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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: Newell J. Jeff Cravath
Conference: Pacific Coast-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1888  <-- 1941 <- 1942 -> 1943 --> 2024
1942 Season Highlights
 Newell J. Jeff Cravath enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Southern California.
 
1942 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 26  vs. Tulane  13   27   L       
 Sat., Oct. 3  @ Washington  0   0   T       
 Sat., Oct. 10  @ Ohio State  12   28   L       
 Sat., Oct. 17  vs. Washington State  26   12   W       
 Sat., Oct. 24  @ Stanford  6   14   L    @ San Francisco, CA   
 Sat., Nov. 7  vs. California  21   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 14  vs. Oregon  40   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 28  vs. Notre Dame  0   13   L       
 Sat., Dec. 5  vs. Montana  38   0   W       
 Sat., Dec. 12  vs. UCLA  7   14   L       
 Sat., Dec. 19  vs. St. Marys Pre-Flight  21   13   W       
 
1942 Season Totals
  Record5-5 -1
  Points Scored184
  Scoring Average16.7
  Points Allowed128
  Defense Average11.6
  Opponents Record50-32
  Conference Record3-2
  Home Record5-3
  Away Record0-2 -1
1942 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1942 Pacific Coast- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
UCLA 7-417498Lost  0-95-110745  Edwin C. Babe Horrell
Stanford 6-4204121 4-211660  Marchmont H. Marchy Schwartz
Washington State 6-2-215795 3-1-15139  Orin E. Babe Hollingbery
Southern California 5-5-1184128 3-2-110047  Newell J. Jeff Cravath
California 5-598107 2-46194  Leonard B. Stub Allison
Oregon State 4-5-1157142 2-485128  Alonaz L. Lon Stiner
Washington 4-3-311360 2-3-25160  W. Ralph Pest Welch
Oregon 2-667138 1-530128  John A. Warren

1942 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1942 All Pacific Coast Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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