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Southern California Football Team History


Southern California Trojans
University of Southern California
 Los Angeles, CA
Founded: 1880
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 92,000
Colors: Cardinal & Gold
Coach: Howard H. Jones
Conference: Pacific Coast-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1888  <-- 1939 <- 1940 -> 1941 --> 2024
1940 Season Highlights
 Howard H. Jones enters his 16th season as Head Coach at Southern California.
 
1940 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. Washington State  14   14   T       
 Sat., Oct. 5  vs. Oregon State  0   0   T       
 Sat., Oct. 12  @ Illinois  13   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Oregon  13   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 26  @ Stanford  7   21   L       
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. California  7   20   L       
 Sat., Nov. 16  @ Washington  0   14   L       
 Sat., Nov. 30  vs. UCLA  28   12   W       
 Sat., Dec. 7  vs. Notre Dame  6   10   L       
 
1940 Season Totals
  Record3-4 -2
  Points Scored88
  Scoring Average9.8
  Points Allowed98
  Defense Average10.9
  Opponents Record43-37
  Conference Record2-3
  Home Record2-2 -2
  Away Record1-2
1940 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1940 Pacific Coast- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Stanford 10-019685Won  21-137-014166  Clark D. Shaughnessy
Washington 7-216954 6-113435  James M. Jimmy Phelan
Oregon State 5-3-112880 3-3-16180  Alonaz L. Lon Stiner
California 4-684128 3-47568  Leonard B. Stub Allison
Oregon 4-4-110058 2-4-15056  Gerald A. Tex Oliver
Southern California 3-4-28898 2-3-26981  Howard H. Jones
Washington State 4-4-2131147 1-4-278140  Orin E. Babe Hollingbery
UCLA 1-979174 1-667149  Edwin C. Babe Horrell

1940 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1940 All Pacific Coast Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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