1922 USC Trojans football team

American college football season

1922 USC Trojans football

Rose Bowl champion

Rose Bowl, W 14–3 vs. Penn State

Conference| Pacific Coast Conference
Record| 10–1 (3–1 PCC)
Head coach|

* Gus Henderson (4th season)

Captain| Leo Calland
Home stadium| Bovard Field

Seasons

<- 1921

1923 ->

1922 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
California $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Oregon | 3  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Washington | 4  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
USC^  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Oregon Agricultural | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Stanford | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Washington State | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Idaho | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ Selected as Rose Bowl representative

The 1922 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1922 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Gus Henderson, the Trojans compiled a 10–1 record (3–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the Pacific Coast Conference, outscored their opponents by a combined total of 236 to 31, and defeated Penn State in the 1923 Rose Bowl.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 30| USS Mississippi*|

* Bovard Field
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 15–0| |
September 30| Alumni*|

* Bovard Field
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 20–0| |
October 7| at Pomona*| Pomona, CA| W 54–13| |
October 14| Arizona*|

* Bovard Field
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 15–0| 12,000| [2]
October 21| Nevada*|

* Bovard Field
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 6–0| 8,000|
October 28| vs. California|

* Tournament of Roses Stadium
* Pasadena, CA

| L 0–12| 40,000| [3]
November 4| Occidental*|

* Bovard Field
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 46–0| 11,000|
November 11| at Stanford|

* Stanford Stadium
* Stanford, CA (rivalry)

| W 6–0| 15,000|
November 18| vs. Idaho|

* Tournament of Roses Stadium
* Pasadena, CA

| W 14–0| 12,500|
November 30| vs. Washington State|

* Tournament of Roses Stadium
* Pasadena, CA

| W 41–3| 11,000|
January 1, 1923| vs. Penn State*|

* Rose Bowl
* Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)

| W 14–3| 43,000|

* *Non-conference game

## References

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1. ^ "Southern California Yearly Results (1920-1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
2. ^ "Wildcats Lose Fierce Struggle To Trojans". Los Angeles Times. October 15, 1922. pp. 8–9 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Paul Lowry (October 29, 1922). "Golden Bears Humble Trojans in Thrilling Football Fray". The Los Angeles Times. pp. 1–2 - via Newspapers.com.

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USC Trojans football

Venues|

* Athletic Park (1895–1898)
* Fiesta Park (1897–1898, 1901–1902, 1904–1906, 1916)
* Chutes Park (1900)
* Prager Park (1903)
* Bovard Field (1904–1910, 1914–1915, 1917–1923)
* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present)
* Jones Field/Kennedy Field (practice)

Bowls and rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Notre Dame
* Stanford
* UCLA: Victory Bell

Culture and lore|

* Traveler
* George Tirebiter
* Giles Pellerin
* "Fight On"
* Spirit of Troy
* Student Body Right
* Tommy Trojan
* Tribute to Troy
* Athletics scandal
* 1967 "Game of the Century"
* "Bush Push"
* 2007 Stanford game
* So This Is College

People|

* Head coaches
* Starting quarterbacks
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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