1948 USC Trojans football team

1948 USC Trojans football
1948 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	6–3–1 (4–2 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath (7th season);
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1948 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 142 to 87.^[1]

1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 California ^ +	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Oregon +	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Washington State	4	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Stanford	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	2	5	–	4	–	3
Washington	2	–	5	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
UCLA	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Montana	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from AP Poll

Though unranked in the final AP Poll, USC was ranked at No. 18 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	Utah*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 27–0	55,211
September 24	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 21–6	50,237	^[3]
October 2	at Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 0–20	75,102	^[4]
October 9	Rice*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 7–0	49,531
October 16	vs. Oregon	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 7–8	32,600
October 23	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 7–6	40,000
October 30	No. 6 California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–13	90,890
November 13	Washington	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 32–7	44,345
November 20	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 20–13	76,577
December 4	No. 2 Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	T 14–14	100,571
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Head coach: Jeff Cravath^[5]
Assistant coaches: Bob Winslow, Sam Barry, Bob Snyder, Norm Verry, Roy Engle, Roy "Bullet" Baker, Raymond George^[6]

^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Trojans beat tough OSC football squad, 21 to 6". The Fresno Bee. September 25, 1948. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ohio State Beats USC, 20 to 0". The Pittsburgh Press. United Press. October 3, 1948. p. 30. Retrieved October 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 1949 El Rodeo (USC yearbook), p. 203.
^ 1949 El Rodeo (USC yearbook), approximately pages 203-205.