American college football season
1969 USC Trojans football |
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Pac-8 champion Rose Bowl champion |
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Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 4 |
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AP | No. 3 |
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Record | 10–0–1 (6–0 Pac-8) |
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Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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The 1969 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In their tenth year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 10–0–1 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) championship, defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl, and outscored their opponents 261 to 128.[1] The team was ranked third in the final AP Poll and fourth in the final Coaches Poll.
Jim Jones led the team in passing, completing 88 of 210 passes for 1,230 yards with 13 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. Clarence Davis led the team in rushing with 297 carries for 1,357 yards and nine touchdowns. Sam Dickerson led the team in receiving with 24 catches for 473 yards and six touchdowns.[2]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 20 | at Nebraska* | No. 5 | | W 31–21 | 67,058 | |
September 27 | Northwestern* | No. 5 | | W 48–6 | 56,589 | |
October 4 | at Oregon State | No. 5 | | W 31–7 | 38,013 | |
October 11 | No. 16 Stanford | No. 4 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
| W 26–24 | 82,812 | |
October 18 | at No. 11 Notre Dame* | No. 3 | | T 14–14 | 59,075 | |
October 25 | Georgia Tech*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 7 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 29–18 | 53,341 | [3] |
November 1 | at California | No. 6 | | W 14–9 | 51,000 | |
November 8 | Washington State | No. 6 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 28–7 | 47,158 | |
November 15 | at Washington | No. 6 | | W 16–7 | 51,403 | |
November 22 | No. 6 UCLA | No. 5 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)
| W 14–12 | 90,814 | |
January 1, 1970 | vs. No. 7 Michigan* | No. 5 | | W 10–3 | 103,878 | |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Rankings
Game summaries
UCLA
UCLA at USC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | No. 6 Bruins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | • No. 5 Trojans | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| 1 | | UCLA | Farmer 41-yard pass from Jones (pass failed) | UCLA 6-0 | | 2 | | USC | Davis 13-yard run (Ayala kick) | USC 7-6 | | 4 | 3:07 | UCLA | Cooper 7-yard pass from Dummit (pass failed) | UCLA 12-7 | | 4 | 1:32 | USC | Dickerson 32-yard pass from Jones (Ayala kick) | USC 14-12 | |
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Roster
1969 USC Trojans football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt |
- Source:[5][6]
References
- ^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ^ "1969 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
- ^ "USC finishes fast for 29–18 win". Ventura County Star Free-Press. October 26, 1969. Retrieved July 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Trojans Topple UCLA". The Palm Beach Post. November 23, 1969.
- ^ "Lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). October 3, 1969. p. 3B.
- ^ "Rose Bowl rosters". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). January 1, 1970. p. 67.
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