1973 #8 UCLA @ #9 USC No Huddle

[@galesayers]

Great to hear Keith Jackson, the Pat Summerall of college football.

[@danielosterman9676]

Best ever. Hands down.

[@jackj5368]

...and Pat Summerall's daughter, Susie Wiles, will be President-elect Trump's White House Chief of Staff. :)

[@govt.op.3683]

@@galesayers ,"Oh lemme tell ya ',bout Keith Jackson." " Ya know I have seen Mr. Vince Young play in 3 Rose Bowls but I have yet to see his britches dirty."

[@karlc2869]

OMG Pat Haden, Randy Cross and Lynn Swann playing alongside Gibbs from NCIS. Priceless!

[@tadroid3858]

and Mark Harmon at QB for UCLA

[@karlc2869]

@tadroid3858 I know. That's why I mentioned Mark's character from NCIS.

[@dethray1000]

the backs from Blair hi,Macallister and Johnson who played Hayden,Mackay for cif championship on youtube Bishop Amat,vs Blair '69-Blair won led by #74,Erickson with 16 tackles including 3 sacks on Haden--Haden,Mackay won 2 nattys at usc--Blair had 5 players at ucla,4 players at usc--our Blair Hi coach went to on usc after the year of '69--those were some great football years

[@geoffgordon9569]

Mark Harmon went to Pierce College before UCLA.

[@dethray1000]

@@geoffgordon9569 we played them when i was at PCC(pasadena city college) in 1970,'71,'72-- seems like a million years ago

[@orlandomenendez8582]

Keith Jackson a brilliant NCAA announcer for ABC of all time. His voice never faded away was the same till his retirement. FUMBLEEEE was his catch phrase.

[@robertjohns1675]

Today's announcers aren't even close

[@aaarauz1]

Fumble!!!! Oh golly, what a break!!

[@timmellin2815]

@@orlandomenendez8582 I was pleased and honored by our alma mater, Wash. State Univ (Keith loved the place as all we old Cougs do) when they asked me to do the audience development and publicity for Keith's Rose Bowl Memorial service a few yrs. ago. Nice to be a part of that.

[@fmagalhaes1521]

Whoa Nellie!!!

[@TheBatugan77]

​@@fmagalhaes1521 Whoooa Nellie! 🤓👍

[@debbiehenson1096]

Pat Haden, Randy Cross, Lynn Swann, and many more. So many future NFL players in this game.

[@marioerueda-almonte7938]

Hall of famers

[@tonyt8805]

Mark Harmon the actor(NCIS)....😉 😎 😉

[@broughmar]

F. Kuykendall (Atl. Falcons).

[@StanleyBlockson]

@debbiehenson1096 #8 QB Jimmy Jones from here Harrisburg Pennsylvania, my cousin, was the QB before Pat Hadens class. So it was Rams, then Jimmy went their and it was Rams and Trojans. I've been here ever since. 66yrold now.

[@StanleyBlockson]

@broughmar Crazy Klackenthall I used to call him. I remember Fulton

[@RodPower78]

Thanks so much for uploading this. Finally some extensive footage of Mark Harmon back in his glory days at UCLA.

[@edmondwynn174]

Yes the same day Ohio State and Michigan played the controversial 10 - 10 tie in Ann Arbor November 24 1973

[@christianorr1059]

Of course, great athlete though Mark was (and great actor though he is nowadays)...USC still won the game. FIGHT ON, TROJANS!! ✌️✌️🤩🤩😎😎✌️✌️

[@funtyes1970]

all he does is hand it off to RB and run with football sometimes he sure doesn't pass much. if he didn't get injured, he wouldn't got drafted from NFL. what team going draft a qb never pass much. if he did get drafted, he probably been a WR

[@brownwolf152]

Glory years, he was replaced what's so Glory about that. Damn fool.

[@rftulie]

@@funtyes1970 yeah, wishbone offense is pass only when necessary, and from the look of this game the Bruins' O line wasn't very good at pass protection anyway...

[@rickstclair2217]

no play clock, no replay, no targeting, just good old American football

[@wmontanez27]

Thanks for sharing. The Trojans were fun to watch. Enjoyed watching Harmon and the talented backs of the Bruins. The Trojans had some studs. Davis was an excellent college player. You do a real nice job.

[@kendallevans4079]

Bruins were a real school where kids got educations. That's the difference!

[@Borrow919]

UCLA finished 9-2 and 12th in the AP poll and didn't go to a bowl game. Today you get in with a 6-6 record and not even close to being ranked.

[@tadroid3858]

Star tailback kicks the ball to start the game!! That was my high school team lineup. I love old football.

[@doriangray2020]

Let it go boomer…your football would get demolished against today’s players.

[@fdsuperstar2547]

How refreshing to see kickoff returns & especially no fair catches on kickoffs!

[@gregpettis1113]

It was a live ball

[@soulpatrolhawaii5409]

Holy crap, UCLA running the wishbone-I never knew, since I went there a decade later, during the Aikman years. Lots of future pros in this game Thanks for posting!

[@StanleyBlockson]

@soulpatrolhawaii5409 That's when you know you're old because that stood out loudly. Can't remember that, but I was shocked to see again. Anthony Davis is kicking off , my memory is lost about him teeing up.

[@gvalley07]

Anthony Davis kicking? I had no idea. Being born and raised in SoCal, always looked forward to this great rivalry.

[@b.millsj2401]

A Running Back(Anthony Davis Probable Starter in some games)kicking off, A Starting Quarterback returning punts ...ah when College Football was great!

[@buckstraw925]

I don't remember Davis ever kicking off. That is wild. I watched all the national USC games back then so I'm sure I watched it.

[@maxquad6846]

Just incase someone missed it. UCLA’s QB is future actor Mark Harmon ( NCIS fame)

[@davidbuswa9425]

Harmon isn't the only actor in the UCLA lineup. Right tackle Eugene Clark starred in the cop series "Night Heat" on Canadian television. He also played for the Toronto Argonauts in the CFL in late 70's

[@REOBZ]

How could we have missed that? DUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@u2bewatcher159]

But Sciarra was a better QB!

[@Hanover-ek4jy]

Loved those gigantic shoulder pads!

[@RandallvanOosten-ln5wf]

These teams were loaded with talent. They were also superbly coached.

[@SuperOCHomes]

I bet they were hitting in practice

[@Hanover-ek4jy]

Bodies flying everywhere!

[@johnalwell5795]

Great job Thank you.

[@herbie1234567890]

Whoa-that UCLA defender getting flipped at 15:37.

[@mbwell]

Who would ever imagine these programs playing in the Big10.

[@gregpettis1113]

I never thought the pac 12 would have money and competition problems and join the big ten

[@mbwell]

@ I’m not buying the money problem theory at all. We’re talking HCOL areas primarily where money is supreme. We’re talking Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Nike, Microsoft, Wineries, and agriculture, just to name a few. I’m inline to think pure greed.

[@bluetickfreddy101]

Love it Brings back great memories of when i enjoyed watching games. Sad that its turned to crap😂 Too much celebrating basics today

[@williamyoder-b5s]

the best way to watch a football no silly commercials every 3 minutes

[@hull5768]

What the heck? No 3 minute celebrations after making a routine play?

[@Sammytwo4]

I hate celebrations, until the game is in hand...............🎉

[@gregpettis1113]

Defensive players running into the end zone after a turnover

[@lukeslc-xd8ds]

I hear ya, my friend. Today it is LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME.

[@markmyers1165]

This was a beautiful time in the sport. People carrying out their fakes and blocking until the whistle blown.

[@tacey01]

Chris Schenkel called many of these Saturday afternoon fall classics. And this guy who I cannot recall his name at the moment. Whoa, Nelly!!

[@mickeybitsko1676]

@@tacey01 chuck kaiton 😺

[@ReverendBrown.]

To this day, the UCLA-USC game is the most eye pleasing game in sport. The colors of both teams on the field at the same time, there’s nothing in sports that can compare.

[@rftulie]

I agree. Even though I used to be a Southern Cal fan (don't follow football much anymore), I like the gold-and-sky-blue of the Bruins better.

[@areguapiri]

Agreed

[@michaelkraus4135]

John SCIARRA was a great athlete . I saw him play in h.s .He was the QUICKEST white guy I saw play in h.s.

[@timmellin2815]

Sciarra was about 4 yrs. later. I was in the same class during the 50s and 60s as his big sister Therese, at St. Thomas More school in Alhambra, CA. John is on the consultant board for his HS (I think it's St. Francis....not sure.) Talked to him about 10 yrs. ago when I broke the news of the death of one of his HS classmates whom I worked w/ for L.A. County Health Dept....a common friend for us both.

[@roexvt630]

@@timmellin2815 Sciarra graduated from Bishop Amat high school.

[@timmellin2815]

@roexvt630 I wasn't sure......a common friend said it was St. Francis.....my bad.

[@michaelkraus4135]

@@timmellin2815 I went to grade school with his good looking wife Michelle.He did live in La Canada where I was raised .

[@timmellin2815]

@@michaelkraus4135 That probably explains my St. Francis mis understanding.

[@JerryFerko]

Totally Agree On The Coaches Comment Below .................. Ball Tackling The Rage today ..................Really Enjoy The College Game .....IOn The Sixties And seventies .................... The Wishbone ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Never Gets old To watch ....... Thanks for This upload .... A Lot,

[@juliosantos9289]

29:19 The guy in the white storage truck trying to distract the kicker.😂

[@eternal1blue]

Jethro Gibbs the man the legend no 7

[@TomDobyns]

I was at that game as a junior at SC. My girlfriend was there too (now my wife of 50 years! My roommate was Dale Mitchell #85. Such great memories. Unforunately, we lost to Ohio State in the Rose Bowl game that year in 1974. That's ok. We beat 'em in 1975 (again!)

[@samhodson6470]

This USC team went on to play in the 1974, Rose Bowl...losing to Ohio St...42-21. Rose Bowl attendance that Jan 2, 1974...over 105,000. Pretty amazing! When I was a kid I thought the Rose Bowl was USC and any other school.

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

The dude never throws a pass.

[@MichaelWayne64]

Yeah, I remember watching a game and not one pass by Harmon. Either he really sucked at passing or the receivers were not that great.

[@kendallevans4079]

@@MichaelWayne64 Overall, that was college football in those days. Defense and ground game. It all changed because the pro's changed and they wanted the drafted players closer to a pro game

[@yolo25000]

​@@MichaelWayne64He sucked!!! Noodle arm. Only got a scholarship because of his famous father.

[@markhoerner2354]

@@MichaelWayne64if you don’t stop the dive play in the wishbone there is no reason to pass. See Oklahoma coached by Barry Switzer. Won national championships doing exactly that.

[@Coachkmac1]

Wow! Awesome game.

[@chrisnunya4543]

this sport used to be so much better

[@danohimm22]

MY DAD GOT TICKETS LATE .... WE WERE ON TH END LINE -10 YARD LINE . ALL THE ACTION WAS ON OTHER SIDE . GREAT ATMOSPHERE !! UCLA WERE BASKETBALL GODS BUT USC WERE KINGS OF FOOTBALL .. STUDENT BODY SWEEP.....!!

[@jreagle58]

To paraphrase someone else's comment, thank you so much for posting video of Mark Harmon handing off the ball. Good thing he chose acting over a football career.

[@davidramirez4810]

He looked good to me. He played pretty well.

[@jreagle58]

​@@davidramirez4810I'm old enough to have seen Harmon play. His talent did not leave much to remember.

[@written12]

Maybe his talent wasn’t NFL quality but still he started for an excellent Div I school. And you know what! Getting out of football early saved his body the insane beating that too many quarterbacks(and others) endure.

[@rapid13]

He ran the system installed by the coaching staff. Lots of teams back then ran the wishbone. An NFL career wasn’t what it is today. He did the job well.

[@jreagle58]

​@@rapid13I am aware of Harmon's talent level for like others I watched him play. The one constant is that just as it is now, back then very few college QB's had the talent to graduate to the pro level. Harmon was another one who lacked the skills to succeed in the NFL.

[@DjuroX3]

Pepper Rodgers actually had a nice little run as UCLA head coach, but couldn't beat SC. He famously upset #1 Nebraska during his tenure and his offenses gained a lot of high powered yards behind a massive offensive line. The problem with his wishbone offense was SC's defense was just too fast, physical and filled with tons of future NFL athletes for such a one dimensional attack. John McKay famously drew up how to defend the wishbone on a cocktail napkin for reporters the night before the game and basically executed the plan to perfection. Teams followed suit and it became the model on how to defend it. His fast outside linebackers would crash down on the snap of the ball and smack the the runner every play. Mark Harmon once said his only memory of this game was constantly looking up from the ground and seeing the back of a red jersey walk back to the huddle. UCLA went to Dick Vermiel and a pro style offense after this game and upset #1Ohio State in the 75 season with Sciara.

[@mountainman5216]

My favorite Keith Jackson story... He was soeaking to a class of TV students somewhere...maybe USC. At the end of his talk he took questions. One student asked him what would be the most important asset to have for someone who wanted to fill Keith's job in future years. Without missing a beat, Keith said, "Well, most importantly, you've got to have a butt shaped like an airplane seat". Maybe not an exact quote.

[@danielosterman9676]

Lifelong SC fan; rivalry games are what make college football.

[@remmymafia3889]

The Colisseum got worked overtime back in the 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's, as both UCLA and USC played their home games there, as well as the Rams.

[@geoffgordon9569]

Wonder what the attendance was at the Colliseum that day? Two top ten ranked teams from SoCal that hate each other. What a rivalry.

[@chestersleezer8821]

A few Hall of Famers in that game.

[@mjscorn7943]

Gene Clark was the RA at Sproul Hall 7th floor.

[@docbailey3265]

Wow! A 41 yard field goal! Can you believe it?

[@StanleyBlockson]

I remember him returning 2 for touchdowns against Notre dame. 👏🏾

[@danielosterman9676]

The '74 SC-ND game was great,...if you were not a NDamer!

[@user-ew3rk9rq6d]

Go Bruins. This has always been a hard fought game between these two schools that has blessed football fans with great college and pro players. We'll all have to admit UCLA players have enjoyed more pro success.

[@Cre8tvMG]

I love the graphics that looks like they were made on a Nintendo 64

[@lukeslc-xd8ds]

How much faster could we have run back at this time if we hadn't had all the padding that we did?

[@5989921]

Keith Jackson was the best.

[@goyoy6433]

Yes, Mark Harmon, the actor 😎

[@michaelderose397]

Lynn Swan Pat Haden Randy Cross Efran Herrera . Mark Harman certainly could act like he still he had the football after he handed off. Good actor

[@JamieSmith-fz2mz]

Random box truck driving through the stadium at 29:12. You don’t see a lot of that happening these days.

[@mhzprayer]

Snack shack running low on hot dog buns..

[@thomasbridges7323]

That wish bone worked damn well back then. The blocking was damn good .

[@think3632]

Thanks to Coach Martin for running and teaching the crossbuck system. Any offensive system was easy to learn after that, offensively and defensively. Did you see the misdirection and fakes by the running backs.....so lovely, so lovely.

[@FredericBarclay-yg3vg]

Never knew AD kicked off for the Trojans.

[@aaarauz1]

Obradovich, JK McKay and A Davis all went to play for Coach John McKay at expansion Tampa Bay.

[@YodpilotID]

The smog was thick!

[@shannonrhett3304]

Check out Lynn Swann's future '74 draft mate and Steelers teammate, the late Jimmy Allen (#83) at RCB for UCLA.

[@yeildo1492]

5:32 one of the best plays in the Wishbone. Fake to FB like option but run power at the def end. Tough. UCLA's first TD is the same play.

[@antoniodelrio1292]

Notice how the offensive linemen block. They're not allowed to put their arms around the DL and hold like they are today. I think today's rules evolved because Bear Bryant's teams were allowed for decades to break the rules that after so long the NCAA thought that it was actually ok.

[@StanleyBlockson]

I didn't remember AD kicking off.

[@davidbuswa9425]

Brutal football You can't win with the wishbone offense and give up the ball 6 times. Why did the UCLA coach Pepper Rogers keep switching out NCIS's Mark Harmon and John Sciarra. The offense has to have some continuity to be successful

[@DavidHall-fg9cv]

John Scarra, was the first team all- American quarterback in 1974, or 1975.

[@bill94803]

RIP Fred McNeil

[@brettshepherd5240]

So college football always had the goalposts in the back of the end zone

[@gregpettis1113]

And the 2 point conversion

[@TOMCAT5.5149]

Just good ole football.. never to return.. so sad..

[@anthonychanning3954]

James McAlister and Kermit Johnson, Blair High 1970.

[@cbraat27]

Ol’ Handoff Harmon

[@johnm8096]

Mr Shoop

[@jameschar24]

That USC team was stacked

[@randyware9645]

DONT WE ALL MISS, 3 YARD,S AND A CLOUD OF DUST

[@Mr1gladiatore]

When Efren Herrera made that 42-yarder Keith Jackson sounded like he was impressed by the distance. What would he think of today's kickers where making 50-yarders is commonplace?

[@robertroberts9782]

😂 high schoolers make them all the time

[@jimwebb9328]

UCLA might have had a chance were it not for all the turnovers.

[@projekt679]

Holy cow! What formation is UCLA running?

[@shawnflanagan4995]

the triple option wishbone. can't be stopped when done right. it's beautiful.

[@projekt679]

@@shawnflanagan4995 Nice! I was thinking it was a wishbone but it just looked a bit crazier. I can see Kyle running this now that he has Trey Lance.

[@johnmanier7968]

UCLA only ran the wishbone under Pepper Rodgers, who coached the Bruins from 1971-1973 before taking the job at his alma mater, Georgia Tech.

[@yeildo1492]

@@shawnflanagan4995 True of any offense....

[@gregpettis1113]

Nebraska and Oklahoma were masters of this offense. Now only army runs it

[@Hanover-ek4jy]

This was physical football! Gang tackling!

[@thomasbridges7323]

Good Ole hard football

[@ajreyes9742]

a few Bishop Amat HS teammates ...Haden and McKay....for SC...Sciarra for UCLA

[@geoffgordon9569]

I don't care if UCLA loses everygame the rest of the season as their one win is against USC. That's a good season for me. Go Bruins!

[@brettshepherd5240]

Now I see why USC lost the rosebowl vs Ohio St...they had trouble stopping the run

[@JoeKentMagic]

Ol' Gibbs from NCIS was a pretty good QB !

[@blusuck]

6:02 run Gibbs

[@SSGERDMV3382]

Lynn Swann!

[@jamesgriffin6721]

Anthony Davis should have won the Heisman Trophy in 1974 not Archie Griffin . I had no idea that A.D. had kicking duties for SC.

[@orlandomenendez8582]

I forgot wide right UM vs FSU .

[@Tkuhn1]

No big guts on lineman.

[@docbailey3265]

I keep expecting Harmon to slap people on the back of the helmet.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Where was John Sciarra? UCLA had Mark Harmon Quarterbacking the Bruins.

[@JohnHoulgate]

This should be considered one of the all-time USC-UCLA rivalry games. Rose Bowl on the line. Both teams rated in the top 10. USC -- Hayden, McKay Jr., Obradovich, Anthony Davis, Rod McNeil, Artimus Parker, Richard Wood. UCLA - Mark Harmon, John Sciarra, Kermit Johnson, James McAllister, Rod's brother Fred McNeil on defense. Harmon and Sciarra shuttled the QB position for UCLA. McNeil and Davis traded carries. Hard fought contest all the way. The difference came within the turnover category. Some oddities - Anthony Davis kicking off for USC, John Sciarra returning punts. This game has all the stuff that made this rivalry what it is.

[@michaelkraus4135]

John Sciarra was the QUICKEST white h.s athlete I ever saw.

[@dethray1000]

@@michaelkraus4135 he was from Bishop Amat along with Haden and Mckay--we play them '69 cif champ Blair hi were the ucla running backs were from--

[@lukeslc-xd8ds]

It is refreshing to see no stupid dancing and prancing and ridiculous celebrations in the end zone, like you see today.

[@BillMoore-iy9gz]

Going through the comments and something is missing. Swann, Hayden but the UCLA QB. That would Mark Harmon, NCIS, Mark Harmon, ring a bell?

[@kokonanana1]

Forward lateral? It’s a forward pass!

[@sonnyjames8922]

Football was better in 1973. 2 back, 3 back sets, the announcing, the tackling, the shoulder pads were bigger.

[@hettdog]

If UCLA didn't turn it over 5 times they could have won this.

[@johnroshinsky9946]

Man I miss the old days of college football all this money today has ruined the dport

[@dwightwilkerson8664]

Ucla ran the wishbone?

[@u2bewatcher159]

Pepper Rodgers was the coach. After he left, Dick Vermiel came in, dropped the fullback and ran the veer. It was basically, an option run offense with two backs instead of three.

[@M2020-s5x]

Wide receivers getting into a three-point stance. I hated it

[@gregpettis1113]

It makes sense. How do sprinters start

[@M2020-s5x]

@ that’s what the coaches said, but in that position it’s difficult to see the defense. It’s rare to see that anymore

[@steverapposelli6104]

Wasn’t Mark Harmon the qb

[@jamesmassey-cc4ml]

I heard years ago that UCLA was so cocky and confident about beating USC that year that they sported little red rose decals on their jerseys. I don’t see any!! Weird!!!🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@SSGERDMV3382]

Mark Harmon!

[@timcollins3794]

Harmon only at qb because of dads influence. They could have anyone playing that position.

[@gregpettis1113]

Was Harmon athletic