1969 USC Trojans football team
American college football season
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The 1969 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their tenth year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 10–0–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) championship, defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents 261 to 128.[1] The team was ranked third in the final AP Poll and fourth in the final Coaches Poll.
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Pac-8 champion Rose Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 3 |
| Record | 10–0–1 (6–0 Pac-8) |
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| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| No. 3 USC $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 UCLA | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Stanford | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jim Jones led the team in passing, completing 88 of 210 passes for 1,230 yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Clarence Davis led the team in rushing with 297 carries for 1,357 yards and nine touchdowns. Sam Dickerson led the team in receiving with 24 catches for 473 yards and six touchdowns.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | at Nebraska* | No. 5 | W 31–21 | 67,058 | [3] | ||
| September 27 | Northwestern* | No. 5 | W 48–6 | 56,589 | [4] | ||
| October 4 | at Oregon State | No. 5 | W 31–7 | 38,013 | [5] | ||
| October 11 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 16 Stanford | No. 4 |
| W 26–24 | 82,812 | [6] |
| October 18 | at No. 11 Notre Dame* | No. 3 | T 14–14 | 59,075 | [7] | ||
| October 25 | Georgia Tech* | No. 7 |
| W 29–18 | 53,341 | [8] | |
| November 1 | 1:30 p.m. | at California | No. 6 | W 14–9 | 51,000 | [9] | |
| November 8 | Washington State | No. 6 |
| W 28–7 | 47,158 | [10] | |
| November 15 | at Washington | No. 6 | W 16–7 | 49,000 | [11] | ||
| November 22 | No. 6 UCLA | No. 5 |
| W 14–12 | 90,814 | [12] | |
| January 1, 1970 | vs. No. 7 Michigan* | No. 5 | W 10–3 | 103,878 | [13] | ||
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Rankings
Game summaries
UCLA
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 6 Bruins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| • No. 5 Trojans | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
- Date: November 22
- Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
- Game attendance: 90,814
- TV announcers (ABC): Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson
| 1 | UCLA | Farmer 41-yard pass from Jones (pass failed) | UCLA 6-0 | |
| 2 | USC | Davis 13-yard run (Ayala kick) | USC 7-6 | |
| 4 | 3:07 | UCLA | Cooper 7-yard pass from Dummit (pass failed) | UCLA 12-7 |
| 4 | 1:32 | USC | Dickerson 32-yard pass from Jones (Ayala kick) | USC 14-12 |
Roster
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