1929 USC Trojans football | |
National champion (Berryman, Houlgate) Co-national champion (Sagarin) Pacific Coast Conference champion Rose Bowl champion | |
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Rose Bowl vs. Pittsburgh, W 47–14 | |
Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
1929 record | 10–2 (6–1 PCC) |
Head coach | Howard Jones (5th season) |
Offensive scheme | Single wing |
Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
Seasons |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC † | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stanford | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UCLA | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Montana | 0 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion |
The 1929 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1929 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled a 10–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the Pacific Coast Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 492 to 69.[1] The team defeated Pittsburgh 47–14 in the 1930 Rose Bowl and was retroactively selected as the 1929 national champion under the Houlgate System and also retroactively selected as the national champion under the Berryman QPRS system and as a co-national champion by Jeff Sagarin.[2]
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 28 | UCLA | W 76–0 | 50,000 | |
October 5 | Oregon State |
| W 19–0 | 40,000 |
October 12 | at Washington | W 48–0 | 23,582 | |
October 19 | Occidental* |
| W 64–0 | 20,000 |
October 26 | at Stanford |
| W 7–0 | 89,000 |
November 2 | California |
| L 7–15 | 79,000 |
November 9 | Nevada* |
| W 66–0 | 20,000 |
November 16 | vs. Notre Dame* |
| L 12–13 | 112,912 |
November 23 | Idaho |
| W 72–0 | 20,000 |
November 30 | Washington State |
| W 27–7 | 55,000 |
December 14 | Carnegie Tech* |
| W 45–13 | 65,000 |
January 1, 1930 | vs. Pittsburgh* | W 47–14 | 72,000 | |
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References[]
- ↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_california/1925-1929_yearly_results.php. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 109. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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