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1942 USC

5–⁠5–⁠1 (4–⁠2–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jeff Cravath.

Schedule and results

USC in 1942, game by game: lost vs. Tulane 13–27; tied at Washington 0–0; lost at Ohio State 12–28; won vs. No. 10 Washington State 26–12; lost vs. Stanford 6–14; won vs. California 21–7; won vs. Oregon 40–0; lost vs. No. 8 Notre Dame 0–13; won vs. Montana 38–0; lost vs. UCLA 7–14; won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 21–13+40−16Lost 13–27 vs. Tulane-14TulaneTied 0–0 at Washington0WashingtonLost 12–28 at Ohio State-16Ohio StateWon 26–12 vs. No. 10 Washington State+14No. 10 Washington StateLost 6–14 vs. Stanford-8StanfordWon 21–7 vs. California+14CaliforniaWon 40–0 vs. Oregon+40OregonLost 0–13 vs. No. 8 Notre Dame-13No. 8 Notre DameWon 38–0 vs. Montana+38MontanaLost 7–14 vs. UCLA-7UCLAWon 21–13 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight+8Saint Mary’s (C…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsTulaneL 13–⁠2745%
Oct 3atWashingtonT 0–⁠027%
Oct 10atOhio StateL 12–⁠2823%
Oct 17vs10Washington StateW 26–⁠1236%
Oct 24vsStanfordL 6–⁠1441%
Nov 7vsCaliforniaW 21–⁠745%
Nov 14vsOregonW 40–⁠058%
Nov 28vs8Notre DameL 0–⁠1336%
Dec 5vsMontanaW 38–⁠087%
Dec 12vsUCLAL 7–⁠1449%
Dec 19vsSaint Mary’s (CA) Pre-FlightW 21–⁠1348%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 21–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 6: 16
  2. Wk 7: 14

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 1942.

Record
5–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2–⁠1 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
184–⁠128
Coach
Jeff Cravath
Elo
1504 +40 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.7 No. 46 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠17–⁠413
Washington State5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠217
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠412
USC4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Washington3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
California3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠7
Montana0–⁠60–⁠8

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