Defensive Plays | Year | Date | Opponent | Down | To Go | Side | Ydline | Play |
1979 | 1979-09-15 | Western Michigan | 1 | 10 | WMI | 40 | Hinton rush for 8 (Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-09-15 | Western Michigan | 1 | 10 | WMI | 20 | Howard rush for 4 (Neal Timmons, Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-09-15 | Western Michigan | 2 | 6 | WMI | 24 | Caper rush for 2 (Phil Ellis, W.T. Williams) |
1979 | 1979-09-15 | Western Michigan | 3 | 14 | WMI | 36 | Hinton, 4-yd pass from Little (Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-10-06 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 10 | USC | 46 | Taylor rush for 2 (Phil Ellis, Ed Baxley) |
1979 | 1979-10-06 | Oklahoma State | 1 | 10 | OKS | 5 | Taylor rush for 7 (Neal Timmons, Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-10-06 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 1 | USC | 9 | Bailey rush for 7 (Phil Ellis); Ellis injured |
1979 | 1979-10-20 | Mississippi | 1 | 10 | USC | 19 | Brown rush for 3 (Tim Singleton, Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-10-20 | Mississippi | 2 | 7 | USC | 16 | Brown rush for 5 (Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-10-20 | Mississippi | 2 | 12 | UMS | 40 | Hooper rush for 1 (Steve Bernish, Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-10-20 | Mississippi | 1 | 10 | UMS | 34 | Williams rush for 6 (Ed Baxley, Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-10-20 | Mississippi | 3 | 3 | USC | 35 | Billy Denny, 5-yd pass from John Fourcade (Ed Baxley, Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-10-20 | Mississippi | 2 | 5 | USC | 5 | Brown rush for 3 (Phil Ellis, Andy Hastings) |
1979 | 1979-10-20 | Mississippi | 3 | 10 | USC | 11 | John Fourcade rush for 5 (Ed Baxley, Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-10-27 | Notre Dame | 2 | 5 | NDM | 20 | Vagas Ferguson rush for 7 (Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-11-03 | N.C. State | 2 | 9 | NCS | 10 | Andre Marks rush for 1 (Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-11-03 | N.C. State | 4 | 1 | USC | 6 | Billy Ray Vickers rush for 2 (Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-11-03 | N.C. State | 2 | 6 | NCS | 36 | Darnell Johnson rush for 6 (Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-11-03 | N.C. State | 1 | 10 | USC | 46 | Darnell Johnson rush for 1 (Arthur Broussard, Phil Ellis, Pat Bowen) |
1979 | 1979-11-03 | N.C. State | 2 | 11 | USC | 43 | Wayne McLean rush for 7 (Ed Baxley, Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-11-03 | N.C. State | 1 | 10 | USC | 30 | Wayne McLean rush for 2 (Ed Baxley, Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-11-03 | N.C. State | 3 | 2 | USC | 11 | Scott Smith rush for 1 (W.T. Williams, Phil Ellis) + SC personal foul |
1979 | 1979-11-17 | Wake Forest | 2 | 6 | WFU | 18 | Albert Kirby rush for 2 (Steve Bernish, Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-11-17 | Wake Forest | 2 | 5 | WFU | 41 | Jay Venuto scrambles for 7 (Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-11-17 | Wake Forest | 3 | 5 | USC | 30 | James McDougald rush for 9 (Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-12-29 | Missouri | 2 | 6 | UMO | 18 | Wilder rush for 7 (Phil Ellis) |
1979 | 1979-12-29 | Missouri | 1 | 10 | UMO | 25 | Bradley scrambles for 8 (Phil Ellis) |
1981 | 1981-10-24 | North Carolina | 2 | 10 | UNC | 27 | Tyrone Anthony rush for no gain (Phil Ellis, Emanuel Weaver) |
1981 | 1981-10-31 | N.C. State | 3 | 1 | USC | 48 | Joe McIntosh rush for 2 (James Seawright, Phil Ellis) |
1981 | 1981-10-31 | N.C. State | 1 | 10 | USC | 46 | Tol Avery rush for 4 (J.D. Fuller, Phil Ellis) |
1981 | 1981-10-31 | N.C. State | 2 | 2 | USC | 2 | Tol Avery rush for no gain (Phil Ellis) + SC personal foul |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 2 | 5 | UGA | 20 | Herschel Walker rush for no gain (Karey Johnson, Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | USC | 40 | Herschel Walker rush for 6 (Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | UGA | 20 | Herschel Walker rush for 4 (James Seawright, Phil Ellis, Earl Johnson) |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | UGA | 20 | Herschel Walker rush for 4 (Andrew Provence, Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | USC | 45 | Herschel Walker rush for 3 (Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | USC | 48 | Young rush for 2 (Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 2 | 10 | USC | 13 | Herschel Walker rush for 7 (James Seawright, J.D. Fuller, Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 3 | 6 | USC | 47 | McCarthy rush for 1 (Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 3 | 1 | USC | 44 | Herschel Walker rush for 3 (Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | USC | 41 | McCarthy rush for 5 (Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-09-25 | Georgia | 1 | 10 | USC | 40 | Williams rush for 2 (Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-10-30 | N.C. State | 1 | 10 | NCS | 24 | Marks rush for 3 (Phil Ellis) |
1982 | 1982-10-30 | N.C. State | 2 | 6 | USC | 34 | Lawson rush for 1 (Rickey Hagood, Phil Ellis) |