1932 USC Trojans football team

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1932 USC Trojans football
National champion (nine official selectors)
Co-national champion (Davis, Sagarin)
PCC champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 35–0 vs. Pittsburgh
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record10–0 (6–0 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainTay Brown
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1931
1933 →
1932 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 USC $ 6 0 0 10 0 0
Washington State 5 1 1 7 1 1
UCLA 4 2 0 6 4 0
Washington 3 2 2 6 2 2
Oregon 2 2 1 6 3 1
California 2 2 1 7 3 2
Stanford 1 3 1 6 4 1
Oregon State 1 4 0 4 6 0
Idaho 1 4 0 3 5 0
Montana 0 5 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1932 USC Trojans football team is an American football team that represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1932 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Howard Jones, the team compiled a perfect 10–0 record (6–0 against conference opponents), won the PCC championship, shut out eight of ten opponents, defeated Pittsburgh in the 1933 Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 201 to 13.[1]

Although there was no

University of Illinois. Michigan won the Rockne Trophy, edging USC by a margin of 28.47 to 26.81.[2] However, USC was later recognized as the 1932 national champion in several retrospective rankings, including Berryman, Billingsley, Boand, Dunkel, College Football Researchers Association, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Poling, and Williamson.[3]

Tackle Ernie Smith was a consensus first-team pick for the 1932 All-America team. Guard Aaron Rosenberg was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and Liberty magazine. Six USC players were selected as first-team players on the 1932 All-Pacific Coast football team: Ernie Smith (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1); Rosenberg (AP-1; NEA-1); Tay Brown at tackle (AP-1; NEA-1; UP-1); Orville Mohler at quarterback (NEA-1; UP-1); Homer Griffith at quarterback (AP-1); and Ray Sparling at end (NEA-1).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Utah*W 35–035,000[4]
October 1Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 20–035,000[5]
October 8Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 10–040,000[6]
October 15Loyola (CA)*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 6–050,000[7]
October 22at StanfordW 13–060,000[8]
November 5California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 27–770,000[9]
November 12Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 33–040,000[10]
November 24at WashingtonW 9–630,000[11]
December 10
rivalry)
W 13–0100,000[12]
January 2, 1933vs. Pittsburgh*W 35–083,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1932 USC Trojans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
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  3. ^ 2017 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2017. p. 112. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
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