| 1944 USC Trojans football | |
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PCC champion Rose Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 7 |
| Record | 8–0–2 (3–0–2 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 USC $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1944 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1944 college football season. In their third year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled an 8–0–2 record (3–0–2 against conference opponents), won the Pacific Coast Conference championship, defeated Tennessee in the 1945 Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 240 to 73. [1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 23 | UCLA | T 13–13 | 60,000 | |||
| September 30 | Pacific (CA)* |
| W 18–6 | 30,000 | ||
| October 7 | California |
| T 6–6 | 40,000 | ||
| October 14 | vs. Saint Mary's Pre-Flight* | W 6–0 | 13,500 | [2] | ||
| October 23 | Washington | No. 15 |
| W 38–7 | 62,865 | |
| October 28 | Saint Mary's |
| W 34–7 | 20,000 | ||
| November 4 | San Diego NTS* | No. 13 |
| W 28–21 | 28,000 | [3] |
| November 18 | at California | No. 12 | W 32–0 | 40,000 | ||
| November 25 | at UCLA | No. 8 |
| W 40–13 | 77,903 | |
| January 1, 1945 | vs. No. 12 Tennessee* | No. 7 | W 25–0 | 91,000 | [4] | |
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Rankings
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | 15т | — | 13 | 11 | 12 | 8 (1) | 7 | 7 |
References
- ^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "Trojans Triumph Over St. Mary's Pre Flight In Tight Battle, 6 to 0". The Fresno Bee. October 15, 1944. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Braven Dyer (October 29, 1944). "Trojans in Romp Over Beardless Gaels, 34-7". Los Angeles Times. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southern California wallops Tennessee in Rose Bowl, 25–0". The Spokesman-Review. January 2, 1945. Retrieved March 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.