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1929 USC Trojans football
National champion ( Berryman, Houlgate)
Co-national champion ( Sagarin)
PCC champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 47–14 vs. Pittsburgh
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record10–2 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Single-wing
Captain Nate Barragar
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
←  1928
1930 →
1929 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

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), won the Pacific Coast Conference championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 492 to 69. [1] 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. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 UCLA
W 76–035,000–50,000 [3]
October 5 Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 19–040,000
October 12at Washington
W 48–023,582
October 19 Occidental*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 64–020,000
October 26at Stanford
W 7–089,000
November 2 California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 7–1579,000
November 9 Nevada*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 66–020,000
November 16vs. Notre Dame*
L 12–13120,000–123,000 [4] [5]
November 23 Idaho
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 72–020,000
November 30 Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 27–755,000
December 14 Carnegie Tech*dagger
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 45–1365,000
January 1, 1930vs. Pittsburgh*
W 47–1472,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

Season summary

UCLA

  • Russ Saunders 14 rushes, 234 yards [6]

References

  1. ^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 109. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  3. ^ Braven Dyer (September 29, 1929). "Trojans Batter Bruins By 76 To 0 Score: Herd Hangs Up 12 Touchdowns". Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "600,000 Attend 13 Banner Games on U.S. Gridirons". Chicago Tribune. November 17, 1929. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ 2020 USC Media Guide Supplement
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