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1957 USC

1–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Don Clark.

Schedule and results

USC in 1957, game by game: lost at No. 13 Oregon State 0–20; lost vs. No. 10 Michigan 6–16; lost vs. Pittsburgh 14–20; lost at California 0–12; lost vs. Washington State 12–13; won at Washington 19–12; lost vs. Stanford 7–35; lost vs. No. 16 Oregon 7–16; lost vs. UCLA 9–20; lost at No. 12 Notre Dame 12–40+7−28Lost 0–20 at No. 13 Oregon State-20No. 13 Oregon StateLost 6–16 vs. No. 10 Michigan-10No. 10 MichiganLost 14–20 vs. Pittsburgh-6PittsburghLost 0–12 at California-12CaliforniaLost 12–13 vs. Washington State-1Washington StateWon 19–12 at Washington+7WashingtonLost 7–35 vs. Stanford-28StanfordLost 7–16 vs. No. 16 Oregon-9No. 16 OregonLost 9–20 vs. UCLA-11UCLALost 12–40 at No. 12 Notre Dame-28No. 12 Notre Dame
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21at13Oregon StateL 0–⁠2051%
Sep 28vs10MichiganL 6–⁠1652%
Oct 4vsPittsburghL 14–⁠2052%
Oct 19atCaliforniaL 0–⁠1262%
Oct 26vsWashington StateL 12–⁠1361%
Nov 2atWashingtonW 19–⁠1246%
Nov 9vsStanfordL 7–⁠3553%
Nov 16vs16OregonL 7–⁠1644%
Nov 23vsUCLAL 9–⁠2032%
Nov 30at12Notre DameL 12–⁠4027%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Notre Dame 40–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19

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 1957.

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
86–⁠204
Coach
Don Clark
Elo
1424 −183 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.5 No. 64 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1958

The 1958 draft
Rd 6Henry Schmidt OTSan Francisco 49ers

All-Pacific Coast

2 second team

Second team

  • Mike HenryOTCoaches-2
  • Walt GarasichOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State6–⁠28–⁠2
Oregon6–⁠27–⁠4
UCLA5–⁠28–⁠2
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington3–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠61–⁠9
USC1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1

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