2014 USC Trojans football team

The 2014 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2014 college football season. USC played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by Steve Sarkisian, who returned to USC after coaching Pac-12 opponent Washington for five years. They finished the season 9–4, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the South Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they defeated Nebraska.

2014 USC Trojans football
Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 45–42 vs. Nebraska
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
APNo. 20
Record9–4 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
  • Steve Sarkisian (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorClay Helton (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJustin Wilcox (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple 3–4
Captain
6
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^  8 1   13 2  
Stanford  5 4   8 5  
Washington  4 5   8 6  
California  3 6   5 7  
Oregon State  2 7   5 7  
Washington State  2 7   3 9  
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x  7 2   10 4  
No. 10 UCLA  6 3   10 3  
No. 12 Arizona State  6 3   10 3  
No. 20 USC  6 3   9 4  
No. 21 Utah  5 4   9 4  
Colorado  0 9   2 10  
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
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