1943 USC Trojans football team
American college football season
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The 1943 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1943 college football season. In their second year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled an 8–2 record (5–0 against conference opponents), won the Pacific Coast Conference championship, defeated Washington in the 1944 Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 155 to 58.
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record8–2 (5–0 PCC)
Headcoach
- Jeff Cravath (2nd season)
HomestadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| 1943 USC Trojans football | |
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PCC champion Rose Bowl champion | |
Rose Bowl, W 29–0 vs. Washington | |
| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 8–2 (5–0 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Washington | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the final Litkenhous Ratings, USC ranked 45th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 84.8.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | at UCLA | W 20–0 | 50,000 | [2] | ||
| October 2 | at California | W 7–0 | 55,000 | [3] | ||
| October 9 | St. Mary's Pre-Flight* | No. 10 |
| W 13–0 | 30,000 | [4] |
| October 16 | at San Francisco* | No. 8 | W 34–0 | 6,000 | [5] | |
| October 23 | No. 6 Pacific (CA)* | No. 7 |
| W 6–0 | 75,000 | [6] |
| October 30 | No. 20 California | No. 5 |
| W 13–0 | 30,000 | [7] |
| November 6 | San Diego NTS* | No. 4 |
| L 7–10 | 6,000 | [8] |
| November 13 | No. 15 March Field* | No. 9 |
| L 0–35 | 30,000 | [9] |
| November 27 | UCLA |
| W 26–13 | 35,000 | [10] | |
| January 1, 1944 | vs. No. 12 Washington | W 29–0 | 68,000 | [11] | ||
Rankings
| Week | |||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | 10 | 8 | 7 (2) | 5 | 4 (2) | 9 | — | — | — |
