besides having a proud performance of USC men, women are none less than any. USC has likewise built a successful swimming program on the women's side. In fact, the Women of Troy have finished in the top 10 nationally 25 of the last 30 years - including winning the NCAA title in 1997 - and have produced 233 All-Americans in that span. They have won conference championships in 1979, 1980, 1982 and 1985.
National and Olympic Champion Monuments are inside Loker Track Stadium. One of the nation's finest the women's track program, at USC has also been developed. The Trojans have placed in the Top 10 of the NCAA Championships 12 times, including winning the program's first-ever NCAA team title in 2001. The Women of Troy also finished third in 1987, seventh in 1996 (while winning the Pac-10 title), fifth in 1998, third in 1999 (just 4 points from first place), second in 2000 (again just 4 points out of first place), third in 2002, seventh in 2005 and second in 2006 (while winning the NCAA West Regional title).
The women's track and field heritage begins with Sherry Calvert, the former head coach. Calvert, a 4-time All-American javelin thrower at USC who participated in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, started the program as an undergraduate and coached through 1983. Fred LaPlante succeeded her from 1984 through 1988. Barbara Edmonson was coach in 1992 through 1994. In 1995, Ron Allice took over as the combined men's and women's coach.
The Victory Bell is the rivalry trophy in the USC-UCLA cross town rivalry. The winner of the annual football contest keeps the bell for the next year, and paints it the school's color: cardinal red for USC, True Blue for UCLA. It becomes a matter of immense pleasure and develops a brighter hope for the future to bring good name to USC-UCLA once the Victory Bell is attained.
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