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Don Clark was the coach of the University of Southern California's football team from 1957 to 1959. He compiled a 13–16–1 record, and was succeeded by John McKay.

1957[]

1957 USC Trojans football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
1957 record 1–9 (1–6 PCC)
Head coach Don Clark
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
« 1956 1958 »
1957 PCC football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Oregon State § 6 2 0     8 2 0
Oregon § 6 2 0     7 4 0
UCLA 5 2 0     8 2 0
Washington State 5 3 0     6 4 0
Stanford 4 3 0     6 4 0
Washington 3 4 0     3 6 1
California 1 6 0     1 9 0
USC 1 6 0     1 9 0
Idaho 0 3 0     4 4 1
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 21 vs. #13 Oregon State #19 Multnomah StadiumPortland, Oregon L 0–20   36,855
September 28* #10 Michigan Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, California L 6–16   44,739
October 4* Pittsburgh Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California L 14–20   43,489
October 19 at California California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, California L 0–12   40,000
October 26 Washington State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California L 12–13   24,902
November 2 at Washington Husky StadiumSeattle, Washington W 19–12   30,172
November 9† Stanford Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California L 7–35   51,923
November 16 Oregon #16 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California L 7–16   30,975
November 23 UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California (Battle for the Victory Bell) L 9–20   64,818
November 27* #12 Notre Dame Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, Indiana (Notre Dame – USC rivalry) L 12–40   54,793
*Non-Conference Game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.


1958[]

1958 USC Trojans football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1958 record4–5–1 (4–2–1 PCC)
Head coachDon Clark
CaptainKen Antle
CaptainMonte Clark
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 PCC football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#16 California 6 1 0     7 4 0
Washington State 6 2 0     7 3 0
USC 4 2 1     4 5 1
Oregon State 5 3 0     6 4 0
Oregon 4 4 0     4 6 0
UCLA 2 4 1     3 6 1
Stanford 2 5 0     2 8 0
Washington 1 6 0     3 7 0
Idaho 0 3 0     4 5 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 19 #12 Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, California W 21–0   40,286
September 27* at Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, Michigan L 19–20   77,005
October 3* North Carolina Los Angeles Memorial Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 7–8   43,238
October 21 vs. #15 Oregon Multnomah StadiumPortland, Oregon L 0–25   32,734
October 18† California Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California L 12–14   34,872
October 25 vs. Washington State Spokane Memorial StadiumSpokane, Washington W 14–6   25,000
November 1 at Stanford Stanford StadiumStanford, California W 29–6   52,000
November 8 Washington Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California W 21–6   32,987
November 22 at UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California (Battle for the Victory Bell) T 15–15   58,507
November 29* #18 Notre Dame Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California (Notre Dame – USC rivalry) L 13–20   66,903
*Non-Conference Game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.


1959[]

1959 USC Trojans football
AAWU Co-Champions
ConferenceAthletic Association of Western Universities
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 14
1959 record8–2 (3–1 AAWU)
Head coachDon Clark
CaptainRon Mix
CaptainWillie Wood
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 AAWU football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#8 Washington § 3 1 0     10 1 0
#14 USC § 3 1 0     8 2 0
UCLA § 3 1 0     5 4 1
California 1 3 0     2 8 0
Stanford 0 4 0     3 7 0
§ – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 19* vs. Oregon State Multnomah StadiumPortland, Oregon W 27–6   23,895
September 25* Pittsburgh #11 Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, California W 23–0   34,172
October 2* #14 Ohio State #11 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California W 17–0   49,592
October 17 at #18 Washington #7 Husky StadiumSeattle, Washington W 22–15   54,497
October 24 Stanford #5 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California W 30–28   44,209
October 31 at California #6 California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, California W 14–7   37,000
November 7* West Virginia #6 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California W 36–0   34,066
November 14* at Baylor #4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California W 17–8   43,832
November 24† UCLA #4 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California (Battle for the Victory Bell) L 3–10   85,917
November 28* at Notre Dame #7 Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, Indiana (Notre Dame – USC rivalry) L 6–16   48,682
*Non-Conference Game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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