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American college football season
The
1948 USC Trojans football team
represented the
University of Southern California
(USC) in the
1948 college football season
. In their seventh year under head coach
Jeff Cravath
, the Trojans compiled a 6?3?1 record (4?2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the
Pacific Coast Conference
, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 142 to 87.
[1]
Though unranked in the final AP Poll, USC was ranked at No. 18 in the final
Litkenhous Difference by Score System
ratings for 1948.
[2]
Schedule
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Date
| Opponent
| Site
| Result
| Attendance
| Source
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September 17
| Utah
*
| | W
27?0
| 55,211
| |
September 24
| Oregon State
| - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W
21?6
| 50,237
| [3]
|
October 2
| at
Ohio State
*
| | L
0?20
| 75,102
| [4]
|
October 9
| Rice
*
| - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W
7?0
| 49,531
| |
October 16
| vs.
Oregon
| | L
7?8
| 32,600
| |
October 23
| at
Stanford
| | W
7?6
| 40,000
| |
October 30
| No. 6
California
| - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| L
7?13
| 90,890
| |
November 13
| Washington
| - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W
32?7
| 44,345
| |
November 20
| at
UCLA
| - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA (
Victory Bell
)
| W
20?13
| 76,577
| |
December 4
| No. 2
Notre Dame
*
![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA (
rivalry
)
| T
14?14
| 100,571
| |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming
- Rankings from
AP Poll
released prior to the game
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Coaching staff
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References
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- ^
"Southern California Yearly Results (1945-1949)"
.
College Football Data Warehouse
. David DeLassus. Archived from
the original
on September 5, 2015
. Retrieved
July 20,
2015
.
- ^
"Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings"
.
Wilmington Morning News
. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via
Newspapers.com
.
- ^
"Trojans beat tough OSC football squad, 21 to 6"
.
The Fresno Bee
. September 25, 1948
. Retrieved
October 22,
2022
– via
Newspapers.com
.
- ^
"Ohio State Beats USC, 20 to 0"
.
The Pittsburgh Press
.
United Press
. October 3, 1948. p. 30
. Retrieved
October 17,
2022
– via
Newspapers.com
.
- ^
1949 El Rodeo (USC yearbook), p. 203.
- ^
1949 El Rodeo (USC yearbook), approximately pages 203-205.
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