1940 USC
3–4–2 (2–3–2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Howard Jones. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat UCLA 28–12Nov 30
By 16 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | vs Washington State | T 14–14 | 83% |
| Oct 5 | vs Oregon State | T 0–0 | 69% |
| Oct 12 | at Illinois | W 13–7 | 66% |
| Oct 19 | vs Oregon | W 13–0 | 85% |
| Oct 26 | at 9Stanford | L 7–21 | 63% |
| Nov 9 | vs California | L 7–20 | 81% |
| Nov 16 | at 17Washington | L 0–14 | 50% |
| Nov 30 | vs UCLA | W 28–12 | 75% |
| Dec 7 | vs Notre Dame | L 6–10 | 54% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 10–6; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.
In program history: The 82nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 17
- Wk 2: 17
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 1940.
- Record
- 3–4–2
- Conference
- 2–3–2 tied for 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 17
- Points
- 88–98
- Coach
- Howard Jones
- Elo
- 1572 −106 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 8.6 No. 28 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Ed Dempsey
Drafted in 1941
The 1941 draft| Rd 7 | Al Krueger E | Washington Redskins |
All-Pacific Coast
3 second teamSecond team
Bobby RobertsonQBAP-3; UP-2
Al KruegerEAP-2; UP-2- Ben SohnOGUP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1940 Pacific Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford | 7–0 | 10–0 | 2 |
| Washington | 7–1 | 7–2 | 10 |
| Oregon State | 4–3–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Washington State | 3–4–2 | 4–4–2 | |
| Oregon | 3–4–1 | 4–4–1 | |
| California | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| USC | 2–3–2 | 3–4–2 | |
 Montana | 1–2 | 4–4–1 | |
| UCLA | 1–6 | 1–9 | |
 Idaho | 0–4 | 1–7–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.