USC·Pac-12

2014 — The Winning Chapter

USC's 2014 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Won the Holiday Bowl
AP final #24 post-bowls
SP+ +8.6 last-week
Era The Post-Sanctions Wilderness
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Fres Sta 52-13 W @ Stanford 13-10 L @ Bost Col 31-37 W vs Oreg Sta 35-10 L vs Ariz Sta 34-38 W @ Arizona 28-26 W vs Colorado 56-28 L @ Utah 21-24 W @ Wash St 44-17 W vs Califo 38-30 L @ UCLA 20-38 W vs ND 49-14 W vs Nebraska 45-42 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2014.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2014 season's largest margin: USC 52, Fresno State 13. A 39-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: USC 20, UCLA 38. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: USC beat Nebraska 45-42 in the postseason.

"Fight On."
— USC fanbase voice · 2014· synthesized
What it meant

2014 is a middle chapter for USC — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.