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1935 USC

5–⁠7 (2–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Jones.

Schedule and results

USC in 1935, game by game: won vs. Montana 9–0; won vs. Pacific 19–7; lost vs. Illinois 0–19; lost vs. Oregon State 7–13; lost at California 7–21; lost vs. Stanford 0–3; won vs. Washington State 20–10; lost at Notre Dame 13–20; lost vs. Washington 2–6; lost vs. Pittsburgh 7–12; won at Kamehameha Alumni 33–7; won at Hawai’i 38–6+32−19Won 9–0 vs. Montana+9MontanaWon 19–7 vs. Pacific+12PacificLost 0–19 vs. Illinois-19IllinoisLost 7–13 vs. Oregon State-6Oregon StateLost 7–21 at California-14CaliforniaLost 0–3 vs. Stanford-3StanfordWon 20–10 vs. Washington State+10Washington StateLost 13–20 at Notre Dame-7Notre DameLost 2–6 vs. Washington-4WashingtonLost 7–12 vs. Pittsburgh-5PittsburghWon 33–7 at Kamehameha Alumni+26Kamehameha Alum…Won 38–6 at Hawai’i+32Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsMontanaW 9–⁠071%
Oct 5vsPacificW 19–⁠792%
Oct 12vsIllinoisL 0–⁠1959%
Oct 19vsOregon StateL 7–⁠1364%
Oct 26atCaliforniaL 7–⁠2136%
Nov 9vsStanfordL 0–⁠333%
Nov 16vsWashington StateW 20–⁠1045%
Nov 23atNotre DameL 13–⁠2021%
Dec 7vsWashingtonL 2–⁠642%
Dec 14vsPittsburghL 7–⁠1225%
Dec 25atKamehameha AlumniW 33–⁠776%
Jan 1atHawai’iW 38–⁠676%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 38–⁠6; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 100th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
5–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠4 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
155–⁠124
Coach
Howard Jones
Elo
1488 −47 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.6 No. 53 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Art Dittberner and Cliff Propst

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • David DavisRBUP-2; AP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1935 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1935 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California4–⁠19–⁠1
Stanford4–⁠18–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠18–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠26–⁠3
Washington State3–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Washington4–⁠35–⁠3
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
USC2–⁠45–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠52–⁠7
Montana0–⁠5–⁠11–⁠5–⁠2

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