Pat Haden (2003) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Pat Haden

Induction:
2003
Class:
1974

Pat Haden exemplified the term “student-athlete.” Not only was he one of USC’s most productive quarterbacks, but he starred in the classroom. A 3-time letterman (1972-73-74), he led the Trojans in passing in 1973 and 1974 (and in total offense in 1973). He was a member of USC’s 1972 and 1974 national championship teams and played in 3 Rose Bowls. He was Co-MVP of the 1975 Rose Bowl (with lifelong friend J.K. McKay) when he threw for 181 yards and 2 scores, including a TD pass and PAT pass late in the game, for a comeback win over Ohio State. He was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1995. A Trojan co-captain in 1974, he was named the team’s MVP that season and was selected to play in the 1975 Hula Bowl. A Rhodes Scholar, he was a 2-time Academic All-American (1973-74) and was named an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholar, NCAA Today’s Top Six Award winner and a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1974. He was inducted into the charter class of the Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 1988 and received an NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in 2000. He spent 1975 with the WFL’s Southern California Sun while also attending Oxford. A seventh round pick of the Los Angeles Rams in the 1975 NFL draft, he played for the Rams from 1976 to 1981, including on the 1979 Super Bowl squad (he made the Pro Bowl in 1977). The Bishop Amat High alum then was a successful Los Angeles lawyer and businessman and a football broadcast analyst, and also was USC’s athletic director (2010-16). He was on the College Football Playoff’s inaugural selection committee.