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1926 USC

8–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Jones.

Schedule and results

USC in 1926, game by game: won vs. Whittier 74–0; won vs. Santa Clara 42–0; won vs. Washington State 16–7; won vs. Occidental 28–6; won at California 27–0; lost vs. Stanford 12–13; won at Oregon State 17–7; won vs. Idaho 28–6; won vs. Montana 61–0; lost vs. Notre Dame 12–13+74−1Won 74–0 vs. Whittier+74WhittierWon 42–0 vs. Santa Clara+42Santa ClaraWon 16–7 vs. Washington State+9Washington StateWon 28–6 vs. Occidental+22OccidentalWon 27–0 at California+27CaliforniaLost 12–13 vs. Stanford-1StanfordWon 17–7 at Oregon State+10Oregon StateWon 28–6 vs. Idaho+22IdahoWon 61–0 vs. Montana+61MontanaLost 12–13 vs. Notre Dame-1Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsWhittierW 74–⁠094%
Oct 2vsSanta ClaraW 42–⁠094%
Oct 9vsWashington StateW 16–⁠776%
Oct 16vsOccidentalW 28–⁠695%
Oct 23atCaliforniaW 27–⁠064%
Oct 30vsStanfordL 12–⁠1365%
Nov 11atOregon StateW 17–⁠746%
Nov 20vsIdahoW 28–⁠684%
Nov 25vsMontanaW 61–⁠084%
Dec 4vsNotre DameL 12–⁠1358%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 13–⁠12; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 43rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1926.

Consensus All-AmericanMort Kaer, RB

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
317–⁠52
Coach
Howard Jones
Elo
1679 +73 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.9 No. 7 of 96 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jeff Cravath
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

5 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ted GorellOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1926 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1926 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford4–⁠010–⁠0–⁠1
USC5–⁠18–⁠2
Oregon State4–⁠17–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠16–⁠1
Washington3–⁠28–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠42–⁠4–⁠1
Montana0–⁠43–⁠5
California0–⁠53–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.