The 1969 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their tenth year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 10–0–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) championship, defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents 261 to 128. ^[1] The team was ranked third in the final AP Poll and fourth in the final Coaches Poll.

Jim Jones led the team in passing, completing 88 of 210 passes for 1,230 yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Clarence Davis led the team in rushing with 297 carries for 1,357 yards and nine touchdowns. Sam Dickerson led the team in receiving with 24 catches for 473 yards and six touchdowns. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	at Nebraska*	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	W 31–21	67,058
September 27	Northwestern*	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 48–6	56,589
October 4	at Oregon State	No. 5	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	W 31–7	38,013
October 11	No. 16 Stanford	No. 4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA ( rivalry)	W 26–24	82,812
October 18	at No. 11 Notre Dame*	No. 3	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN ( rivalry)	T 14–14	59,075
October 25	Georgia Tech*	No. 7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 29–18	53,341
November 1	at California	No. 6	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 14–9	51,000
November 8	Washington State	No. 6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 28–7	47,158
November 15	at Washington	No. 6	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 16–7	51,403
November 22	No. 6 UCLA	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA ( Victory Bell)	W 14–12	90,814
January 1, 1970	vs. No. 7 Michigan*	No. 5	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA ( Rose Bowl)	W 10–3	103,878
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Game summaries

UCLA

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Roster

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

References