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Troy Trojans football



2019 Troy Trojans football team
Troy University logo.gif
First season 1909
Athletic director Jeremy McClain
Head coach
Chip Lindsey
1st season,
Other staff
Ryan Pugh (OC)
Brandon Hall (DC)
Stadium
Veterans Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 30,402)
Field surface ProGrass
Location Troy, Alabama
NCAA division Division I FBS
Conference Sun Belt Conference
Division East
All-time record 539–404–28 (.570)
Bowl record 5–3 (.625)
Claimed nat'l titles 3 (1 NAIA, 2 Division II)
Conference titles 21
Division titles 1
Rivalries
South Alabama (rivalry)
Middle Tennessee (rivalry)
Jacksonville State (rivalry)
UAB
Current uniform
Troy Trojans Football Uniforms.png
Colors Cardinal, Silver, and Black[1]
              
Fight song "Trojans One & All"
Mascot T-Roy
Marching band The Sound of the South
Outfitter Adidas
Website troytrojans.com

The Troy Trojans football program represents Troy University in Troy, Alabama, in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision, of which it has been a member since 2001. The head football coach is Chip Lindsey. The football program joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2004.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Early history (1909–1965)


    • 1.2 Billy Atkins era (1966–1971)


    • 1.3 Tom Jones era (1972–1973)


    • 1.4 Byrd Whigham era (1974–1975)


    • 1.5 Charlie Bradshaw era (1976–1982)


    • 1.6 Chan Gailey era (1983–1984)


    • 1.7 Rick Rhoades era (1985–1987)


    • 1.8 Robert Maddox era (1988–1990)


    • 1.9 Larry Blakeney era (1991–2014)


    • 1.10 Neal Brown era (2015–2018)


    • 1.11 Chip Lindsey era (2019–present)




  • 2 Conference affiliations


  • 3 Championships


    • 3.1 National championships


    • 3.2 Conference championships


    • 3.3 Divisional championships




  • 4 Postseason results


    • 4.1 FBS Bowls


    • 4.2 FCS Playoffs


    • 4.3 Division II Playoffs


    • 4.4 NAIA Playoffs


    • 4.5 Other Bowls




  • 5 Head coaches


  • 6 Rivalries


    • 6.1 South Alabama


    • 6.2 Middle Tennessee


    • 6.3 Jacksonville State




  • 7 FBS Records


    • 7.1 All-time record vs. Sun Belt teams




  • 8 Facilities


  • 9 Traditions


    • 9.1 Trojan Walk


    • 9.2 Band Show on University


    • 9.3 Trojan Fanfare


    • 9.4 "Havoc!"


    • 9.5 Post-game Celebration & Band Show


    • 9.6 Trojan Warrior




  • 10 Top 25 finishes


    • 10.1 FBS


    • 10.2 FCS


    • 10.3 Division II/College Division




  • 11 Award Winners


  • 12 All-Americans (FBS)


  • 13 NFL players


    • 13.1 Current players


    • 13.2 Former players




  • 14 Future non-conference opponents


  • 15 References


  • 16 External links





History




Early history (1909–1965)




Portrait of the 1909 Troy Normal School Teachers football team




George Penton c. 1911


Troy University has fielded a football team continuously since 1946. Prior to that year, the team was fielded with many interruptions from 1909 to 1942. Eight years were skipped due to lack of participation and later World War I from 1913–1920, while the Wall Street Crash of 1929 kept the team from playing that year.


Coach George Penton led the Troy Trojans for two seasons, 1911 and 1912. Under his tutelage, the Trojans completed their only undefeated season, a 3–0 record.


Albert Elmore began coaching Troy in 1931. Elmore, who was a University of Alabama alumni, is credited with changing the team mascot to "Red Wave" (this was a variation of Alabama's "Crimson Tide", and the current nickname is "Trojans").[2] Elmore left Troy after the 1937 season. In seven years at Troy State, five of which were winning seasons, Elmore compiled a 35–30–3 record.[3]


In 1947, Fred McCollum took the head coaching position at Troy State. From 1947 to 1950, he compiled an overall record of twenty wins, eighteen losses and three ties (20–18–3) with the Red Wave, which included back to back six-win seasons in 1948–1949.[3]



Billy Atkins era (1966–1971)




Billy Atkins


On January 8, 1966, Billy Atkins was named the head coach of the Troy football team.[4] In 1968, he coached Troy State to the NAIA National Championship and was named the NAIA Coach of the Year.[4] Atkins finished at Troy State with a 44–16–2 record before leaving in 1971.[4] He is the second-most winningest coach in Troy history, only behind Larry Blakeney. Atkins was inducted into the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.



Tom Jones era (1972–1973)


Tom Jones was hired as Troy State's head coach in 1972.[5] He served as the head football coach from 1972 to 1973, compiling a record of 11–7–2. In addition to his head coaching duties Jones also served as the Troy University Athletic Director from 1972–1974.



Byrd Whigham era (1974–1975)


Byrd Whigham led the Troy Trojans football program for two seasons and his teams compiled a 12–8 record in his two seasons. Whigham departed after the 1975 season.[6]



Charlie Bradshaw era (1976–1982)


Former Kentucky head coach Charlie Bradshaw came out of retirement in 1976 to accept the position of head coach for the Trojans,[6] which had become the school's nickname just a short time earlier. Under Bradshaw's tutelage, the Trojans compiled a 41–27–2 record, which included three eight-win seasons and one conference championship.[7] However, a 3–7 campaign in 1981 and a 2–8 season in 1982 ended Bradshaw's tenure at Troy State.



Chan Gailey era (1983–1984)


In 1983, Chan Gailey took over the head coaching duties at Troy State, where he led the Trojans to a 12–1 record in 1984 en route to the Division II championship.[8] Gailey departed Troy State after two seasons to accept the position of tight ends coach and special teams coordinator with the NFL's Denver Broncos.[9]



Rick Rhoades era (1985–1987)


Rick Rhoades, previously the Trojans' defensive coordinator, was the head coach at Troy State from 1985 to 1987.[10] In 1987, he led the team to the NCAA Division II Football Championship.[10] Rhoades left Troy State after three seasons.



Robert Maddox era (1988–1990)


At Troy State, head coach Robert Maddox inherited a team which the previous season had gone 12–1–1, winning the NCAA Division II Football Championship. Despite this, in 1988, Troy State had its first losing season since 1982, going 4–6. The following season, the team showed little improvement, finishing with an identical 4–6 record. In 1990, Troy State improved slightly to 5–5, and Maddox resigned following a season-ending 24–23 win over Nicholls State.[11]



Larry Blakeney era (1991–2014)









Larry Blakeney


Larry Blakeney became the twentieth head football coach at Troy State University[12] on December 3, 1990. The program was officially still a Division II program, but were already approved to transition to NCAA Division I-AA the following season. He took over a program that won two national championships the previous decade, but were 13–17 the previous fifty years.


The first full year at Division I-AA, the Troy State Trojans made it to the semifinal game and finished 12–1–1, 10–0–1 in the regular season. This marked the first undefeated, regular, full season of Troy State Trojans football and they finished ranked first in the end of season poll by Sports Network. In 1995, the team improved on that record finishing 11–0 in the regular season for the first undefeated and untied season in history. During the eight seasons the team was a member of I-AA football, they made the playoffs seven seasons and won the Southland Conference championship three times and made the playoff semifinals twice.


Troy State transitioned to Division I-A in 2001. During that season they defeated three Division I-A schools, including their first win over a BCS conference school, Mississippi State. The transition makes Blakeney one of two coaches to ever take a football team from Division II to I-A (the other is UCF's Gene McDowell).


In 2004, Troy's first year in the Sun Belt Conference, Blakeney coached his team to one of the biggest victories in the school's and the Sun Belt's history after defeating then #17 ranked Missouri 24–14 at home, in front of a national audience on ESPN2. He once again coached his team to a victory over a BCS school in 2007 at home, routing Oklahoma State 41–23 on ESPN2


After losing the 2008 New Orleans Bowl in overtime against Southern Miss and losing the 2010 GMAC Bowl in double-overtime against Central Michigan, Blakeney would get his second bowl victory in the 2010 New Orleans Bowl, defeating Ohio 48–21.


ESPN recognized Blakeney as one of the top 5 non-AQ recruiting closers in 2009.[13]


Troy University football began playing in the NCAA's Division I-A in 2001, became a football only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2004, and joined that conference for all other sports in 2005. The Trojan football team made its first bowl game appearance in the Silicon Valley Football Classic on December 30, 2004 that same season, but lost to Northern Illinois, 34–21. In 2006, Troy won the Sun Belt Conference for the first time after defeating Middle Tennessee in dramatic fashion in the last game of the 2006 season in a game that is now referred to as "The Miracle in Murfreesboro". As the 2006 Sun Belt Conference champions, Troy played in the New Orleans Bowl on December 22, 2006 against Rice University, routing the Owls of Conference USA by a score of 41–17. The New Orleans Bowl victory was Troy's first bowl victory in history.


Under Blakeney's tutelage, many quarterbacks at Troy University broke school records and some national records. From 2010 to 2013, Corey Robinson broke the school record for career passing yards and currently is ranked #11 in the NCAA for all-time career passing yards with 13,477. One of his more memorable performances came the first game of his senior year when he rallied his team from a 31-17 deficit vs. UAB to a 34-31 OT win, in the process breaking Steve Sarkisian's record for highest completion percentage in a game with a minimum of 30 attempts. Robinson completed 30 of 32 attempts for a new record of 93.8%.


Upon Robinson's graduation, new freshman quarterback Brandon Silvers stepped in and set yet another national record in 2014. During Silvers' freshman campaign, he broke Sam Bradford's (Oklahoma) NCAA record for completion percentage by a freshman as he completed 70.5 percent of his passes (191-of-271); Bradford completed 69.5 percent of his attempts in 2007.


Larry Blakeney officially retired at the end of the 2014 season. He led the program to three Southland Football League titles and five straight Sun Belt Conference titles, as well as guided the Trojans to seven FCS playoff appearances and four FBS bowl games. Blakeney finished with an overall record of 178–113–1 as head coach at Troy. Blakeney is the winningest coach in the Troy University history and he is the 4th winningest collegiate coach all-time in the state of Alabama, only behind greats Paul "Bear" Bryant, Cleveland L. Abbott, and Ralph "Shug" Jordan.[14]



Neal Brown era (2015–2018)






Kentucky offensive coordinator Neal Brown, who had served in the same capacity at Troy from 2008–2009, was named the Trojans head coach in November 2014.[15] In 2015, Brown's Trojans posted a 4–8 record.[16] Troy was ranked for the first time in the AP top 25 on November 13, 2016, they became the first team from the Sun Belt Conference to be ranked in the Top 25 and finished the year with a record of 10–3.[17] Troy capped of the 2016 season by defeating Ohio in the Dollar General Bowl in Mobile, Alabama.


In Brown's third season at the helm in 2017, he led Troy to a fast 3-1 start to begin the season. In the fifth game of the season on September 30, Troy faced #25-ranked LSU. After leading in the 3rd quarter by a score of 24-7, the LSU Tigers began to mount a comeback in the 4th quarter by scoring 14 unanswered points and trailing just 24-21 with less than 30 seconds left in the game. LSU began to move the ball down-field before having only 8 seconds left on the clock. The very next play wound up being an interception for Troy, which sealed the upset victory. The win over LSU snapped the Tigers' 46-game non-conference home winning streak, which was the longest such streak in the country at the time. Ironically LSU's last non-conference home loss came to another Alabama school UAB 13-10 back in 2000. The Trojans would wind up winning the Sun Belt title after defeating Arkansas State in a thriller, 32-25. Afterward, Troy met North Texas in the New Orleans Bowl, with Troy defeating the Mean Green by a score of 50-30. Troy's 11-2 overall record is the programs best season finish since joining the FBS in 2001.


Following Troy's record season in 2017, Brown would lead Troy to yet another 10+ win season in 2018. The Trojans began the season with a home-opener against #22 Boise State, in front of a Veterans Memorial Stadium record crowd of 29,612. The Trojans came up short, losing 20-56 to the Broncos, but would go on a 5-game win streak following the loss. During the 5-game win streak, Troy repeated what they had done the season before, beating another power conference team as they ventured into Lincoln, Nebraska and defeating Nebraska by a score of 24-19. In Troy's sixth game of the season, starting quarterback Kaleb Barker suffered a knee injury that kept him out for the remainder of the season. Brown decided to make Sawyer Smith the new starting quarterback for Troy afterwards. Upon suffering an upset loss to Liberty, Brown led Troy on another 4-game win streak, which included a win over South Alabama to win the Battle for the Belt rivalry trophy. In the last game of the regular season, Troy would play Appalachian State at Kidd Brewer Stadium in what turned out to be the deciding game to see who would win the Sun Belt's East division. Appalachian State would come away with a 21-10 victory over Troy, effectively knocking Troy out of the Sun Belt championship hunt. Troy finished the regular season with a 9-3 overall record, 7-1 in conference play.


Upon receiving an invite to the 2018 Dollar General Bowl, the Trojans were pitted against Mid-American Conference East division champion Buffalo, who was 10-3 on the season and was considered the favorite to win the bowl game. Buffalo featured future NFL Draft Picks in QB Tyree Jackson, WR Anthony Johnson, and LB Khalil Hodge. Despite what the oddsmakers were predicting, Brown was able to lead Troy to victory over Buffalo, 42-32. The win secured Neal Brown's third-straight 10+ win season, and set a new record in Troy football history as the first time Troy had ever had three straight seasons with 10 or more wins. It also marked three straight bowl wins for Troy.


Following the season, West Virginia went on to hire Neal Brown as their new head coach.



Chip Lindsey era (2019–present)


On January 10, 2019 it was announced that Chip Lindsey would become Troy's 22nd head coach. He was previously on staff at Kansas as offensive coordinator for less than two months before being hired by Troy to be its head coach. Lindsey comes to Troy with additional experience as an offensive coordinator for Auburn, Arizona State, and Southern Miss.



Conference affiliations



  • Independent (1909–1937)


  • Alabama Intercollegiate Conference (1938–1959)


  • Alabama Collegiate Conference (1960–1969)


  • Gulf South Conference (1970–1990)

  • Independent (1991–1995)


  • Southland Conference (1996–2000)

  • Independent (2001–2003)


  • Sun Belt Conference (2004–present)



Championships



National championships


The program won the 1968 NAIA National Championship against Texas A&I (now Texas A&M-Kingsville). Troy beat North Dakota State in 1984 to win their first Division II national title. They won their second Division II national title in 1987 after defeating Portland State.



































Season
Division
Coach
Record
Opponent
Result
1968 NAIA Billy Atkins 11–1 Texas A&I
W 43–35
1984 NCAA Division II Chan Gailey 12–1 North Dakota State
W 18–17
1987 NCAA Division II Rick Rhoades 12–1 Portland State
W 31–17


Conference championships


Troy has won 21 conference championships.[18]:180–187










































































































Season
Coach
Conference
Record
1939 Albert Choate Alabama Intercollegiate Conference 7–4
1941 5–4
1942 4–3
1967 Billy Atkins Alabama Collegiate Conference 8–2
1968 11–1
1969 8–1–1
1971 Gulf South Conference 6–3
1973 Tom Jones 7–2–1
1976 Charlie Bradshaw 8–1–1
1984 Chan Gailey 12–1
1986 Rick Rhoades 10–2
1987 12–1–1
1996 Larry Blakeney Southland Conference 12–2
1999 11–2
2000 10–2
2006 Sun Belt Conference 8–5
2007 8–4
2008 8–5
2009 9–4
2010 8–5
2017 Neal Brown 11–2


Divisional championships


The Sun Belt Conference began divisional play in 2018, with Troy being in the Sun Belt's East Division. Troy has won 1 divisional championship.




















Year
Division
Coach
Overall Record
Conference Record
Opponent
SBC CG Result

2018†
Sun Belt East Neal Brown 9–3 7–1
DNP, lost tiebreaker

† Co-champions



Postseason results



FBS Bowls


Since moving up to FBS, Troy is 5–3 all time in bowl games with the Trojans' latest bowl win in 2018.[citation needed]


































































Season
Coach
Bowl
Opponent
Result
2004 Larry Blakeney Silicon Valley Football Classic Northern Illinois L 21–34
2006 Larry Blakeney New Orleans Bowl Rice
W 41–17
2008 Larry Blakeney New Orleans Bowl Southern Miss L 27–30
2009 Larry Blakeney GMAC Bowl Central Michigan L 41–44
2010 Larry Blakeney New Orleans Bowl Ohio
W 48–21
2016 Neal Brown Dollar General Bowl Ohio
W 28–23
2017 Neal Brown New Orleans Bowl North Texas
W 50–30
2018 Neal Brown Dollar General Bowl Buffalo
W 42–32


FCS Playoffs


Troy made seven appearances in the I-AA/FCS playoffs from 1993 to 2000. They had a 5–7 record.



















































Year
Round
Opponent
Result
1993 First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals

Stephen F. Austin
McNeese State
Marshall

W 42–20
W 35–28
L 21–24
1994 First Round James Madison
L 26–45
1995 First Round Georgia Southern
L 21–24
1996 Quarterfinals
Semifinals

Murray State
Montana

W 31–3
L 7–70
1998 First Round Florida A&M
L 17–27
1999 First Round
Quarterfinals

James Madison
Florida A&M

W 27–7
L 10–17
2000 First Round Appalachian State
L 30–33


Division II Playoffs


Troy made three appearances in the NCAA Division II playoffs, winning the national championship twice.



























Year
Round
Opponent
Result
1984 First Round
Semifinals
Championship (Palm Bowl)

Central State
Towson State
North Dakota State

W 31–21
W 45–3
W 18–17
1986 First Round
Semifinals

Virginia Union
South Dakota

W 31–7
L 28–42
1987 First Round
Semifinals
Championship

Winston-Salem State
UCF
Portland State

W 45–14
W 31–10
W 31–17


NAIA Playoffs


In their time in the NAIA, the Trojans played once in the playoffs, having a record of 2-0, with one NAIA national championship.















Year
Round
Opponent
Result
1968 Semifinals
Championship (Champion Bowl)

Willamette (OR)
Texas A&M-Kingsville

W 63–10
W 45–35


Other Bowls


When Troy was a member of the Alabama Intercollegiate Conference (which not affiliated with an athletic organization such as the NCAA), they played in the inaugural Paper Bowl in Pensacola, Florida in 1948.















Date
Bowl
Opponent
Result
1948 Paper Bowl Jacksonville State L 0–19


Head coaches
































































































































Coach
Tenure
Record
Virgil McKinley 1909 1–0–2
Dan Harren 1910 1–1–2
George Penton 1911–1912 7–1–1
J. W. Campbell 1921–1923 12–13–1
Ross V. Ford 1924 2–1–4
Otis Bynum 1925–1926 12–4–1
Gladwin Gaumer 1927–1928 7–7
No coach 1930 1–2
Albert Elmore 1931–1937 33–25–4
Albert Choate 1938–1942 25–26–1
No coach 1943–1945 3–4
Fred McCollum 1947–1950 21–17–3
Jim Grantham 1951–1954 11–23–1
William Clipson 1955–1965 26–68

Billy Atkins
1966–1971 44–16–2
Tom Jones 1972–1973 11–7–2
Byrd Whigham 1974–1975 12–8
Charlie Bradshaw 1976–1982 40–27–2
Chan Gailey 1983–1984 19–5
Rick Rhoades 1985–1987 28–7–1
Robert Maddox 1988–1990 13–17
Larry Blakeney 1990–2014 178–113–1
Neal Brown 2015–2018 35–16
Chip Lindsey 2019–present 0–0


Rivalries



South Alabama



Troy has an annual intra-conference rivalry with in-state foe South Alabama, known as the Battle for the Belt. The two schools first met on the gridiron in 2012, and have played every year since. Even though both schools are in separate divisions in the Sun Belt Conference, they have a protected rivalry and play each other annually. The rivalry is currently tied 3-3.



Middle Tennessee



Troy's rivalry with Middle Tennessee, now dormant following Middle Tennessee's 2013 move to Conference USA, is known as the Battle for the Palladium. Troy and Middle Tennessee first played each other in 1936, but it wasn't until 2003 that the schools started playing annually for the Palladium Trophy.



Jacksonville State



When Troy was a member of Division I-AA in football, they played Jacksonville State almost annually in the Battle for the Ol' School Bell rivalry. The idea for a school bell trophy stemmed from the two schools' common origins as teachers' colleges from the late 1800s to the 1930s. The last meeting between Troy and Jacksonville State was in 2001, with Troy (then known as Troy State) winning 21–3.



FBS Records



All-time record vs. Sun Belt teams


Official record (including any NCAA imposed vacates and forfeits) against all current Sun Belt opponents:








































































































Opponent

Won

Lost

Tied

Percentage

Streak

First

Last
Appalachian State 3 4 0 .429 Lost 1 1940 2018
Arkansas State 6 10 0 .375 Won 1 1950 2017
Coastal Carolina 2 0 0 1.000 Won 2 2017 2018
Georgia Southern 12 6 0 .667 Won 2 1934 2018
Georgia State 5 1 0 .833 Won 3 2013 2018
Louisiana 9 11 0 .450 Won 2 1946 2018
Louisiana–Monroe 10 7 1 .583 Won 2 1970 2018
South Alabama 4 3 0 .571 Won 1 2012 2018
Texas State 8 1 0 .889 Won 7 1996 2018


Facilities





Veterans Memorial Stadium – "The Vet"


Larry Blakeney Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium is nicknamed "The Vet" and has a seating capacity of 30,000. The stadium was originally dedicated to the Troy State Teachers College students and Pike County residents who had died in World War II. The stadium solely consisted of a small, 5,000-seat grandstand on the west side of a running track, and was built into the natural slope of the ground. It was expanded several times, including the addition of upper deck in 1998 that brought capacity up to 17,500, until receiving a large addition of seating in 2003 which expanded the capacity of the stadium to 30,000. After the addition of the north endzone facility in 2018, the capacity once again expanded to 30,402.


The north endzone facility at the stadium is the largest featured endzone facility in the Sun Belt Conference and features a 3,150 sq.ft. Daktronics 15HD video board, which is also the largest in the conference, and the 6th largest among Group of Five schools.




2018 Panorama of Veterans Memorial Stadium at Larry Blakeney Field



Traditions



Trojan Walk


Before each Troy home football game, hundreds of Troy fans and students line University Avenue on campus to cheer on the team as they march with the Sound of the South band and cheerleaders from the Quad to Tailgate Terrace, surrounded by fans who pat them on the back and shake their hands as they walk toward Veterans Memorial Stadium.



Band Show on University


Before each home game, the Sound of the South marching band performs a pre-game show on University Avenue in between all of the tailgating areas before the Trojan Walk begins.



Trojan Fanfare


During the pre-game show at Veterans Memorial Stadium, the Sound of the South will perform what is known as the "Trojan Fanfare." It is a favorite among most fans and energizes the fanbase leading up to kickoff.



"Havoc!"


One of the more popular traditions of gameday, during the pre-game show the band marches onto the field to prepare for the football team to run out of the gates. The band falls silent, and the announcer then recites the phrase from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Fans in the stadium will yell out "Havoc!" in unison along with the announcer before the last line of the phrase:


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And so, with mighty warriors clad in strongest armor
and well prepared to receive the lot dealt by fate
the contest is at hand.
And the commander's spirit, ranging for revenge
shall in a monarch's voice cry, 'Havoc!'
and let slip the dogs of war.


The phrase "Havoc!" is also used as a motto or battle cry among Trojan fans.



Post-game Celebration & Band Show


After Troy wins a home game, the players will go to the corner of the stadium where the Sound of the South marching band is and will sing the fight song, alma mater, and sometimes do chants with them.


There is also a post-game band show after every home football game, where the Sound of the South marching band sets up to perform on the football field in the south endzone, and performs a final show for all remaining fans still in attendance.



Trojan Warrior


Before every game and after every touchdown, the Trojan Warrior or Trojan Princess would blaze down the football field on a horse named "Big Red." This tradition is no longer used because the football field turf was changed from grass to artificial grass.



Top 25 finishes



FBS


Since 2001 when Troy joined the FBS, the Trojans have not finished a season ranked in the Top 25.


Troy spent one week ranked in the AP Poll in 2016, debuting at #25 after defeating Appalachian State and having a record of 8-1. Troy is the first football program in the Sun Belt Conference's history to be ranked in the Top 25 in either the AP Poll or the Coaches' Poll.



FCS


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Year
Record
Sports Network Rank
USA Today/
ESPN Rank
1993 12–1–1 #1
1994 8–4 #12
1995 11–1 #3
1996 12–2 #4 #12
1998 8–4 #11 #13
1999 11–2 #6 #6
2000 10–2 #9 #3


Division II/College Division




















































Year
Record
Committee Poll
AP Poll
UPI Coaches' Poll
1968 11–1 #11 #7
1969 8–1–1 #11
1976 8–1–1 #6
1984 12–1 #3
1986 10–2 #3
1987 12–1–1 #4


Award Winners


  • AFCA Coach of the Year Award



Chan Gailey – 1984


Rick Rhoades – 1987


  • Buck Buchanan Award


Al Lucas – 1999


All-Americans (FBS)



  • 2002 - Osi Umenyiora, AP Honorable Mention

  • 2002 - Thomas Olmsted, Sporting News Freshman

  • 2007 - Leodis McKelvin, First-Team - Rivals, Sporting News, Pro Weekly

  • 2009 - Bryan Willis - Sporting News Freshman

  • 2013 - Jordan Chunn, CFN Freshman Honorable Mention

  • 2017 - Marcus Jones - FWAA Freshman, CFN Honorable Mention, ESPN Freshman, Phil Steele Third-Team

  • 2018 - Carlton Martial - USA Today Freshman, The Athletic Freshman, FWAA Freshman



NFL players


























Trojans in the NFL

NFL Draft selections
Total selected:
35
1st Round:
2
2nd Round:
2
3rd Round:
3




Osi Umenyiora





Current players




  • Leodis McKelvin

  • Sherrod Martin

  • Antonio Garcia

  • DuJuan Harris

  • Mario Addison

  • Leonard Wheeler

  • Brandon Burks

  • Elbert Mack

  • Gary Banks

  • Trevor Ford

  • Steve McLendon

  • Cameron Sheffield

  • Jonathan Massaquoi

  • Jorrick Calvin

  • James Brown

  • Chandler Worthy

  • Brynden Trawick




Former players




  • DeMarcus Ware

  • Osi Umenyiora

  • Lawrence Tynes

  • Bubba Marriott

  • Matt Allen

  • Kerry Jenkins

  • Al Lucas

  • Jerrel Jernigan

  • Jimmy McClain

  • Rayshun Reed

  • Shawn Stuckey

  • Dion Gales

  • Rod Walker

  • Pratt Lyons

  • Michael Moore

  • Jonathan Carter

  • Perry Griggs

  • Titus Dixon

  • Clifford Ivory

  • Mareno Philyaw

  • Jack Smith

  • Davern Williams

  • Willie Tullis

  • Virgil Seay

  • Brannon Condren

  • Levi Brown

  • Jack Smith

  • Anthony Henton

  • Derrick Moore

  • Jonathan Carter

  • Chris Bradwell

  • Kanorris Davis

  • Boris Lee

  • Bear Woods

  • Alfred Malone

  • Marcus Spriggs

  • Corey Robinson




Future non-conference opponents


Announced schedules as of June 12, 2018.[21]































































2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
TBA

Southern Miss
at Massachusetts

Liberty
at Ole Miss

Western Kentucky
at Memphis

Memphis
at Mississippi State

Mississippi State

Utah State
at Akron

NC State
at South Carolina
at Western Kentucky
at Kansas State

at Clemson


at Utah State
at Missouri










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References





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