1945 USC Trojans football team

1945 USC Trojans football
1945 USC Trojans football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 14–34 vs. Alabama
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 11
Record	7–4 (5–1 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath (4th season);
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

The 1945 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1945 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 7–4 record (5–1 against conference opponents), won the Pacific Coast Conference championship, lost to Alabama in the 1946 Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 205 to 150.

APNo. 11

Record7–4 (5–1 PCC)

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1945 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 USC $	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	6	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Washington	6	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
UCLA	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
California	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Oregon	3	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	1	–	0	1	–	4	–	0

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21		at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 13–6	90,000	^[1]
September 29		at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 13–2	50,000	^[2]
October 6	2:30 p.m.	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 26–14	25,000	^[3]^[4]^[5]
October 13		at San Diego NTS*	No. 6	Hull Field San Diego, CA	L 6–33	6,000	^[6]
October 20		Pacific (CA)*	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 52–0	10,000	^[7]
October 27		at Washington	No. 20	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 7–13	40,000	^[8]
November 3		No. 8 Saint Mary's*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–26	76,378	^[9]
November 10		California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 14–0	35,000	^[10]
November 24		Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 34–7	35,000	^[11]
December 1		UCLA	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 26–15	103,000	^[12]
January 1, 1946		vs. No. 3 Alabama*	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 14–34	91,000	^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time Source: ^[14]

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
AP	6 (1)	14	20	—	—	—	—	16	11

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