1942 USC Trojans football team

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]

1942 USC Trojans football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–5–1 (4–2–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 UCLA $ 6 1 0 7 4 0
Washington State 5 1 1 6 2 2
No. 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

USC was ranked at No. 34 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Tulane*L 13–2745,000[3]
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. StanfordL 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* No. 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
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP1614

References

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  1. ^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "S.C. loses 1942 debut". The Los Angeles Times. September 27, 1942. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.