1934 USC Trojans football team

1934 USC Trojans football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–6–1 (1–4–1 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainJulie Bescos
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1934 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Washington State 4 – 0 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Washington 5 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Oregon 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
California 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
UCLA 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
USC 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Idaho 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Oregon State 0 – 5 – 2 3 – 6 – 2
Montana 0 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1934 college football season. In their tenth year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled a 4–6–1 record (1–4–1 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 120 to 110.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Occidental*
W 20–030,000[1]
September 22Whittier*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 40–1430,000[1]
September 29Pacific (CA)*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 6–040,000[2]
October 6Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–1950,000[3]
October 13at Pittsburgh*
L 6–2055,000[4]
October 20Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
T 6–640,000[5]
October 27at Stanford
L 0–1648,000[6]
November 10California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 2–760,000[7]
November 17Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 33–020,000–30,000[8]
December 1Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 7–1435,000[9]
December 8Notre Dame*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
L 0–1445,568[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Source: [11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Trojans Beat Oxy, 20–0; Poets, 40–14". The Los Angeles Times. September 23, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Troy blunders into 6–0 win over Staggmen". The San Francisco Examiner. September 30, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "W.S.C. stuns Trojans with 19–0 upset". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 7, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Pitt wallops Trojans, 20 to 6". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. October 14, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Oregon State rallies to tie So. California". The Tacoma Sunday Ledger. October 21, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Cards down Troy". The Press Democrat. October 28, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bears defeat Trojans, 7 to 2". Long Beach Press-Telegram. November 11, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Trojans stage comeback and trounce Oregon". The Fresno Bee. November 18, 1934. Retrieved June 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Washington Huskies upset Southern California". The Humboldt Times. December 2, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Oh shucks, coach Jones murmurs as Notre Dame puts halter on Trojans". San Francisco Chronicle. December 9, 1934. Retrieved January 11, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "1934 USC Trojans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
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