1975 Rose Bowl - USC vs Ohio State

#4 USC's 1974 Pac-8 title sent them to the Rose Bowl to face the Big Ten champion, 2nd-ranked Ohio State. With OSU leading by 7 going into the final minutes of the game, Pat Haden threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Johnny Mckay in the corner of the endzone. Instead of kicking the extra point and taking the tie, Coach John McKay decided to go for two, and Haden completed another pass for the conversion. USC's 18-17 win, coupled with Alabama's loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, vaulted them to #1 in the UPI poll and their second national title in 3 years. Oklahoma was #1 in the AP poll, but was on probation at the time and so was not included in the UPI poll.
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[@magsstaff]

Im a Buckeye fan, but USC's music gets me pumped up, is that normal?

[@davidhilliard1838]

I'm a ND fan and I think Ohio State has the best song

[@utubevidproducer]

my uncle started linebacker for osu that game, number 9, his name was ed thompson, he was LOLB and a defensive captain

[@Firebert79TA]

You're thinking of the 1975 football season and 1976 Rose Bowl. This video is correct. Keep in mind that the Rose Bowl is played on January 1st, so the previous year's season leads up to it.

[@hoosierlooker]

Thank you Coreytatum16. Not a big Trojan fan but I enjoy listening to thier games on my Sirius Radio in the car or at home. Like how they talk about high school football in SoCal. Oh and dsfddsgh, right on about the Big Deal Conference in the Rose Bowl not only against SC but also against UCLA, Washington, Arizona State....

[@vidEvWill]

John McKay was also known as the coach of the 0-13 Yuccaneers of 1975. The winless season was demoralizing to Mckays' legacy. He also uttered the phrase "I'm in favor of it" when referring to his team's execution on offense. He simply was a much better college coach.

[@loydkline]

College 🏈 coaching big name schools grap football players; NFL have to draft & hopefully great scouting of college football players;& NFL coaches are alot better college football coaches

[@dpinzow]

But McKay getting the Bucs to an NFC Championship Game and two other playoff appearances was quite the accomplishment...back then expansion teams were truly awful and there was no way to just become good by just buying every player in sight

[@redmustangredmustang]

For John McKay, the hell of 26 straight losses at Tampa would begin the next year. This would be the glory days for McKay

[@stevenrhodes32]

You know we're the BEST cuz of this many HATERS!!! Don't hate on the BEST Team in the Nation!! FIGHT ON USC!!

[@thebear3137]

Remember when these bowl games really meant something?

[@loydkline]

It very sad of college 🏈 playoffs is taking over college football;; they play too many college football games already

[@JosephDungee]

A great team With Pat Hadden at Quarterback, Ricky Bell and Anthony Davis. Wow, All-American's All. Thanks for the upload.

[@terencem8795]

I was at that game. What great memories.

[@kirkoa]

Back when playing in the Rose Bowl was THE prize, and when only one Big Ten team went to a bowl game. It seemed the eleventh commandment back then was OSU shall play USC when they go to the Rose.

[@ynp1978]

Still the greatest Rose Bowl game i have ever watched!

[@loydkline]

Greatest big name coaches in the rosebowl history;,

[@Finarphin]

I saw this game. Those were the days. A tough contest all the way. I'm glad SC won; they almost had to after beating Notre Dame the way the did -- it would have been for nothing otherwise. Clutch plays in the clutch. And Skladany's field goal try at the end was short...but not that short. As for going to two, everybody has to now, after Ara tied one for the Gipper back in '66.

[@hendersona61]

I was almost 14 when this game was played. Great memories! Fight On!!!

[@MGattorney]

I remember sitting in a motel room in Phoenix watching this game. Great comeback for USC, Haden made some great throws under pressure, JK's enthusiasm was contagious. Classic game.

[@brianrapp2883]

1972 where were you in 72 Brian rapp was 12 years old at John mckay football camp don linsey was my middelinebacker coach we sat with linda linsey at usc ucla games tunnel 21 row 19 i named my son oliver mckay after jk mckay and coach mckay canyonlocalfilmscom

[@richstout]

Wow. There's the Tebow jump pass and the Lambeau leap years before, in the same game.

[@mweiford]

Hey, it's all in good fun. My son-in-law went to OSU and I went to UGA. I bought him a red and grey weenie vest for Christmas. He's such a little wussy. He knows the SEC is THE place for college football!

[@jimdep333]

Two excellent schools and football programs!!!

[@vidEvWill]

Arizona and Arizona State were not part of the Pacific conference at the time. Arizona and Arizona State were part of the Southwest Conference with Utah and BYU. The conference split in later years putting the two Arizona Schools in forming the Pac-10 and the others became the Mountain West Conference when they were added.

[@SuperfanDK]

that's the original Lambeau Leap.

[@DanStrayer]

Great Stones songs to boot. First time I heard them was on Big Hits (High Tide, Green Grass)… in a cassette form, to boot. Oh: good game, too. 😊

[@BurkeDevlin66]

was hoping for a defeated woody shot at the end but all i saw was geezer mckay sprint down the sidelines towards the locker room!

[@SuperfanDK]

you're absolutely right, everyone notices the leap, but that is a tebow jump pass.

[@quincee33]

anyone know how oklahoma, nebraska, penn st. and michigan finished that year? those were great football schools too, just wondering.

[@Jiltedin2007]

USC(Along with Oklahoma) was given A Share of the National Championship that year after Notre Dame upset #1 Alabama in the Orange Bowl later That Night.

[@Jagnole101]

Jiltedin2007 they upset Alabama in the 1974 Orange Bowl 24-23....this game was a year later. Notre Dame got a share of the title in 1973 with Alabama. That was back when the champ was declared before the title game. I believe that was the last year, too.

[@Jagnole101]

Jiltedin2007 also this USC team beat Notre Dame 55-24 the game before this one after being down 24-0.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Nice of the Irish to return the favor by winning USC a championship in the Orange Bowl.

[@ericdaniel323]

Bear Bryant never beat Notre Dame.

[@Jiltedin2007]

@@Jagnole101 Yes, I know. This game marked the end on the 1974 Season in which Oklahoma and USC split the National Championship. My guess, the game was shown on NBC Television and it was played at night. This was shown after the USC Trojans “upset” Ohio State, 18-17 in the Rose Bowl.

[@EWGFus3r]

whats the song at the beginning?

[@JohnHoulgate]

@bbigjohnson I think you are wrong about #15 Dave Farmer being George Farmer's father. The USC media guide shows George Farmer's father was also named George and he went to Southern University and played for the LA Rams in the early 1980s. But I do remember Allen Carter, just forgot his number.

[@JohnHoulgate]

Who was #15 and #21 running the ball? I recognized AD and Ricky Bell, but I don't know who those other guys were.

[@Firebert79TA]

Cool. I was just making sure. Sorry I didn't realize it you were responding to that particular comment.

[@ericdaniel323]

How many players did Woody punch in this game?

[@brandongreen4880]

The difference between this year and last year is that Corneilus Green passed well the year before.

[@BRUTUSbyFORCE]

USC's schedule ended up not being as tough as first thought. Didn't beat many teams with winning records and loss to bad Stanford team. Also had 2 losses to Ohio State's 1 in same amount of regular season games-12. USC, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri did not scare me at all, Ohio St. matched up well with all of them. Buckeyes played only team that worried me all year, LSU playing basically at home for BCS championship. W. Virginia also worried me. USC a good team....For BRUTUS to poop on!!!

[@rapiddominace]

and another thing, so now it's not out of conference games...or out of conference bowl games, it's just out of conference bowl games against teams from the southeast? What blown call was it? The guy called PI rather than defensive holding? I was there, what's the difference? Also, mind you that Tressel was 4-1 in bowl games and everybody said he was the best big game coach in the country before the Florida Game.

[@golf520man]

is the game with the phantom td that usc "scored"?

[@nathaniellathy6559]

That was 79 Rose 🌹Bowl against Michigan

[@hoosierlooker]

J.K. McKay (#25) with a 1975 version of the Lambeau Leap after the TD that brought USC back to 17-16. Who was #26 who caught the winning two point pass? Have to admire John McKay's decision to go for the win. His last Rose Bowl, one year later he went to the Tampa Bay Bucs. After that tough loss, Woody Hayes wanted to punch out A) a camaraman B) an opposing playing C) a yard line marker D) Curt Gowdy E) all of the above.

[@Finarphin]

I think it was Shelton Diggs.

[@garyfryer5223]

USC in the Rose Bowl is the way it should be.

[@loydkline2644]

Rosebowl used to be part of usc football schedule in late 1960s& 1970s

[@utubevidproducer]

really? which linebacker?

[@tdozzy]

That would be why I said 1975. I was responding to a guy who said the Bears were better than USC in 1975 and that the only reason USC made the rose bowl that year was because they choked against USC. I was letting him know that was not the way it happened. I wasn't confused. I was well aware of what year we was talking about,

[@richstout]

#21 was Allen Carter. Great running back.

[@SangredeVikingo]

sadly u.s.c was given the other part of the national championship oklahoma who was on probation was given the other half mean while miami of ohio was undefeated and sadly not given or considered for the national championships

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Same with Arizona State the next year.BYU getting Natty in 84 was a big 😳 change

[@rapiddominace]

Auburn and Ohio State are two different beasts.....Ohio Stadium is louder and the team is better.

[@sknyrd77]

Yeah-those 70's uniforms were cool

[@michaelkraus4135]

UNGODLY ! TALENT ! for USC ! Before the NCAA cut scholarships.

[@mweiford]

I'm talking about bowl games. Overall 18-22 bowl record. Unacceptable! How about that bowl record against teams from the Southeast? I couldn't believe that the only win in the last 40 years was against Miami and that was with a blown call to give them the National Championship. (Which by the way, I hate the Hurricanes) One win and 11 losses in bowl games against teams from the Southeast?? Awesome! I'm going to put on my sweater vest!

[@yourontheair]

great

[@ACDCluva10]

what happened last year has nothing to do with 08

[@ggoblue]

is this the game where neil colzie spiked the ball? the penalty moved osu from first and goal at the 2 and they would have put it away...

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Yep.That mistake may have cost Buckeyes the game.

[@classic-kool]

@ 1:00 - The Stones, with the Bo Diddley beat....

[@bshaunagrant]

I believe that one was the 1980 game.

[@SFFOOL76]

If they get another 9-4 season.

[@loydkline]

John McKay/ usc vs woody Hayes / Ohio state 1975 rosebowl

[@SuperfanDK]

what the hell is that midfield design supposed to be?

[@72seeker72]

I'm an OSU fan and alumnus. I hear you, since everyone's on OSU's case for losing 2 straight Nat'l. Championships. But hating isn't against the law. It's everyone's choice to hate or not. Can't do much about that. Do you think USC will beat Ohio State? If so, why? If not, why not?

[@mweiford]

OK Coach, that ring is nice. And yes, I respect anyone who was 2nd team from the all south coast league....but then you had to go and mess it all up when you told me you were a Buckeye fan. How the hell did that happen???

[@Ramashack]

Not a Trojan fan but this was well done.

[@quincee33]

I was 5 , and my dad's COACH AT PENN STATE WAS EARL BRUCE, so when earl bruce jr. Was coach at ohio state my Dad would always diss him, and my Dad wasn't a big woody hayes fan... He likes bo schembechler better and loved bear bryant. My dad was an all-american in Lacrosse at Penn. St. I can bet anything i know as much as you, but thanks for yourcomment.

[@pauldavis22]

QJR33 Woody, Bo, Bear. In that order. We'll never see coaches like them again!!!!

[@tdozzy]

bubbabbabooba both california and USC only won 8 games in 1975. UCLA went to the Rose Bowl that year

[@quincee33]

Didn't know Ohio State was that good , i guess Woody Hayes was the coach right?

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Woody coached Ohio State from 1951 to 1978.He didn't lose any Bowl Games until the 70s.

[@loydkline2644]

Woody hayes started to decline late 1970s

[@loydkline2644]

❤️ usc& ohio state fight song,

[@wags2010]

they did when woody was there, they weren't soft then

[@BrockRockwell00]

glad to see Reggie did the right thing....Good job Always fun to stir the pot and get reactions!

[@RandyDubin]

In my opinion, Michigan should had been at least been considered for the national title and they were unfairly punished for not being in a bowl game. I mean, SC's only loss was one of the worst ever for a National Champion; to a 6-4-1 Arkansas team 22-7! Like I alluded to, I think that travesty was the catalyst for the Big Ten to let teams that did not win the Rose Bowl berth accept other bowl berths beginning the following year.

[@loyaldude10]

@1400deadwood ---pac 10 usually won the rose bowl against big 10, even if big underdogs----osu and michigan would choke or get outcoached

[@rapiddominace]

Family is from columbus....

[@rapiddominace]

oh geez comparing scores, like i said on the other thread, I love it when some guy that never played a down of football repeats talking points made by some jock sniffing talk radio personality, who likewise, never played a down of football.

[@jdoncbus]

I prefer the 1997 Rose Bowl.

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Buckeyes Rose 🌹Bowl jinx ends!

[@loydkline2644]

Ohio state had lots of great rosebowl teams, however rosebowl was usc home stadium & califoria

[@loydkline]

1980 rosebowl was super great rosebowl

[@rapiddominace]

oh yeah, and the SC team was alot better too.

[@72seeker72]

Thanks for letting us all know how little you know!

[@GeneticRealityFilms]

@MrStones64 right but at least they actually make it there unlike USC XD

[@mweiford]

As usual, when Buckeyes play out of their conference, they get beat.

[@Drybones195]

@magsstaff omg same thing here

[@richstout]

@EWGFus3r Tribute to Troy.

[@slybooha]

lol. Nice prediction. =)

[@pauldavis22]

What kind of B S. is this????? Ohio State ran more than two plays of offense in this game!!!!! Also Sheldon Diggs trapped that two point conversion pass!!!!

[@nathaniellathy6559]

No instant replay helped USC in Rose Bowls in 70s. 😆🤔😂🤷

[@brianarbenz7206]

The first half of this game was the worst half of football ever played.The Heisman winner and runner up, both playing in their third straight bowl match up. Yet it was fumble, followed by fumble, missed chip shot field goal, missed punt! They looked like youth league players. Fine second half, though. By both teams.

[@dsfddsgh]

For all the talent Ohio State had back then Woody hayes and his 3 yards and a cloud of dust wasn't going to beat a team like USC. Same thing with Michigan when they played SC in the Rose Bowl.

[@63utuber]

@buckeast1 when a Pig Ten beats USC (Will you live to be 300?)

[@nathaniellathy6559]

Happened in 18 Cotton Bowl.And it's going to happen in Conference games in a few years.

[@me9rob]

35-3 LA beatdown

[@rapiddominace]

There is one thing that bothers me about tressel when he runs out on the field. Dude is a God as far as I'm concerned, but the white shoes drive me nuts. They've gotta go. I fucking hate white shoes.

[@rapiddominace]

you better check the record...you'll find you are woefully wrong.

[@mweiford]

Rapid, do you have your weenie vest dry cleaned and ready to go for that patsy Big Ten this year?

[@billbamaua]

Oh yeah, who is winning all the National Championships? LOL!

[@63utuber]

@cthelke1 Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[@GeneticRealityFilms]

lol i won that little debate you just snapped XD, btw im white and of course a USC fan would bust a racial slur to state his case

[@golf520man]

Spoken like a true Trojan fan, lol.

[@brianrapp2883]

ME. CELL. BRIAN. RAPP

[@brianrapp2883]

1966my ucla state beach friend Bobby styles was MVP rosebowl take your tushi to hana shushi Bobby had a white porsch traga licenceplate MVP rb his kinshon spécial sushi roll was my moms jenny maxwells favoritit had sweet eel salomon yelowtail and crabmeat we went with thé duke kirk snyder for birthdays at hana sushi with my delmar surfgirl marta hersh bobby loved bruin football like i loved the trojans canyonlocalfilmscom save hana sushi and keep thé rosebowl sacrés

[@mweiford]

Tressel's a little weenie and you know it. Go put your sweater vest on and watch the Gators win another national championship, will ya?

[@63utuber]

Get back on your meds, now!

[@rapiddominace]

What about the 74 Rose Bowl? - UGLY

[@martinlynch5111]

SC and Their White Horse

[@jggallow01]

Barf.

[@eaglesyz]

Looking at the late great John McKay back then and looking at spoiled brat Lane Kiffen. Too bad McKay cannot be reincarnated and bought back to USC.

[@GeneticRealityFilms]

no the fact is you had nowhere else to run beacuse i had you cornered at the fact that USC isn't going to the Rose bowl and Ohio state is so you ran with baseball trying to redirect our argument and you see your argument doesn't hold up because its your opinion mine was held up with facts, Ohio state deserves every bowl game they make because they played their way there regardless if they won or lost Have fun at the Pizza Bowl

[@dukemoose1307]

Another SC VICToRY OVER OSU

[@lloydkline7245]

Duke Moose really usc and ohip dtate had legendary matchups

[@lloydkline6946]

❤ usc football teams beatdown ohio state football teams, ❤ woody hayes my hero

[@rapiddominace]

The south lol, you ain't shit compared to SoCal, well maybe Florida is. I was second team all south coast league...when they had Mater Dei in it. That trumps all state in Georgia any day of the week.... As a coach I've got me a nice big fat California State Championship ring.

[@TheJpep2424]

A national title with a 9-1-1 record? LMAO zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@jvk9445]

Under the new new administration those days are over