1937 USC Trojans football team

The 1937 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1937 college football season. In their 13th year under head coach Howard Jones, the Trojans compiled a 4–4–2 record (2–3–2 against conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 136 to 98.^[1]

1937 USC Trojans football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–4–2 (2–3–2 PCC)
Head coach	Howard Jones (13th season)
Captain	Chuck Williams
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 California $	6	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
Stanford	4	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Washington	4	–	2	–	2			7	–	2	–	2
Washington State	3	–	3	–	2			3	–	3	–	3
Idaho	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Oregon State	2	–	3	–	3			3	–	3	–	3
USC	2	–	3	–	2			4	–	4	–	2
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
UCLA	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Montana	0	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Pacific (CA)*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 40–0	35,000
October 2	Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–7	70,000
October 9	Ohio State*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 13–12	65,000	^[2]
October 16	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 34–14	45,000
October 23	at No. 1 California	No. 11	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–20	73,000
October 30	at Washington State		Rogers Field Pullman, WA	T 0–0	8,700
November 6	Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 6–7	55,000
November 13	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 12–12	35,000
November 27	at No. 9 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	L 6–13	28,920
December 4	at UCLA		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 19–13	75,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
2. Wagoner, Ronald (October 10, 1937). "Scarlet Wave Stemmed as Trojans Eke Out 13-12 Victory". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B3. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.