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1933 USC

10–⁠1–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Jones.

Schedule and results

USC in 1933, game by game: won vs. Occidental 39–0; won vs. Whittier 51–0; won vs. Loyola Marymount 18–0; won vs. Washington State 33–0; won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 14–7; tied vs. Oregon State 0–0; won at California 6–3; lost vs. Stanford 7–13; won vs. Oregon 26–0; won at Notre Dame 19–0; won vs. Georgia 31–0; won vs. Washington 13–7+51−6Won 39–0 vs. Occidental+39OccidentalWon 51–0 vs. Whittier+51WhittierWon 18–0 vs. Loyola Marymount+18Loyola MarymountWon 33–0 vs. Washington State+33Washington StateWon 14–7 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+7Saint Mary’s (C…Tied 0–0 vs. Oregon State0Oregon StateWon 6–3 at California+3CaliforniaLost 7–13 vs. Stanford-6StanfordWon 26–0 vs. Oregon+26OregonWon 19–0 at Notre Dame+19Notre DameWon 31–0 vs. Georgia+31GeorgiaWon 13–7 vs. Washington+6Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsOccidentalW 39–⁠097%
Sep 23vsWhittierW 51–⁠096%
Sep 30vsLoyola MarymountW 18–⁠096%
Oct 7vsWashington StateW 33–⁠077%
Oct 14vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 14–⁠782%
Oct 21vsOregon StateT 0–⁠083%
Oct 28atCaliforniaW 6–⁠374%
Nov 11vsStanfordL 7–⁠1381%
Nov 18vsOregonW 26–⁠064%
Nov 25atNotre DameW 19–⁠065%
Dec 2vsGeorgiaW 31–⁠073%
Dec 9vsWashingtonW 13–⁠784%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington 13–⁠7; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 13th-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 1933.

2 consensus All-AmericansAaron Rosenberg, OG; Cotton Warburton, QB

Record
10–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
257–⁠30
Coach
Howard Jones
Elo
1786 +58 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
23.3 No. 2 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Ford Palmer
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Ford PalmerEAP-2; UP-2
  • Larry StevensOGAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1933 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1933 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon4–⁠19–⁠1
Stanford4–⁠18–⁠2–⁠1
USC4–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon State2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Washington State3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
California2–⁠2–⁠26–⁠3–⁠2
Washington3–⁠45–⁠4
UCLA1–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠44–⁠4
Montana0–⁠43–⁠4

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