1929 USC Trojans football team
| 1929 USC Trojans football | |
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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 year) |
| Offensive scheme | Single wing |
| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell) | W 76–0 | 50,000 | |||||
| October 5 | Oregon State | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | W 19–0 | 40,000 | |||||
| October 12 | at Washington | Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA | W 48–0 | 23,582 | |||||
| October 19 | Occidental* | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | W 64–0 | 20,000 | |||||
| October 26 | at Stanford | Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA | W 7–0 | 89,000 | |||||
| November 2 | California | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | L 7–15 | 79,000 | |||||
| November 9 | Nevada* | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | W 66–0 | 20,000 | |||||
| November 16 | vs. Notre Dame* | Soldier Field • Chicago, IL (Jeweled Shillelagh) | L 12–13 | 112,912 | |||||
| November 23 | Idaho | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | W 72–0 | 20,000 | |||||
| November 30 | Washington State | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | W 27–7 | 55,000 | |||||
| December 14 | Carnegie Tech* |
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA | W 45–13 | 65,000 | |||||
| January 1 | vs. Pittsburgh* | Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) | W 47–14 | 72,000 | |||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 109. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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