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1946 USC

6–⁠4 (5–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jeff Cravath.

Schedule and results

USC in 1946, game by game: won vs. Washington State 13–7; lost vs. Ohio State 0–21; lost at Oregon State 0–6; won vs. Washington 28–0; won at Stanford 28–20; won vs. Oregon 43–0; won vs. California 14–0; lost at No. 4 UCLA 6–13; lost at No. 2 Notre Dame 6–26; won at Tulane 20–13+43−21Won 13–7 vs. Washington State+6Washington StateLost 0–21 vs. Ohio State-21Ohio StateLost 0–6 at Oregon State-6Oregon StateWon 28–0 vs. Washington+28WashingtonWon 28–20 at Stanford+8StanfordWon 43–0 vs. Oregon+43OregonWon 14–0 vs. California+14CaliforniaLost 6–13 at No. 4 UCLA-7No. 4 UCLALost 6–26 at No. 2 Notre Dame-20No. 2 Notre DameWon 20–13 at Tulane+7Tulane
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsWashington StateW 13–⁠755%
Oct 5vsOhio StateL 0–⁠2149%
Oct 12atOregon StateL 0–⁠653%
Oct 19vsWashingtonW 28–⁠058%
Oct 26atStanfordW 28–⁠2035%
Nov 2vsOregonW 43–⁠069%
Nov 9vsCaliforniaW 14–⁠076%
Nov 23at4UCLAL 6–⁠1335%
Nov 30at2Notre DameL 6–⁠2622%
Dec 21atTulaneW 20–⁠1362%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Tulane 20–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 78th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 14
  2. Wk 6: 12
  3. Wk 7: 10
  4. Wk 8: 16

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 1946.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
158–⁠106
Coach
Jeff Cravath
Elo
1580 +47 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.1 No. 30 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1947

The 1947 draft
Rd 5Gordon Gray BLos Angeles Rams
Rd 6Mike Garzoni OGWashington Redskins

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1946 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1946 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA7–⁠010–⁠14
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
USC5–⁠26–⁠4
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Montana1–⁠34–⁠4
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠62–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠51–⁠8

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