1948 USC
6–3–1 (4–2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jeff Cravath. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Utah 27–0Sep 17
By 27 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Utah | W 27–0 | 63% |
| Sep 24 | vs Oregon State | W 21–6 | 70% |
| Oct 2 | at Ohio State | L 0–20 | 63% |
| Oct 9 | vs Rice | W 7–0 | 61% |
| Oct 16 | at Oregon | L 7–8 | 51% |
| Oct 23 | at Stanford | W 7–6 | 69% |
| Oct 30 | vs 4California | L 7–13 | 50% |
| Nov 13 | vs Washington | W 32–7 | 80% |
| Nov 20 | at UCLA | W 20–13 | 67% |
| Dec 4 | vs Notre Dame | T 14–14 | 34% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Tied Notre Dame 14–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.
In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).
- Record
- 6–3–1
- Conference
- 4–2 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 142–87
- Coach
- Jeff Cravath
- Elo
- 1615 +21 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 12.4 No. 23 of 117 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Pacific Coast
1 second teamSecond team
Boyd HachtenCAP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1948 Pacific Coast Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 7–0 | 9–2 | 9 |
| California | 6–0 | 10–1 | 4 |
| USC | 4–2 | 6–3–1 | |
 Washington State | 4–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| Stanford | 3–4 | 4–6 | |
| Oregon State | 2–3–2 | 5–4–3 | |
| Washington | 2–5–1 | 2–7–1 | |
| UCLA | 2–6 | 3–7 | |
 Idaho | 1–5 | 3–6 | |
 Montana | 0–3 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.