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1950 USC

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

Schedule and results

USC in 1950, game by game: lost vs. Iowa 14–20; tied at Washington State 20–20; lost vs. No. 7 California 7–13; lost at Navy 14–27; won vs. Oregon 30–21; tied at Stanford 7–7; lost vs. No. 19 Washington 13–28; lost at UCLA 0–39; won vs. Notre Dame 9–7+9−39Lost 14–20 vs. Iowa-6IowaTied 20–20 at Washington State0Washington StateLost 7–13 vs. No. 7 California-6No. 7 CaliforniaLost 14–27 at Navy-13NavyWon 30–21 vs. Oregon+9OregonTied 7–7 at Stanford0StanfordLost 13–28 vs. No. 19 Washington-15No. 19 WashingtonLost 0–39 at UCLA-39UCLAWon 9–7 vs. Notre Dame+2Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsIowaL 14–⁠2069%
Oct 7atWashington StateT 20–⁠2054%
Oct 14vs7CaliforniaL 7–⁠1334%
Oct 21atNavyL 14–⁠2758%
Oct 28vsOregonW 30–⁠2166%
Nov 4atStanfordT 7–⁠735%
Nov 18vs19WashingtonL 13–⁠2851%
Nov 25atUCLAL 0–⁠3929%
Dec 2vsNotre DameW 9–⁠732%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Notre Dame 9–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 102nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12

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 1950.

Record
2–⁠5–⁠2
Conference
1–⁠3–⁠2 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
114–⁠182
Coach
Jeff Cravath
Elo
1475 −88 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.0 No. 74 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Johnny WilliamsB
  • Volney PetersOT
  • Paul McMurtryOGAP-2; Coaches-1; UP-2

Second team

  • Pat CannamelaOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠18–⁠211
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington State2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
USC1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State2–⁠53–⁠6
Oregon0–⁠71–⁠9

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