1929 USC Trojans football team
| 1929 USC Trojans football | |
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Rose Bowl, W 47–14 vs. Pittsburgh | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 10–2 (6–1 PCC) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Captain | Nate Barragar |
| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 USC ^ + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 California + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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), were Pacific Coast Conference co-champions,[1][2] and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 492 to 69.[3] 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.[4]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | UCLA | W 76–0 | 35,000–50,000 | [5] | |
| 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 | 120,000–123,000 | [6][7] | |
| 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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Game summaries
[edit]UCLA
[edit]- Russ Saunders 14 rushes, 234 yards [8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Coast Season Ends with Four-Way Tie". The Oregonian. December 2, 1929. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
The Pacific coast conference football season ended last week with four teams, Southern California, Stanford, California, and Oregon tied for first place.
- ^ Leiser, William (December 18, 1929). "Move to Open Grid Season Earlier Killed By Conference". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
The 1929 football championship was officially designated a four-way tie between Oregon, California, Stanford and USC.
- ^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. 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.
- ^ Braven Dyer (September 29, 1929). "Trojans Batter Bruins By 76 To 0 Score: Herd Hangs Up 12 Touchdowns". Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ John W. Stahr (November 17, 1929). "Notre Dame Beats Trojans: Irish Capture 13-12 Victory Before 123,000". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "600,000 Attend 13 Banner Games on U.S. Gridirons". Chicago Tribune. November 17, 1929. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 2020 USC Media Guide Supplement