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1927 USC

8–⁠1–⁠1 (4–⁠0–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Jones.

Schedule and results

USC in 1927, game by game: won vs. Occidental 33–0; won vs. Santa Clara 52–12; won vs. Oregon State 13–12; tied at Stanford 13–13; won vs. California Tech 51–0; won vs. California 13–0; won vs. Colorado 46–7; won vs. Washington State 27–0; lost at Notre Dame 6–7; won vs. Washington 33–13+51−1Won 33–0 vs. Occidental+33OccidentalWon 52–12 vs. Santa Clara+40Santa ClaraWon 13–12 vs. Oregon State+1Oregon StateTied 13–13 at Stanford0StanfordWon 51–0 vs. California Tech+51California TechWon 13–0 vs. California+13CaliforniaWon 46–7 vs. Colorado+39ColoradoWon 27–0 vs. Washington State+27Washington StateLost 6–7 at Notre Dame-1Notre DameWon 33–13 vs. Washington+20Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsOccidentalW 33–⁠094%
Oct 1vsSanta ClaraW 52–⁠1295%
Oct 8vsOregon StateW 13–⁠1264%
Oct 15atStanfordT 13–⁠1353%
Oct 22vsCalifornia TechW 51–⁠094%
Oct 29vsCaliforniaW 13–⁠074%
Nov 12vsColoradoW 46–⁠777%
Nov 19vsWashington StateW 27–⁠074%
Nov 26atNotre DameL 6–⁠742%
Dec 3vsWashingtonW 33–⁠1362%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington 33–⁠13; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 36th-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 1927.

Pacific Coast Conference champions4–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Idaho and Stanford

2 consensus All-AmericansJesse Hibbs, OT; Morley Drury, QB

Record
8–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠0–⁠1 shared first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
287–⁠64
Coach
Howard Jones
Elo
1694 +75 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.4 No. 7 of 99 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Morley Drury
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1927 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1927 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠1
Stanford4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠2–⁠1
Idaho2–⁠0–⁠24–⁠1–⁠3
Washington4–⁠29–⁠2
California2–⁠37–⁠3
Oregon State2–⁠33–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠3–⁠2
Oregon0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠4–⁠1
Montana0–⁠43–⁠4–⁠1

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