1942 USC Trojans football team

1942 PCC football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

USC Trojans football
1942 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1942 record	5–5–1 (4–2–1 PCC)
Head coach	Jeff Cravath (1st year)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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The 1942 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1942 college football season. In their first year under head coach Jeff Cravath, the Trojans compiled a 5–5–1 record (4–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 184 to 128.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Tulane*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 13–27	45,000
October 3	at Washington		Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	T 0–0	26,000
October 10	at #1 Ohio State*		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 12–28	56,436
October 17	#10 Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 26–12	33,000
October 24	vs. Stanford		Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, CA	L 6–14	25,000
November 7	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 21–7	37,500
November 14	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 40–0	33,000
November 28	#8 Notre Dame*	#14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Notre Dame-USC rivalry)	L 0–13	94,519
December 5	Montana		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 38–0	25,000
December 12	#13 UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	L 7–14	90,000
December 19	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 21–13	6,643
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

v t e USC Trojans football
Venues	Bovard Field (?–1922) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Howard Jones Field (practice)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame (Jeweled Shillelagh) UCLA (Victory Bell) Stanford
Culture & lore	Traveler George Tirebiter Giles Pellerin "Fight On" Spirit of Troy Student Body Right Tommy Trojan Athletics scandal 1967 "Game of the Century" "Bush Push" 2007 Stanford game
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National championship seasons in bold

1942 PCC football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#13 UCLA $	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
#12 Stanford	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Washington	3	–	3	–	2	4	–	3	–	3
California	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll