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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: Jesse T. Jess Hill
Conference: Pacific Coast-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1888  <-- 1954 <- 1955 -> 1956 --> 2024
1955 Season Highlights
 Jesse T. Jess Hill enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Southern California.
 
1955 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 17  vs. Washington State  50   12   W       
 Fri., Sep. 23  vs. Oregon  42   15   W       
 Fri., Sep. 30  vs. Texas  19   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 8  @ Washington  0   7   L       
 Fri., Oct. 14  vs. Wisconsin  33   21   W       
 Sat., Oct. 22  @ California  33   6   W       
 Sat., Oct. 29  @ Minnesota  19   25   L       
 Sat., Nov. 5  vs. Stanford  20   28   L       
 Sat., Nov. 19  vs. UCLA  7   17   L       
 Sat., Nov. 26  vs. Notre Dame  42   20   W       
 
1955 Season Totals
  Record6-4
  Points Scored265
  Scoring Average26.5
  Points Allowed158
  Defense Average15.8
  Opponents Record49-45
  Conference Record3-3
  Home Record5-2
  Away Record1-2
1955 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
13 6-4-0 AP
12 6-4-0 Coaches
12 6-4-0 UP
  
1955 Pacific Coast- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
UCLA 9-229974Lost  14-176-019737  Harry R. Red Sanders
Oregon State 6-3126120 4-25393  J. Thompson Tommy Prothro
Oregon 6-4204158 3-3113105  Leonard J. Len Casanova
Southern California 6-4265158 3-315285  Jesse T. Jess Hill
Stanford 6-3-1198135 3-2-111165  Charles A. Chuck Taylor
Washington 5-4-114193 3-3-19073  John Cherberg
California 2-7-1107216 1-5-160162  Lynn O. Pappy Waldorf
Washington State 1-7-267257 0-5-145201  Alton S. Al Kircher

1955 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1955 All Pacific Coast Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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