1926 USC Trojans football team

1926 USC Trojans football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record8–2 (5–1 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainJeff Cravath
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Stanford $ 4 0 0 10 0 1
No. 6 USC 5 1 0 8 2 0
Oregon Agricultural 4 1 0 7 1 0
Washington State 4 1 0 6 1 0
Washington 3 2 0 8 2 0
Oregon 1 4 0 2 4 1
Idaho 1 4 0 3 4 1
Montana 0 4 0 3 5 0
California 0 5 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1926 college football season. In their second year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled an 8–2 record (5–1 against conference opponents), finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 317 to 52.[1] The season featured the first game in the Notre Dame–USC football rivalry; Notre Dame won by a 13 to 12 score in Los Angeles.[2] The team was ranked No. 6 in the nation in the Dickinson System ratings released in December 1926.[3] Offensive tackle Marion Morrison would later begin a successful acting career under the stage name, John Wayne.[4]

  1. ^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1925-1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ^ "Southern California vs. Notre Dame". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  3. ^ "Stanford Eleven Adjudged Best: Navy Ranks Second Under Dickinson System of Rating Teams". The Morning Post. Camden, N.J. December 17, 1926. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Doc Five: College football players turned famous actors – No. 1, John Wayne, USC". Yahoo.com.