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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  <-- 1946 <- 1947 -> 1948 --> 2024
1947 Season Highlights
 Newell J. Jeff Cravath enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Southern California.
 The Trojans won the Pacific Coast Conference Championship.
 
1947 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 27  vs. Washington State  21   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 4  vs. Rice  7   7   T       
 Sat., Oct. 11  @ Ohio State  32   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 18  vs. Oregon State  48   6   W       
 Sat., Oct. 25  @ California  39   14   W       
 Sat., Nov. 1  @ Washington  19   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 8  vs. Stanford  14   0   W       
 Sat., Nov. 22  vs. UCLA  6   0   W       
 Sat., Dec. 6  vs. Notre Dame  7   38   L       
 Thu., Jan. 1   Michigan  0   49   L    @ Pasadena, CA   Rose Bowl
 
1947 Season Totals
  Record7-2 -1
  Points Scored193
  Scoring Average19.3
  Points Allowed114
  Defense Average11.4
  Opponents Record52-41
  Conference Record6-0
  Home Record4-1 -1
  Away Record3-0
1947 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
8 7-1-1 AP
  
1947 Pacific Coast- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Southern California 7-2-1193114Lost  0-496-014720  Newell J. Jeff Cravath
California 9-1275111 4-17570  Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
Oregon 7-3174121 4-16042  James W. Jim Aiken
UCLA 5-417280 4-212439  Bert LaBrucherie
Oregon State 5-5171136 2-459117  Alonaz L. Lon Stiner
Washington 3-69899 2-56686  W. Ralph Pest Welch
Washington State 3-793148 1-42687  Philip J. Phil Sarboe
Stanford 0-973214 0-637133  Marchmont H. Marchy Schwartz

1947 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1947 All Pacific Coast Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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