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The following individuals have started games at the quarterback position for the USC Trojans football team, updated from 1975 through November 14, 2009. Inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame are designated alongside the player's final season. Players who have taken a redshirt season are designated (
).
| Year | Name | Class | First career start | Number of starts |
Record as starter |
Awards/honors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Matt Barkley | Fr. | September 5 | 11 | 8–3 | |
| Aaron Corp | September 19 | 1 | 0–1 | |||
| 2008 | Mark Sanchez | 13 | 12–1 | All-Pac-10 First Team | ||
| 2007 | John David Booty | 10 | 9–1 | |||
| Mark Sanchez | October 13 | 3 | 2–1 | |||
| 2006 | John David Booty | September 2 | 13 | 11–2 | All-Pac-10 First Team | |
| 2005 | Matt Leinart | 13 | 12–1 | Unitas; All-Pac-10 First Team | ||
| 2004 | Matt Leinart | 13 | 13–0 | Heisman; Consensus All-American; Co-Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year; All-Pac-10 First Team | ||
| 2003 | Matt Leinart | August 30 | 13 | 12–1 | Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year; All-Pac-10 First Team | |
| 2002 | Carson Palmer | 13 | 11–2 | Heisman; Unitas; Consensus All-American; Co-Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year; All-Pac-10 First Team | ||
| 2001 | Carson Palmer | 12 | 6–6 | |||
| 2000 | Carson Palmer | 12 | 5–7 | |||
| 1999 | Carson Palmer | So. | 3 | 2–1 | ||
| Mike Van Raaphorst | 5 | 1–4 | ||||
| John Fox | 4 | 3–1 | ||||
| 1998 | Carson Palmer | Fr. | October 31 | 5 | 3–2 | |
| Mike Van Raaphorst | 8 | 5–3 | ||||
| 1997 | John Fox | September 6 | 9 | 5–4 | ||
| Mike Van Raaphorst | November 1 | 2 | 1–1 | |||
| 1996 | Brad Otton | 12 | 6–6 | |||
| 1995 | Brad Otton | 11 | 8–2–1 | |||
| Kyle Wachholtz | November 11 | 1 | 1–0 | |||
| 1994 | Rob Johnson | Sr. | 10 | 6–3–1 | ||
| Brad Otton | October 8 | 2 | 2–0 | |||
| 1993 | Rob Johnson | Jr. | 13 | 8–5 | All-Pac-10 First Team | |
| 1992 | Rob Johnson | So. | 11 | 3–8 | ||
| 1991 | Reggie Perry | September 2 | 10 | 3–7 | ||
| Rob Johnson | Fr. | November 16 | 1 | 0–1 | ||
| 1990 | Todd Marinovich | 11 | 7–4 | |||
| Shane Foley | October 27 | 2 | 1–0–1 | |||
| 1989 | Todd Marinovich | September 4 | 12 | 9–2–1 | All-Pac-10 First Team | |
| 1988 | Rodney Peete | 12 | 10–2 | Unitas; Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year; All-Pac-10 First Team | ||
| 1987 | Rodney Peete | 12 | 8–4 | |||
| 1986 | Rodney Peete | 12 | 7–5 | |||
| 1985 | Rodney Peete | November 16 | 4 | 2–2 | ||
| Sean Salisbury | 8 | 4–4 | ||||
| 1984 | Tim Green | Sr. | October 6 | 9 | 7–2 | |
| Kevin McLean | September 29 | 1 | 0–1 | |||
| Sean Salisbury | Sr. | 2 | 2–0 | |||
| 1983 | Sean Salisbury | Jr. | 11 | 4–6–1 | ||
| 1982 | Scott Tinsley | ? | November 6 | 4 | 3–1 | |
| Sean Salisbury | So. | September 11 | 7 | 5–2 | ||
1981
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(( JOHN MAZUR | ((Sept. 5 1981 | 12 | 9-3 | Threw game winning TD to Fred Cornwell to defeat Oklahoma at LA Coliseum. | |
| 1980 | Gordon Adams | SR | 8-1-1 | ? | ? | |
| 1979 | Paul McDonald | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| 1978 | Paul McDonald | Jr. | September 9 | 12 | 11–1 | |
| Rob Preston | Jr. | December 2 | 1 | 1–0 | ||
| 1977 | Rob Hertel | Sr. | 12 | 8–4 | ||
| 1976 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| 1975 | Vince Evans | Jr. | ? | 8 | 4–4 | |
| Mike Sanford | So. | November 15 | 1 | 0–1 | ||
| Rob Hertel | So. | October 4 | 3 | 3–0 |
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