1929 USC Trojans football team

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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), were Pacific Coast Conference co-champions,[1][2] and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 492 to 69. 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.[3]

ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record10–2 (6–1 PCC)
Headcoach
OffensiveschemeSingle-wing
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1929 USC Trojans football
National champion (Berryman, Houlgate)
Co-national champion (Sagarin)
PCC co-champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 47–14 vs. Pittsburgh
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record10–2 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainNate Barragar
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1928
1930 â†’
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1929 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 USC ^ +6–1–010–2–0
Stanford +5–1–09–2–0
No. 4 California +4–1–07–1–1
Oregon +4–1–07–3–0
Washington State4–2–010–2–0
UCLA1–3–04–4–0
Oregon State1–4–05–4–0
Idaho1–4–04–5–0
Montana0–4–13–5–1
Washington0–5–12–6–1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from Dickinson System
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28UCLA
W 76–035,000–50,000[4]
October 5Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 19–040,000[5]
October 12at Washington
W 48–023,582[6]
October 19Occidental*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 64–020,000[7]
October 26at Stanford
W 7–089,000[8]
November 2California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 7–1579,000[9]
November 9Nevada*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 66–020,000[10]
November 16vs. Notre Dame*
L 12–13120,000–123,000[11][12]
November 23Idaho
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 72–020,000[13]
November 30Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 27–735,000[14]
December 14Carnegie Tech*dagger
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 45–1365,000[15]
January 1, 1930vs. Pittsburgh*
W 47–1472,000[16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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Game summaries

UCLA

  • Russ Saunders 14 rushes, 234 yards [20]

Roster

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References

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