1926 USC Trojans football team

1926 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	8–2 (5–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Jeff Cravath
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 1925 1927 →

1926 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Stanford $	4	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	1
No. 6 USC	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Oregon Agricultural	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
Washington State	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
Washington	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Oregon	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	4	–	1
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	4	–	1
Montana	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
California	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1926 college football season. In their second year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled an 8–2 record (5–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 317 to 52.^[1] The season featured the first game in the Notre Dame–USC football rivalry; Notre Dame won by a 13 to 12 score in Los Angeles.^[2] The team was ranked No. 6 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.^[3] Offensive tackle Marion Morrison would later begin a successful acting career under the stage name, John Wayne.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Whittier*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 74–0	15,300
October 2	Santa Clara*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 42–0	36,000	^[5]
October 9	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 16–7	34,700
October 16	Occidental*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 28–6	22,000
October 23	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 27–0	72,000
October 30	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 12–13	78,500	^[6]
November 11	at Oregon Agricultural	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 17–7	26,000	^[7]
November 20	Idaho	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 28–6	17,400
November 25	Montana	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 61–0	18,600
December 4	Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 12–13	74,378
*Non-conference game Homecoming

References

^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ "Southern California vs. Notre Dame". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
^ "Stanford Eleven Adjudged Best: Navy Ranks Second Under Dickinson System of Rating Teams". The Morning Post. Camden, N.J. December 17, 1926. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Doc Five: College football players turned famous actors – No. 1, John Wayne, USC". Yahoo.com.
^ Braven Dyer (October 3, 1926). "Trojan Horde Tramples Broncos, 42 to 0: Drury's Devastating Smashes Ruin Rivals; Santa Clara Defense Breaks After First Quarter and Jones's Men Roll Up Astonishing Score". Los Angeles Times. pp. 1-a-1, 1-1-3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Paul Lowry (October 31, 1926). "Stanford Corrals Thundering Herd, 13 to 12". Los Angeles Times. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Play of Kaer and Cravath Outstanding". Los Angeles Record. November 12, 1926. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e USC Trojans football
Venues	Athletic Park (1895–1898) Fiesta Park (1897–1898, 1902, 1904–1906, 1916) Chutes Park (1900) Prager Park (1903) Bovard Field (1904–1910, 1914–1915, 1917–1923) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Jones Field/Kennedy Field (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame Stanford UCLA: Victory Bell
Culture & lore	Traveler George Tirebiter Giles Pellerin "Fight On" Spirit of Troy Student Body Right Tommy Trojan Tribute to Troy Athletics scandal 1967 "Game of the Century" "Bush Push" 2007 Stanford game So This Is College
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911–1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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