| Defensive Plays | | Year | Date | Opponent | Down | To Go | Side | Ydline | Play |
| 1976 | 1976-09-04 | Appalachian State | 1 | 10 | APP | 15 | APP rush for 2 (John Green, Roscoe Watson, Russ Manzari) |
| 1976 | 1976-09-11 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 10 | GAT | 33 | Sims rush for no gain (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1976 | 1976-10-02 | Baylor | 1 | 10 | BAY | 5 | Franklin rush for 2 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1976 | 1976-10-02 | Baylor | 2 | 8 | BAY | 7 | Franklin rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1976 | 1976-10-02 | Baylor | 1 | 10 | BAY | 20 | Ebow rush for 8 (David Prezioso, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1976 | 1976-10-02 | Baylor | 2 | 4 | BAY | 49 | Hawthorne rush for 3 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1976 | 1976-10-02 | Baylor | 3 | 1 | USC | 48 | Blair rush for 3 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1976 | 1976-10-09 | Virginia | 1 | 10 | UVA | 33 | Sloan rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson, Joe McGregor) |
| 1976 | 1976-10-16 | Mississippi | 2 | 7 | UMS | 5 | Sweet rush for no gain (Roscoe Watson, Jacyn Adamski) |
| 1976 | 1976-10-16 | Mississippi | 2 | 21 | UMS | 12 | Storey rush for 2 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1976 | 1976-10-23 | Notre Dame | 1 | 10 | NDM | 41 | Hunter rush for 8 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-03 | Appalachian State | 3 | 1 | APP | 30 | Simon rush for 2 (Roscoe Watson, Tim Singleton) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-03 | Appalachian State | 1 | 10 | APP | 32 | Hamilton rush for 22 (Roscoe Watson, Lance Garrett) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-03 | Appalachian State | 1 | 10 | APP | 20 | APP rush for 4 (Roscoe Watson, John Dantonio) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-10 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 10 | GAT | 38 | Ivery rush for 5 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-10 | Georgia Tech | 1 | 10 | USC | 46 | Lanier rush, fumble, recovered by (Roscoe Watson) at SC 49 |
| 1977 | 1977-09-17 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 10 | MOH | 46 | Feicht rush for 2 (Steve Bernish, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-17 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 10 | USC | 38 | Feicht rush for 3 (Roscoe Watson, Steve Bernish) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-17 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 10 | MOH | 15 | Hunter rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson, Joe McGregor) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-17 | Miami (Ohio) | 1 | 10 | MOH | 32 | Hunter rush for 3 (Bob Orkis, Fred Sinclair, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-24 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | UGA | 31 | McLee rush for 3 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-24 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | USC | 45 | McLee rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson, Scott Blackman) |
| 1977 | 1977-09-24 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | UGA | 7 | McLee rush for 2 (Roscoe Watson, Steve Bernish) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-01 | East Carolina | 2 | 9 | ECU | 21 | Sutton rush for 2 (Joe McGregor, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-01 | East Carolina | 3 | 2 | USC | 21 | Sutton rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson) + SC personal foul |
| 1977 | 1977-10-01 | East Carolina | 1 | 10 | USC | 18 | Kolanko rush for 2 (Tim Singleton, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-01 | East Carolina | 3 | 5 | ECU | 25 | Hicks rush for no gain (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-01 | East Carolina | 2 | 10 | ECU | 46 | Southerland rush for 2 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-01 | East Carolina | 3 | 8 | ECU | 48 | Green scrambles for 5 (Scott Blackman, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-08 | Duke | 1 | 10 | DUK | 47 | Broadie rush for 3 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-08 | Duke | 2 | 7 | DUK | 37 | Broadie rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson, Scott Blackman) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-08 | Duke | 3 | 3 | DUK | 26 | Broadie rush for 4 (Roscoe Watson, Roger Woolbright) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-08 | Duke | 3 | 1 | DUK | 39 | Dunn rush for 3 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-15 | Mississippi | 1 | 10 | USC | 33 | Storey rush for 2 (Roscoe Watson, David Prezioso) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-15 | Mississippi | 1 | 10 | UMS | 28 | Storey rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson, Chuck Allen) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-15 | Mississippi | 1 | 10 | UMS | 27 | Storey rush for 2 (Roscoe Watson, Roger Woolbright) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-15 | Mississippi | 1 | 10 | UMS | 46 | Garner rush for 3 (Roscoe Watson, Steve Bernish) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-15 | Mississippi | 2 | 7 | UMS | 49 | Storey rush for 4 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-15 | Mississippi | 2 | 4 | USC | 45 | Garner fumbles, recovered by (Roscoe Watson) at SC 48 |
| 1977 | 1977-10-22 | North Carolina | 3 | 6 | UNC | 30 | Phil Farris rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-10-22 | North Carolina | 2 | 4 | UNC | 26 | Amos Lawrence rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson, Steve Bernish) |
| 1977 | 1977-11-12 | Wake Forest | 1 | 10 | WFU | 22 | James McDougald rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-11-12 | Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | USC | 4 | James McDougald rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-11-19 | Clemson | 1 | 10 | USC | 38 | Steve Fuller rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-11-26 | Hawaii | 2 | 9 | HAW | 8 | Haslip rush for 2 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-11-26 | Hawaii | 3 | 3 | HAW | 42 | Bell rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1977 | 1977-11-26 | Hawaii | 3 | 6 | HAW | 9 | Edralin rush for 1 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1978 | 1978-09-23 | Duke | 2 | 3 | DUK | 27 | Rhett up middle for 2 (Roscoe Watson, Tim Singleton, Scott Wade) |
| 1978 | 1978-09-23 | Duke | 2 | 4 | USC | 45 | Rhett around left end for 3 (Fred Sinclair, Andy Hastings, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1978 | 1978-10-28 | North Carolina | 2 | 7 | | 50 | Amos Lawrence rush for 6 (Scott Wade, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-09-08 | North Carolina | 1 | 10 | UNC | 17 | Amos Lawrence rush for 8 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-09-15 | Western Michigan | 3 | 19 | WMI | 13 | Caper rush for 4 (Roscoe Watson, Ed Baxley) |
| 1979 | 1979-10-06 | Oklahoma State | 2 | 10 | USC | 49 | Taylor rush for no gain (Roscoe Watson, Arthur Broussard) |
| 1979 | 1979-10-20 | Mississippi | 3 | 2 | USC | 11 | Brown rush for 4 (Robert Perlotte, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-10-20 | Mississippi | 1 | 10 | USC | 33 | Hooper, 5-yd pass from Fourcade (Roscoe Watson, Ed Baxley) |
| 1979 | 1979-10-20 | Mississippi | 2 | 10 | USC | 43 | Hooper rush for 5 (Ed Baxley, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-11-03 | N.C. State | 3 | 1 | USC | 6 | Billy Ray Vickers rush for no gain (Steve Bernish, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-11-03 | N.C. State | 1 | 10 | NCS | 32 | Wayne McLean rush for 7 (Roscoe Watson, Pat Bowen) |
| 1979 | 1979-11-17 | Wake Forest | 1 | 20 | WFU | 10 | James McDougald rush for 3 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-11-24 | Clemson | 2 | 15 | CLM | 44 | Smith, 6-yd pass from Billy Lott (Ed Baxley, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-11-24 | Clemson | 1 | 10 | USC | 43 | Marvin Sims rush for 5 (Scott Wade, Roscoe Watson, Chuck Allen) |
| 1979 | 1979-11-24 | Clemson | 2 | 5 | USC | 14 | Lester Brown rush for 2 (Scott Wade, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-11-24 | Clemson | 3 | 2 | CLM | 42 | Billy Lott rush for 1 (Arthur Broussard, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-11-24 | Clemson | 1 | 10 | CLM | 22 | Tracy Perry rush for 2 (Steve Bernish, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-11-24 | Clemson | 1 | 8 | USC | 8 | Marvin Sims rush for no gain (Chuck Allen, Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-12-29 | Missouri | 2 | 6 | USC | 24 | Robert Meyer rush for 3 (Roscoe Watson) |
| 1979 | 1979-12-29 | Missouri | 1 | 10 | UMO | 21 | James Wilder rush for 6 (Roscoe Watson) |