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1942 USC Trojans football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1942 record5–5–1 (4–2–1 PCC)
Head coachJeff Cravath (1st season)
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 PCC football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#13 UCLA 6 1 0     7 4 0
Washington State 5 1 1     6 2 2
#12 Stanford 5 2 0     6 4 0
USC 4 2 1     5 5 1
Oregon State 4 4 0     4 5 1
Washington 3 3 2     4 3 3
California 3 4 0     5 5 0
Oregon 2 5 0     2 6 0
Idaho 1 5 0     3 7 0
Montana 0 6 0     0 8 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1942 college football season. In their first year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 5–5–1 record (4–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 184 to 128.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 26Tulane*L 13–2745,000
October 3at WashingtonT 0–026,000
October 10at No. 1 Ohio State*L 12–2856,436
October 17No. 10 Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 26–1233,000
October 24vs. Stanford
L 6–1425,000
November 7California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 21–737,500
November 14Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 40–033,000
November 28No. 8 Notre Dame*daggerNo. 14
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
L 0–1394,519
December 5Montana
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 38–025,000
December 12No. 13 UCLA
L 7–1490,000
December 19Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 21–136,643
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game


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