1942 USC Trojans football team

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The 1942 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1942 college football season. In their first year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 5–5–1 record (4–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 184 to 128.

Record5–5–1 (4–2–1 PCC)
Headcoach
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1942 USC Trojans football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–5–1 (4–2–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
 1941
1943 
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1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 13 UCLA $610740
Washington State511622
No. 12 Stanford520640
USC421551
Oregon State440451
Washington332433
California340550
Oregon250260
Idaho150370
Montana060080
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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USC was ranked at No. 34 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Tulane*L 13–2745,000[2]
October 3at WashingtonT 0–026,000[3]
October 10at No. 1 Ohio State*L 12–2856,436[4]
October 17No. 10 Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 26–1240,000[5]
October 24vs. StanfordL 6–1420,000[6]
November 7California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 21–750,000[7]
November 14Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 40–040,000[8]
November 28No. 8 Notre Dame*daggerNo. 14
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
L 0–1395,000[9]
December 5Montana
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 38–025,000[10]
December 12No. 13 UCLA
L 7–1487,500[11]
December 19Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 21–139,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [13]
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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP1614
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