1940 USC Trojans football team

The 1940 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1940 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled a 3–4–2 record (2–3–2 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 98 to 88.[1]

1940 USC Trojans football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–4–2 (2–3–2 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainEd Dempsey
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 –0 –010 –0 –0
No. 10 Washington 7 –1 –07 –2 –0
Oregon State 4 –3 –15 –3 –1
Washington State 3 –4 –24 –4 –2
Oregon 3 –4 –14 –4 –1
California 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
USC 2 –3 –23 –4 –2
Montana 1 –2 –04 –4 –1
UCLA 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –01 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

USC was ranked at No. 41 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Washington State
T 14–1440,000
October 5Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
T 0–050,000
October 12at Illinois*
W 13–730,125[3]
October 19OregonNo. 17
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 13–035,000
October 26at No. 9 StanfordNo. 17
L 7–2160,000
November 9California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 7–2050,000
November 16at No. 17 Washington
L 0–1430,000[4]
November 30UCLA
W 28–1270,000
December 7Notre Dame*dagger
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
L 6–1085,808
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "Southern California Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Arch Ward (October 13, 1940). "Five Yard Punt Sets Up U.S.C. Touchdown, Beats Illini, 13-7". Chicago Tribune. pp. II-1, II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Huskies Defeat Trojans". The Tacoma News Tribune and Sunday Ledger. November 17, 1940. p. 13A – via Newspapers.com.
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