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1955 USC

6–⁠4 (3–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jess Hill, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

USC in 1955, game by game: won vs. Washington State 50–12; won vs. Oregon 42–15; won vs. Texas 19–7; lost at Washington 0–7; won vs. Wisconsin 33–21; won at California 33–6; lost at Minnesota 19–25; lost vs. Stanford 20–28; lost vs. UCLA 7–17; won vs. No. 6 Notre Dame 42–20+38−10Won 50–12 vs. Washington State+38Washington StateWon 42–15 vs. Oregon+27OregonWon 19–7 vs. Texas+12TexasLost 0–7 at Washington-7WashingtonWon 33–21 vs. Wisconsin+12WisconsinWon 33–6 at California+27CaliforniaLost 19–25 at Minnesota-6MinnesotaLost 20–28 vs. Stanford-8StanfordLost 7–17 vs. UCLA-10UCLAWon 42–20 vs. No. 6 Notre Dame+22No. 6 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsWashington StateW 50–⁠1273%
Sep 23vsOregonW 42–⁠1565%
Sep 30vsTexasW 19–⁠768%
Oct 8atWashingtonL 0–⁠758%
Oct 14vsWisconsinW 33–⁠2147%
Oct 22atCaliforniaW 33–⁠665%
Oct 29atMinnesotaL 19–⁠2565%
Nov 5vsStanfordL 20–⁠2874%
Nov 19vsUCLAL 7–⁠1735%
Nov 26vs6Notre DameW 42–⁠2033%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Notre Dame 42–⁠20; No. 13 in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 65th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 3: 9
  4. Wk 4: 10
  5. Wk 5: 16
  6. Wk 6: 10
  7. Wk 7: 10
  8. Wk 8: 16
  9. Final: 13

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 1955.

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
3–⁠3 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 9
Points
265–⁠158
Coach
Jess Hill
Elo
1622 +48 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.2 No. 9 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Marv Goux and George Galli

Drafted in 1956

The 1956 draft
Rd 2Leon Clarke ELos Angeles Rams
Rd 7Chuck Griffith ECleveland Browns

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠09–⁠24
Oregon State5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠116
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
USC3–⁠36–⁠413
California1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠7–⁠2
Idaho0–⁠42–⁠7

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