1937 USC

4–⁠4–⁠2 (2–⁠3–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Jones.

Schedule and results

USC in 1937, game by game: won vs. Pacific 40–0; lost vs. Washington 0–7; won vs. Ohio State 13–12; won vs. Oregon 34–14; lost at No. 1 California 6–20; tied at Washington State 0–0; lost vs. Stanford 6–7; tied vs. Oregon State 12–12; lost at No. 9 Notre Dame 6–13; won at UCLA 19–13+40−14Won 40–0 vs. Pacific+40PacificLost 0–7 vs. Washington-7WashingtonWon 13–12 vs. Ohio State+1Ohio StateWon 34–14 vs. Oregon+20OregonLost 6–20 at No. 1 California-14No. 1 CaliforniaTied 0–0 at Washington State0Washington StateLost 6–7 vs. Stanford-1StanfordTied 12–12 vs. Oregon State0Oregon StateLost 6–13 at No. 9 Notre Dame-7No. 9 Notre DameWon 19–13 at UCLA+6UCLA
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat UCLA 19–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 93rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 11

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 1937.

Record
4–⁠4–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠3–⁠2 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
136–⁠98
Coach
Howard Jones
Elo
1537 −1 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
6.8 No. 38 of 126 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Chuck Williams

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Ambrose SchindlerQBAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1937 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1937 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠12
Stanford4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠2
Washington4–⁠2–⁠27–⁠2–⁠2
Washington State3–⁠3–⁠23–⁠3–⁠3
Idaho2–⁠24–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠33–⁠3–⁠3
USC2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠6
UCLA1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana0–⁠17–⁠1

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