1926 USC Trojans football team
American college football season
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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 8â2 record (5â1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 317 to 52. The season featured the first game in the Notre DameâUSC football rivalry; Notre Dame won by a 13 to 12 score in Los Angeles. The team was ranked No. 6 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.[1] Tackle Marion Morrison later had a successful acting career under the stage name, John Wayne.[2]
- Howard Jones (2nd season)
| 1926 USC Trojans football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 8â2 (5â1 PCC) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Captain | Jeff Cravath |
| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Stanford $ | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 10 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 USC | 5 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon Agricultural | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 6 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | Whittier* | W 74â0 | 15,300 | [3] | |
| October 2 | Santa Clara* |
| W 42â0 | 36,000 | [4] |
| October 9 | Washington State |
| W 16â7 | 34,700 | [5] |
| October 16 | Occidental* |
| W 28â6 | 22,000 | [6] |
| October 23 | at California | W 27â0 | 72,000 | [7] | |
| October 30 | Stanford |
| L 12â13 | 78,500 | [8] |
| November 11 | at Oregon Agricultural | W 17â7 | 26,000 | [9] | |
| November 20 | Idaho |
| W 28â6 | 17,400 | [10] |
| November 25 | Montana |
| W 61â0 | 18,600 | [11] |
| December 4 | Notre Dame* |
| L 12â13 | 74,378 | [12] |
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Roster
| No. | Player | Position | Height | Weight | Hometown | High School |
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| - | Donald Williams | Back | - | - | - | - |
| - | Manuel Laraneta | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Morton Kaer | Back | 5-11 | 167 | Red Bluff, CA | Red Bluff |
| 24 | Marion Morrison | Tackle | 6-4 | 200 | Glendale, CA | Glendale Union |
| - | Bert Heiser | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Morley Drury | Back | 6-0 | 185 | Long Beach, CA | Long Beach Tech |
| - | Max Thomas | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Lloyd Thomas | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Field Thompson | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Robert Lee | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Hershel Bonham | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Eugene Dorsey | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Jesse Hibbs | Tackle | 6-0 | 195 | Lake Forest, IL | Lake Forest Academy |
| - | Alan Behrendt | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Newell "Jeff" Cravath | Center | - | - | Santa Ana, CA | Santa Ana |
| - | Kenneth Cox | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Theodore Gorrell | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Alvin Schaub | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Brice Taylor | Guard | - | - | Seattle, WA | Benjamin Franklin |
| - | John Fox | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Howard Elliott | Back | - | - | - | - |
| - | James Moser | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Morris "Red" Badgro | End | 6-0 | 191 | Kent, WA | Kent |
| - | Albert Scheving | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Harold Wheeler | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | William Friend | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Lloyd Hershberger | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Donald Cruickshank | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Oliver White | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Eugene Beatie | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Lowry McCaslin | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Clarke De Groote | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Lyle Baldridge | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Leslie Lavelle | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | William Ford | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Theodore "Soapy" Coffman | End | - | - | Santa Ana, CA | Santa Ana |
Roster from 1927 El Rodeo yearbook[16]
