1929 USC Trojans football team

1929 USC Trojans football
National champion (Berryman, Houlgate)
Co-national champion (Sagarin)
PCC co-champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 47–14 vs. Pittsburgh
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record10–2 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainNate Barragar
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1929 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 USC ^ + 6 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
Stanford + 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 4 California + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Oregon + 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Washington State 4 – 2 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
UCLA 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Oregon State 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Idaho 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Montana 0 – 4 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Washington 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1929 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled a 10–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), were Pacific Coast Conference co-champions,[1][2] and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 492 to 69. The team defeated Pittsburgh 47–14 in the 1930 Rose Bowl and was retroactively selected as the 1929 national champion under the Houlgate System and also retroactively selected as the national champion under the Berryman QPRS system and as a co-national champion by Jeff Sagarin.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28UCLA
W 76–035,000–50,000[4]
October 5Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 19–040,000[5]
October 12at Washington
W 48–023,582[6]
October 19Occidental*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 64–020,000[7]
October 26at Stanford
W 7–089,000[8]
November 2California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 7–1579,000[9]
November 9Nevada*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 66–020,000[10]
November 16vs. Notre Dame*
L 12–13120,000–123,000[11][12]
November 23Idaho
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 72–020,000[13]
November 30Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 27–735,000[14]
December 14Carnegie Tech*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 45–1365,000[15]
January 1, 1930vs. Pittsburgh*
W 47–1472,000[16]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

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Game summaries

UCLA

  • Russ Saunders 14 rushes, 234 yards [20]

Roster

[21]

References

  1. ^ "Coast Season Ends with Four-Way Tie". The Oregonian. December 2, 1929. Retrieved December 9, 2024. The Pacific coast conference football season ended last week with four teams, Southern California, Stanford, California, and Oregon tied for first place.
  2. ^ Leiser, William (December 18, 1929). "Move to Open Grid Season Earlier Killed By Conference". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved December 9, 2024. The 1929 football championship was officially designated a four-way tie between Oregon, California, Stanford and USC.
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 109. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  4. ^ Braven Dyer (September 29, 1929). "Trojans Batter Bruins By 76 To 0 Score: Herd Hangs Up 12 Touchdowns". Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Trojans humble Oregon State Beavers, 21–7". The Fresno Morning Republican. October 6, 1929. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Trojans steamroller crushes Huskies, 48–0". The Everett Daily Herald. October 13, 1929. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Trojans bury Occidental under 64-to-0 score". The Los Angeles Times. October 20, 1929. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Trojans defeat Cards in grid classic, 7–0". Press-Telegram. October 27, 1929. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "California humbles U.S.C., 15–7". Modesto News-Herald. November 3, 1929. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Trojans slam Nevada under 66 to 0 score". The San Francisco Examiner. November 10, 1929. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ John W. Stahr (November 17, 1929). "Notre Dame Beats Trojans: Irish Capture 13-12 Victory Before 123,000". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "600,000 Attend 13 Banner Games on U.S. Gridirons". Chicago Tribune. November 17, 1929. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Troy smears Vandals, 72–0". The Long Beach Sun. November 24, 1929. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Trojans down Washington State, 27 to 7". Press-Telegram. December 1, 1929. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Trojans topple Carnegie Tech, 45 to 13". The Fresno Bee. December 15, 1929. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Trojans sink Pitt". The Los Angeles Times. January 2, 1930. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "1929 Trojans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
  18. ^ "1929 USC Football Schedule". University of Southern California Athletics. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
  19. ^ "2025 USC Football Media Guide". University of Southern California Athletics. p. 139. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
  20. ^ 2020 USC Media Guide Supplement
  21. ^ "All-Time Letterwinners" (PDF). USC Athletics. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
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