1936 USC
4–2–3 (3–2–2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Jones. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Oregon State 38–7Sep 26
By 31 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs Oregon State | W 38–7 | 60% |
| Oct 3 | vs Oregon | W 26–0 | 55% |
| Oct 10 | at Illinois | W 24–6 | 46% |
| Oct 17 | vs Washington State | T 0–0 | 60% |
| Oct 24 | at Stanford | W 14–7 | 41% |
| Nov 7 | vs California | L 7–13 | 70% |
| Nov 14 | at 10Washington | L 0–12 | 33% |
| Nov 26 | vs UCLA | T 7–7 | 61% |
| Dec 5 | vs Notre Dame | T 13–13 | 42% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Tied Notre Dame 13–13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.
In program history: The 87th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 6
- Wk 2: 7
- Wk 3: 11
- Wk 4: 15
- Record
- 4–2–3
- Conference
- 3–2–2 tied for 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 6
- Points
- 129–65
- Coach
- Howard Jones
- Elo
- 1557 +66 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 13.7 No. 18 of 131 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Gil Kuhn
All-Pacific Coast
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Gene HibbsEAP-1; INS-1; UP-1
Second team
- Gil KuhnOGAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1936 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1936 Pacific Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 7–0–1 | 7–2–1 | 5 |
| Washington State | 6–2–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| California | 4–3 | 6–5 | |
| USC | 3–2–2 | 4–2–3 | |
| UCLA | 4–3–1 | 6–3–1 | |
| Stanford | 2–3–2 | 2–5–2 | |
| Oregon State | 3–5 | 4–6 | |
 Montana | 1–3 | 6–3 | |
| Oregon | 1–6–1 | 2–6–1 | |
 Idaho | 0–4 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.