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1930 USC

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

Schedule and results

USC in 1930, game by game: won at UCLA 52–0; won vs. Oregon State 27–7; lost at Washington State 6–7; won vs. Utah State 65–0; won at Stanford 41–12; won vs. Denver 33–13; won vs. California 74–0; won vs. Hawai’i 52–0; won vs. Washington 32–0; lost vs. Notre Dame 0–27+74−27Won 52–0 at UCLA+52UCLAWon 27–7 vs. Oregon State+20Oregon StateLost 6–7 at Washington State-1Washington StateWon 65–0 vs. Utah State+65Utah StateWon 41–12 at Stanford+29StanfordWon 33–13 vs. Denver+20DenverWon 74–0 vs. California+74CaliforniaWon 52–0 vs. Hawai’i+52Hawai’iWon 32–0 vs. Washington+32WashingtonLost 0–27 vs. Notre Dame-27Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atUCLAW 52–⁠080%
Oct 4vsOregon StateW 27–⁠777%
Oct 11atWashington StateL 6–⁠755%
Oct 18vsUtah StateW 65–⁠078%
Oct 25atStanfordW 41–⁠1256%
Nov 1vsDenverW 33–⁠1383%
Nov 8vsCaliforniaW 74–⁠085%
Nov 15vsHawai’iW 52–⁠098%
Nov 27vsWashingtonW 32–⁠087%
Dec 6vsNotre DameL 0–⁠2754%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 27–⁠0; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 26th-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 1930.

Consensus All-AmericanErny Pinckert, RB

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
382–⁠66
Coach
Howard Jones
Elo
1734 +59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
18.2 No. 5 of 106 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Marshall Duffield
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Marshall DuffieldQBAP-1; NEA-1; UP-1
  • Erny PinckertRBAP-1; UP-1
  • Garrett ArbelbideEAP-1; NEA-1; UP-1
  • Johnny BakerOGAP-1; NEA-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Orville MohlerQBUP-2
  • HallOTUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1930 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1930 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington State6–⁠09–⁠1
USC5–⁠18–⁠2
Stanford4–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠17–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠4
Oregon State2–⁠37–⁠3
Montana1–⁠35–⁠3
California1–⁠44–⁠5
UCLA1–⁠43–⁠5
Idaho0–⁠54–⁠7

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