1941 USC

2–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Sam Barry.

Schedule and results

USC in 1941, game by game: won vs. Oregon State 13–7; lost vs. Ohio State 0–33; lost vs. Oregon 6–20; won vs. Washington State 7–6; lost at California 0–14; lost vs. No. 9 Stanford 0–13; lost at No. 4 Notre Dame 18–20; lost vs. Washington 13–14; tied at UCLA 7–7+7−33Won 13–7 vs. Oregon State+6Oregon StateLost 0–33 vs. Ohio State-33Ohio StateLost 6–20 vs. Oregon-14OregonWon 7–6 vs. Washington State+1Washington StateLost 0–14 at California-14CaliforniaLost 0–13 vs. No. 9 Stanford-13No. 9 StanfordLost 18–20 at No. 4 Notre Dame-2No. 4 Notre DameLost 13–14 vs. Washington-1WashingtonTied 7–7 at UCLA0UCLA
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied UCLA 7–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 104th-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 1941.

Record
2–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
64–⁠134
Coach
Sam Barry
Elo
1445 −103 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
3.1 No. 59 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 1Bobby Robertson RBBrooklyn Dodgers

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State7–⁠28–⁠212
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠419
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon4–⁠45–⁠5
UCLA3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠5
USC2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

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