USC Trojans football under Howard Jones

Howard Jones was the coach of the University of Southern California's football team from 1925 to 1940. He compiled a 121-36-13 record, won four national championships, and was succeeded by Sam Barry after dying in 1941.

1925

1925 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1925 record	11–2 (3–2 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1924 1926 »

1925 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington †	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	1
Stanford	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
USC	3	–	2	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
California	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Idaho	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Washington State	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Montana	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Oregon	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	1
† – Conference champion

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Whittier*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 74–0	–
September 26	Caltech*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 32–0	25,000
October 3	Pomona College*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 80–0	–
October 10	Utah*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–2	18,000
October 17	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 9–13	70,000
October 24	Arizona	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 56–0	17,000
October 30	at Idaho	Moscow, ID	W 51–7	5,000
November 7	Santa Clara	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 29–9	25,000
November 14	Montana	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–7	25,000
November 21	Iowa*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 18–0	66,000
November 28	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 12–17	12,000
December 5	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–0	25,000
December 12	St. Mary's*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 12–0	25,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1926

1926 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1926 record	8–2 (5–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1925 1927 »

1926 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Stanford †	4	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	1
USC	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Washington State	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	1	–	0
Washington	3	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Oregon	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	1
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Montana	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
California	0	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
† – Conference champion

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	Whittier*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 74–0	15,300
October 2	Santa Clara*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 42–0	27,400
October 9	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 16–7	34,700
October 16	Occidental*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–6	22,000
October 23	at California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 27–0	72,000
October 30	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 12–13	78,500
November 11	vs. Oregon State	Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR	W 17–7	26,000
November 20	Idaho	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–6	17,400
November 25	Montana	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 61–0	18,600
December 4	Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 12–13	74,378
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1927

1927 USC Trojans football
Pacific Coast Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1927 record	8–1–1 (4–0–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1926 1928 »

1927 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
USC §	4	–	0	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
Stanford §	4	–	0	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Idaho	2	–	0	–	2			4	–	1	–	3
Washington	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Washington State	1	–	3	–	1			3	–	3	–	2
Oregon	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
Montana	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
§ – Conference co-champions

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Occidental*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 33–0	20,000
October 1	Santa Clara*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 52–12	35,000
October 8	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 13–12	35,000
October 15	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	T 13–13	52,285
October 22	Caltech*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 51–0	25,000
October 29	California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 13–0	76,500
November 12	Colorado*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 46–7	25,000
November 19	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–0	45,000
November 26	vs. Notre Dame*	Soldier Field • Chicago, IL (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 6–7	120,000
December 3	Washington	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 33–13	60,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1928

1928 USC Trojans football
National Champions Pacific Coast Conference Champions
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1928 record	9–0–1 (4–0–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1927 1929 »

1928 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
USC †	4	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
California	3	–	0	–	2			6	–	2	–	2
Stanford	4	–	1	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Oregon	4	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Idaho	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Washington	2	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
UCLA	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Montana	0	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
† – Conference champion

Main article: 1928 USC Trojans football team

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 29	Utah State*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 40–12	31,000
October 6	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 19–0	50,000
October 13	St. Mary's*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 19–6	40,000
October 20	at California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	T 0–0	74,245
October 27	Occidental*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 19–0	40,000
November 3	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 10–0	80,000
November 10	Arizona*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 78–7	20,000
November 17	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–13	33,000
November 24	Idaho	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 28–7	10,000
December 1	Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 27–14	72,632
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1929

1929 USC Trojans football
Pacific Coast Conference Champions Rose Bowl Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Pittsburgh, W 47–14
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1929 record	10–2 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1928 1930 »

1929 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
USC †	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Stanford	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Oregon	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
California	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
Washington State	4	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
UCLA	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Washington	0	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
† – Conference champion

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 76–0	50,000
October 5	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 19–0	40,000
October 12	at Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 48–0	23,582
October 19	Occidental*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 64–0	20,000
October 26	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	W 7–0	89,000
November 2	California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–15	79,000
November 9	Nevada*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 66–0	20,000
November 16	vs. Notre Dame*	Soldier Field • Chicago, IL (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 12–13	112,912
November 23	Idaho	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 72–0	20,000
November 30	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–7	55,000
December 14	Carnegie Tech*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 45–13	65,000
January 1	vs. Pittsburgh*	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 47–14	72,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1930

1930 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1930 record	8–2 (5–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1929 1931 »

1930 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington State †	6	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
USC	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Stanford	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
Oregon	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Washington	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Montana	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
California	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
UCLA	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Idaho	0	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
† – Conference champion

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 52–0	40,000
October 4	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–7	40,000
October 11	at Washington State	Rogers Field • Pullman, WA	L 6–7	22,000
October 18	Utah State*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 65–0	25,000
October 25	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	W 41–12	89,000
November 1	Denver*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 33–13	18,000
November 8	California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 74–0	82,000
November 15	Hawai'i*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 52–0	17,500
November 27	Washington	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 32–0	45,000
December 6	Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 0–27	73,967
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1931

1931 USC Trojans football
National Champions Pacific Coast Conference Champions Rose Bowl Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Tulane, W, 21–12
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1931 record	10–1 (7–0 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1930 1932 »

1931 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
USC †	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
California	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Oregon	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Washington	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Stanford	2	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
Oregon State	1	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
UCLA	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
Montana	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
† – Conference champion

Main article: 1931 USC Trojans football team

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	St. Mary's*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–13	70,000
October 3	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 30–0	50,000
October 10	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 38–6	30,000
October 17	Oregon	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 53–0	50,000
October 24	at California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 6–0	53,957
November 7	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 19–0	93,000
November 14	Montana	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 69–0	25,000
November 21	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 16–14	50,731
December 5	Washington	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 44–7	40,000
December 12	Georgia*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 60–0	75,000
January 1	vs. Tulane*	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 21–12	75,562
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1932

1932 USC Trojans football
National Champions Pacific Coast Conference Champions Rose Bowl champions
Rose Bowl vs. Pittsburgh, W, 35–0
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1932 record	10–0 (6–0 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1931 1933 »

1932 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
USC †	6	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Washington State	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
UCLA	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Washington	3	–	2	–	2			6	–	2	–	2
Oregon	2	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	2
Stanford	1	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
† – Conference champion

Main article: 1932 USC Trojans football team

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Utah*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 35–0	35,000
October 1	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 20–0	55,000
October 8	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 10–0	40,000
October 15	Loyola*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 6–0	50,000
October 22	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	W 13–0	60,000
November 5	California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–7	70,000
November 12	Oregon	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 33–0	40,000
November 24	at Washington	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	W 9–6	22,061
December 10	Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 13–0	93,924
January 2	vs. Pittsburgh*	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 35–0	78,874
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1933

1933 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1933 record	10–1–1 (4–1–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1932 1934 »

1933 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Stanford §	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
Oregon §	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
USC	4	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
Oregon State	2	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
Washington State	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
California	2	–	2	–	2			6	–	3	–	2
Washington	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
UCLA	1	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Montana	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
§ – Conference co-champions

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 23	Occidental*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 39–0	–
September 23	Whittier*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 51–0	35,000
September 30	Loyola*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 18–0	65,000
October 7	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 33–0	65,000
October 14	St. Mary's*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 14–7	85,000
October 21	Oregon State	Multnomah Field • Portland, OR	T 0–0	21,000
October 28	at California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 6–3	65,000
November 11	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–13	95,000
November 18	Oregon	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 26–0	69,000
November 25	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 19–0	25,037
December 2	Georgia*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 31–0	45,000
December 9	Washington	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 13–7	45,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1934

1934 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1934 record	4–6–1 (1–4–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1933 1935 »

1934 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Stanford †	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
#19 Washington State	4	–	0	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
#20 Washington	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Oregon	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
California	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
USC	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	5	–	2			3	–	6	–	2
Montana	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 22	Occidental*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 20–0	–
September 22	Whittier*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 40–14	30,000
September 29	Pacific*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 6–0	35,000
October 6	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 0–19	50,000
October 13	at Pittsburgh*	Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–20	55,000
October 20	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	T 6–6	40,000
October 27	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	L 0–16	48,000
November 10	California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 2–7	60,000
November 17	Oregon	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 33–0	20,000
December 1	Washington	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–14	35,000
December 8	Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 0–14	45,568
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1935

1935 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1935 record	5–7 (2–4 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1934 1936 »

1935 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
UCLA §	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
California §	4	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Stanford §	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Washington State	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
Oregon	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Washington	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
USC	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	5	–	2
§ – Conference co-champions

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	Montana	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 9–0	25,000
October 5	Pacific*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 19–7	35,000
October 12	Illinois*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 0–19	60,000
October 19	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–13	35,000
October 26	at California	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 7–21	48,000
November 9	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 0–3	50,000
November 16	Washington State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 20–10	45,000
November 23	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 13–20	38,305
December 7	Washington	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 2–6	35,000
December 14	Pittsburgh*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–12	35,000
December 25	at Kamehameha High Alumni*	Honolulu, HI	W 33–7	10,000
January 1	at Hawai'i*	Honolulu Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Poi Bowl)	W 38–6	12,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming.

1936

1936 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1936 record	4–2–3 (3–2–2 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1935 1937 »

1936 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Washington †	7	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Washington State	6	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
USC	3	–	2	–	2			4	–	2	–	3
California	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
UCLA	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Stanford	2	–	3	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Montana	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Oregon	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 38–7	45,000
October 3	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 26–0	35,000
October 10	at Illinois*		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 24–6	40,000
October 17	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	T 0–0	25,000
October 24	at Stanford	#6	Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	W 14–7	35,000
November 7	California	#11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–13	65,000
November 14	at #10 Washington	#15	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 0–12	23,454
November 26	UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	T 7–7	90,000
December 5	#8 Notre Dame*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	T 13–13	71,201
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1937

1937 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1937 record	4–4–2 (2–3–2 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1936 1938 »

1937 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 California †	6	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
Stanford	4	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Washington	4	–	2	–	2			7	–	2	–	2
Washington State	3	–	3	–	2			3	–	3	–	3
Idaho	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	3			3	–	3	–	3
USC	2	–	3	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
UCLA	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Montana	0	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 25	Pacific*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 40–0	35,000
October 2	Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 0–7	70,000
October 9	Ohio State*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 13–12	65,000
October 16	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 34–14	45,000
October 23	at #1 California	#11	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	L 6–20	73,000
October 30	at Washington State		Rogers Field • Pullman, WA	T 0–0	8,700
November 6	Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 6–7	55,000
November 13	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	T 12–12	35,000
November 27	at #9 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 6–13	28,920
December 4	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 19–13	75,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1938

1938 USC Trojans football
Pacific Coast Conference Champions Rose Bowl Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Duke, W 7-3
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	#7
1938 record	9–2 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1937 1939 »

1938 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 USC §	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#14 California §	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
UCLA	4	–	3	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Oregon	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Washington	3	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Idaho	2	–	3	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Stanford	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Washington State	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Montana	0	–	1	–	0			5	–	3	–	1
§ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Alabama*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–19	70,000
October 1	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 7–0	35,000
October 8	at Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	W 14–7	62,778
October 15	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 19–6	35,000
October 22	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	W 13–2	35,000
October 29	vs. Oregon	#19	Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR	W 31–7	18,000
November 5	#3 California	#13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 13–7	95,000
November 12	at Washington	#9	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 6–7	18,939
November 24	UCLA	#14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 42–7	65,000
December 3	#1 Notre Dame*	#8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 13–0	97,146
January 2	vs. #3 Duke*	#7	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 7–3	89,452
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1939

1939 USC Trojans football
National Champions Pacific Coast Champions Rose Bowl Champions
Rose Bowl vs. Tennessee, W 14–0
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	#3
1939 record	8–0–2 (5–0–2 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1938 1940 »

1939 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 USC †	5	–	0	–	2			8	–	0	–	2
#7 UCLA	5	–	0	–	3			6	–	0	–	4
Oregon State	6	–	1	–	1			9	–	1	–	1
Washington	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Oregon	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Montana	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
California	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Stanford	0	–	6	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Main article: 1939 USC Trojans football team

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	T 7–7	41,000
October 7	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 27–0	38,000
October 14	Illinois*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 26–0	60,000
October 28	California	#8	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA	W 26–0	46,000
November 4	vs. #11 Oregon State	#7	Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR	W 19–7	33,000
November 11	Stanford	#4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 33–0	50,000
November 25	at #7 Notre Dame*	#4	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 20–12	54,799
December 2	Washington	#1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 9–7	44,760
December 9	at #9 UCLA	#3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	T 0–0	103,303
January 1	vs. #1 Tennessee*	#3	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 14–0	92,200
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

1940

1940 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1940 record	3–4–2 (2–3–2 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons « 1939 1941 »

1940 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Stanford †	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
#10 Washington	7	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Washington State	3	–	4	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Oregon	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
California	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
USC	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	4	–	2
Montana	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
UCLA	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	7	–	1
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	T 14–14	40,000
October 5	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	T 0–0	50,000
October 12	at Illinois*		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 13–7	30,125
October 19	Oregon	#17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 13–0	35,000
October 26	at #9 Stanford	#17	Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA	L 7–21	60,000
November 9	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 7–20	50,000
November 16	at #17 Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	L 0–14	27,000
November 30	UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 28–12	70,000
December 7	Notre Dame*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	L 6–10	85,808
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

References

• 2010 USC Football Media Guide
• Associated Press Final Season Polls