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1949 USC

5–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jeff Cravath.

Schedule and results

USC in 1949, game by game: won vs. Navy 42–20; won vs. Washington State 35–7; tied vs. No. 11 Ohio State 13–13; lost at No. 9 California 10–16; won vs. Oregon 40–13; won at Washington 40–28; lost vs. Stanford 13–34; won vs. UCLA 21–7; lost at No. 1 Notre Dame 0–32+28−32Won 42–20 vs. Navy+22NavyWon 35–7 vs. Washington State+28Washington StateTied 13–13 vs. No. 11 Ohio State0No. 11 Ohio StateLost 10–16 at No. 9 California-6No. 9 CaliforniaWon 40–13 vs. Oregon+27OregonWon 40–28 at Washington+12WashingtonLost 13–34 vs. Stanford-21StanfordWon 21–7 vs. UCLA+14UCLALost 0–32 at No. 1 Notre Dame-32No. 1 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsNavyW 42–⁠2079%
Oct 1vsWashington StateW 35–⁠770%
Oct 8vs11Ohio StateT 13–⁠1362%
Oct 15at9CaliforniaL 10–⁠1631%
Oct 22vsOregonW 40–⁠1354%
Oct 29atWashingtonW 40–⁠2875%
Nov 5vsStanfordL 13–⁠3472%
Nov 19vsUCLAW 21–⁠765%
Nov 26at1Notre DameL 0–⁠3218%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 32–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 74th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 12
  3. Wk 3: 19
  4. Wk 4: 15
  5. Wk 5: 12
  6. Wk 8: 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 1949.

Record
5–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
214–⁠170
Coach
Jeff Cravath
Elo
1595 +18 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.1 No. 11 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Bill MartinB

Second team

  • Hal HatfieldEAP-2
  • Adrian SwopeOGINS-2

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California7–⁠010–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford4–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
USC4–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠37–⁠3
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠6
Washington2–⁠53–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠5
Montana0–⁠35–⁠4

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